Babylon Coffee Roasters’ Book Drive & Fundraiser

Thank you for supporting our work with elementary school children and college-age young adults!

About Us

Project Transformation Central Texas operates summer day camps for elementary school children at three sites in Tarrant County (southeast Fort Worth, northeast Fort Worth and Bedford). We hire college-aged young adults for paid summer internships to implement and lead our camp curriculum. Our program is centered around four pillars: Develop Literacy, Celebrate Diversity, Cultivate Leadership and Serve Community.

This Book Drive and Fundraiser will support the literacy component of our summer camps by providing books for children to take home, by increasing the number of books in our camp site reading libraries (each day campers spend 40 minutes reading out loud with an adult volunteer), and funding other direct camp costs.

We invite you to explore our website to learn more about PT Central Texas and our work in the community.

Give the Gift of Reading

If you would like to make a financial contribution, please click on the “Donate” button.

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If you would like to donate books, below is a list of curriculum books which we would like to add to our reading libraries, plus links to several Amazon Wishlists. Donated books can be dropped off at Babylon Coffee during normal business hours, and our Amazon Wishlists have an option for donations to be delivered directly to us.

Curriculum Books

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, David Small
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry G. Allard Jr., James Marshall
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The story of Dr. Temple by Julia Finley Mosca, Daniel Rieley
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López
Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings by Naseem Hrab, Josh Holinaty
Apples To Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson, Nancy Carpenter
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S. K. Ali
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld
Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Listening Library
Ani’s Light by Tanu Shree Singh, Sandhya Prabhat