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Cool Reads for a Hot Houston Summer 6/20/2018 Categories: HolidayBooks & Reading Tags: HoustonSummerSummer Reading If you can't beat the heat, whisk your mind away with these cool reads.
Local Author Spotlight - Bailey Moore 5/23/2018 Categories: AuthorsBooks & Reading Tags: Check out this Q&A with a super cool 4th Grader!
Preserving Your Memories After Hurricane Harvey 9/6/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingCommunityHistory Tags: How to save your photos and documents post Harvey.
Summer Reads | Some Old | Some New 7/17/2017 Categories: Books & Reading Tags: SummerSummer Readingbest sellers Recommended summer reads from our staff.
The Shy Girl's Back-to-School List 7/6/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingBooks into MoviesTeens Tags: schoolshynessadolescence Sharing with you the books and movies that saved me from having to experience high school.
Make It Stop: Surviving Houston Traffic With Audiobooks 6/12/2017 Categories: Books & Reading Tags: houston trafficaudiobookscommuting Beat the heat this summer with cool audiobooks from HPL!
Grace Lin: 2017 Books Alive! Author 4/26/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingAuthors Tags: kids free eventdowntownfree stuff A Q&A interview with this year's Books Alive! author, Grace Lin!
The Places You'll Go with the Telephone Room! 4/5/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingKids Tags: artcraftingseuss The Telephone Room transforms again.
#CoverCrush: International Editions of Best Sellers 3/11/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingReading Tags: eye candycover artinternational books So much can be said for the impact of eye candy.
Seuss Revealed 2/20/2017 Categories: Books & ReadingAuthorsReading Tags: Read Across AmericaDr. Seuss In which we explore the hidden works of Theodor Seuss Geisel.
