Tree House Books

Tree House Books is growing & sustaining a community of readers, writers, and thinkers in Philadelphia, PA

Tree House Books is a literacy center and Giving Library based in North Philadelphia serving children and families. Our programs move beyond strictly academics to include a social, emotional, and cultural focus. In addition to providing access to a wide variety of books, we foster healthy attitudes towards reading and help our participants expand their self-concept through awareness of the opportu

Philadelphia Literacy Day offers free books, community support and more – Metro Philadelphia 08/31/2024

Thanks Metro Philly for helping us spread the word!

Read by 4th Senator Sharif Street Running Press

Philadelphia Literacy Day offers free books, community support and more – Metro Philadelphia On Saturday, Sept. 7, Philadelphians are invited to celebrate Philadelphia Literacy Day with children’s book authors and illustrators, free books, community resources and more.

Photos from Tree House Books's post 08/28/2024

Thanks, once again to Running Press – Philadelphia Literacy Day 2024, a Read by 4th Reading Festival Event, will feature so many authors and illustrators ready to meet you and sign some books!

This exclusive meet and greet is one of the highlights every year at PLD. Check out this weeks newsletter for the signing schedule and more information on the event!

08/22/2024

Interested in getting involved at Philadelphia Literacy? Become a Volunteer! Read this weeks email for information on how to sign up as well as much more exciting news for the day!

We'll see you there 🤩 - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/08-22-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 08/09/2024

So honored to have been a part of the Philadelphia Flyers Literacy day! 🌳🧡 Children were able to pick out books from our Traveling Tree House and two other AMAZING book buses. Our Tree House Books team gave away over 180 books at the event.

Thank you to Comcast Spectacor, The Tortorella Family, The Philadelphia Flyers, and CamCare for opening up this important space!

08/08/2024

With just one week before our last Words on Wheels delivery for the summer we're already missing this amazing program!

If you're curious how you can support WOW for future summers and want to know what we've been up to so far this summer check out this weeks newsletter!

- https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/08-08-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 08/04/2024

Our Managing Director, Tangie served on the committee awarding grants though the Neighborhood Literacy Fund of Read by 4th. Our Giving Library Manager, Emma, also attended the awarding celebration! We love our community literacy partners and are proud to be a part of this vibrant community!

Photos from Tree House Books's post 08/02/2024

Clay Play Reads has only 2 weeks left!

We've been having a blast with Storyteller Thembi Palmer and Claymobile Artists in our program space ✨

Join us Saturday August 3rd & 10th for a great afternoon of family fun!

08/02/2024

James Baldwin would have been 100 years old today. Here at Tree House Books, we love reading and living into his legacy. What's your favorite Baldwin book?

07/31/2024

We're getting excited for Philadelphia Literacy Day! Curious how you can get involved on September 7th?

Check out this weeks newsletter! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-31-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 07/30/2024

Summers at Tree House are always eventful.


This years’ Words On Wheels program has not only continued our neighborhood book deliveries but expanded to local summer camps.

The more the merrier!


Huge thanks to all of our sponsors, our team and most importantly our participants. One more delivery left, let’s have some fun!

Photos from Tree House Books's post 07/27/2024

Call to Action 🗣

If you have not already supported our July Spotlight Campaign: Donate a Day, Donate a Donut... We have less than a week till the end of the month! Now is the time to support our Summer Programming and Teens!

Check out last weeks newsletter (https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-24-24) for more information about these important summer programs and for a direct link to donate or click the link below to navigate directly to the campaigns page!

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Photos from Tree House Books's post 07/26/2024

Our Summer Camp went to the movies today! Support our 'Donate a Day, Donate a Donut' campaign and maybe donate the cost of a couple movie tickets for our next trip!

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This campaign will be ending very soon and we're SO close to our $10,000 goal so don't miss your chance to donate ✨

07/24/2024

It's the last week for our summer campaign - help push us over the top! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-24-24

07/19/2024

Clay Play Read is BACK 🙌

We're so glad to welcome back Thembi Palmer, and the Claymobile in our program space every Saturday for the rest of the summer!

Join Deirdre our Community Engagement Coordinator for the fun from 1pm to 3pm!

07/18/2024

Join us at Urban Creators this Saturday from 2-5 PM for our July book swap! We will have music, books signed by Natalie Pantaleo, and many books for you to choose from ♻️📚

07/17/2024

So! Many! Vacations!

While we all stay close to our ACs and fans consider supporting our Donate a Donate a Day, Donate a Donut campaign and get us closer to $10,000!

Curious about the campaign and how close we are to completing our goal? Check out our newsletter! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-17-24

07/13/2024

Did you catch Cam’s goodbye reel on Instagram? We’ll miss him tons!

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Photos from Tree House Books's post 07/10/2024

Tree House Family WOW! You've blown this campaign out of the water so we had to double it (for the teens!) Check out this weeks newsletter for our new goals and a summer camp update! 🏖️🍩 - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-10-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 07/09/2024

We wanna send a HUGE Thank You, to our friends over at for their book donation!

They even stayed a while, learned about the library from Emma, and said a hello to our campers!

See you all soon!

07/03/2024

We're so excited for this summer! We're visiting exotic places in books and in reality too! Summer Literacy Camp has trips every Friday and an end of summer family adventure to the beach🍩

Read on to learn ways you can support the fun!
- https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/07-03-24

06/26/2024

Words on Wheels 1st Delivery this Saturday!! We would like to call in our Tree House network to support this important literacy program this summer!

Check out this weeks newsletter to learn how you can lend your support! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/june-26-24

06/14/2024

We want to give a HUGE Thank You to Lynn Washington of .philly for being this year’s Champion of Literacy but also for this wonderful selection of Juneteenth books.

Come by and grab them while we have them!

06/13/2024

Our Young People are Moving on Up!

Join us in a special con*grad*ulations to all of our 8th graders who are moving on to high school! Read on for insight into what we have cooking in our teen programs at the moment! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/june-13-24

06/06/2024

Thank You Impact100 Philadelphia for Your Support! Tree House Books is teeming with joy over our most recent grant award!

Click the link to find out why! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/june-6-24

05/31/2024

Your next great read is here at Tree House Books!
Come by and check out our Adult Black Book Section!

Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm
Saturday 10am-3pm

05/29/2024

Ready to dip your toe into our pool full of programming this summer! Click the link for an exciting preview of the amazing plans we have and how you can support us through our summer programming 🏖️- https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/may-29-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 05/22/2024

Thank you & Stacey Patton for the amazing donation of books!!! 📚📚📚

Photos from Tree House Books's post 05/21/2024

We ha an amazing time at the game this weekend!

We were able to hag out at the gates, meet amazing fans, and collect 755 books from those who donated!

We are proud Phillies fans! Thanks again

05/17/2024

What A Remarkable Night! We raised our glasses, we laughed, we had a time! Read on for a full recap on everything that happend last night at Champions of Literacy! - https://mailchi.mp/treehousebooks/may-17-24

Photos from Tree House Books's post 05/16/2024

Can't wait to see everyone tonight at our Champions of Literacy event! 5:30 - 8:30 - Victory Brewing Company on the Parkway! Can't make the event tonight, but still want to support this fundraiser? Go here - https://bit.ly/THB-COL - and use the "Donate your Ticket" option or click on this post!

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