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Do you enjoy reading fiction adventure - think Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, etc.?  Or perhaps you're more interested in biography and nonfiction?  Want to get monthly suggestions on new titles to read?  If so, check out our new newsletters for Fiction Adventure and New Nonfiction.  You can sign-up to receive these newsletters each month either via email or RSS.

If you read something else, say romance or mystery, we have newsletters on a variety of topics.  Sign-up today from the same page and start getting monthly suggestions!

With temperatures often in the three digits these days, we invite you to cool off at any of our 25 branches. All branches have air conditioning and plenty of places to sit and relax. You might also want to peruse our collection of books, DVDs, and audios. This would also be a great time to take a free computer class or bring your child to storytime. All branches have a variety of programming this summer to help keep you cool.

County health officials offer these tips to keep cool:

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  This month's theme is a Dinosaurs and is a tie-in to a Houston Zoo exhibit.  Previous columns.