HCPL Blog

“When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”  - Kathleen Kelly, (You've Got Mail).

     Ever since 1987, September means libraries everywhere help people remember the first step towards a love of reading is through their library card. Librarians, teachers, and parents/caregivers, come together and host National Library Card Sign Up Month.

Early In 2016, Harris County Public Library set about to prove that once readers saw just how easy downloading ebooks and audiobooks can be, even some of the most diehard print book partisans see that ebooks have a place in one's reading arsenal.

……Well, not exactly.