Sep 30, 2024 | Library News, Staff Picks For Teens
By Rachel R.,Teen Librarian The 7th HEPL Teen Writing Challenge has concluded and three winners were chosen from the teen entries. The Teen Writing Challenge was the idea of a student who shared it with the library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB loved the...
Aug 1, 2024 | Library News, Staff Picks For Teens
By Rachel R., Teen Librarian The theme for HEPL’s next Teen Writing Challenge is short stories in verse! Teen writers can submit an original short story for HEPL’s 7th Teen Writing Challenge. Let your creativity flow and use free verse, haikus, sonnets,...
Jun 14, 2024 | Staff Picks For Teens
By Christy F., Collection Development Librarian On June 19, we celebrate Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, which marks the day that federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. If you’d like to read about...
May 6, 2024 | Library News, Staff Picks For Adults, Staff Picks For Kids, Staff Picks For Teens, Uncategorized
Adventure is out there! Adventure is also at your library this summer! Join the HEPL community of readers by enrolling in the Adventure Begins at Your Library 2024 Summer Reading Program! Read and keep an online log during June and July to participate. Registration...
Apr 29, 2024 | Staff Picks For Teens, Uncategorized
By Rachel R.,Teen Librarian The 6th HEPL Teen Writing Challenge has concluded and 3 winners were chosen from the teen entries. The Teen Writing Challenge was the idea of a student who shared it with the library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB loved the...
