Midnight Library Cards
What were you doing on August 23 in the wee small hours of Sunday morning? Well, we know what nineteen hundred of you were doing: registering for the Special Edition HCPL Laufey Book Club Library Card. We don't keep records of such things, but it's a pretty good bet that in its one hundred-plus-year history, HCPL had never before signed up that many people for library cards between midnight and 2:00 a.m.
How to Get Your Special Edition Library Card
There are still a few Special Edition HCPL Laufey Book Club Library Cards available. Starting Tuesday, September 1, you can visit any Harris County Public Library branch and get one.
- Available only while supplies last
- Walk-ins only. Cards are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- You must be a Texas resident
- You can get the Laufey Book Club Library Card even if you already have an HCPL library card.
- These cards are not available at HCPL TMC and Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library
About the Laufey Book Club and Special Edition Library Card
Harris County Public Library partnered with Laufey, the 2 time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, NY Times Bestselling Author of the children’s book, Mei Mei The Bunny, and her global Laufey Book Club to release a special limited-edition library card ahead of Library Card Sign-Up Month.
After expanding the initiative to team up with HCPL, the card launch aims to encourage more people to visit their local library, discover new books and services available, and connect with others in their community. This partnership also solidifies Laufey's role as the 2025 spokesperson for Library Card Sign-Up Month, an American Library Association initiative celebrating the power of libraries to support their communities.
The Laufey Book Club connects readers across the globe through shared monthly book selections and online monthly meetings. In 2025, the Laufey Book Club launched a pilot initiative of collaborative cards with 5 library systems (LA County, Boston, Phoenix, Fulton County and Reykjavík) for A Very Laufey Day and most library systems broke single day sign up records with the launch.
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