Most Anticipated Titles to Start 2018

Time to make your 2018 reading list. The Pratt Library has the latest titles.

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New Fiction Titles

New Nonfiction Titles

New Children’s Titles

New Young Adult Titles

Check out #PrattChat tomorrow for the Most Anticipated Graphic Novels and Media now available at the Pratt Library!

 

New Year, New Hours

The Enoch Pratt Free Library is thrilled to announce a more than 30% increase in hours

Starting today, the Enoch Pratt Free Library will increase service hours at libraries across the city.  The Central Library will be open 7 days a week year-round. The Southeast Anchor and Pennsylvania Avenue branches will serve as anchor libraries on the East and West sides of the city.  Neighborhood branches will move to a consistent universal schedule, opening at 10am 6 days a week.

Central Library

Monday: 10a-7p

Tuesday: 10a-7p

Wednesday: 10a-7p

Thursday: 10a-7p

Friday: 10a-5p

Saturday: 10a-5p

Sunday: 1p-5p

Southeast Anchor & Pennsylvania Ave

Monday: 10a-8p

Tuesday: 10a-8p

Wednesday: 10a-8p

Thursday: 10a-8p

Friday: 10a-5p

Saturday: 10a-5p

Sunday: CLOSED

Neighborhood Branches

Monday: 10a-8p

Tuesday: 10a-5:30p

Wednesday: 10a-5:30p

Thursday: 10a-8p

Friday: 10a-5p

Saturday: 10a-5p

Sunday: CLOSED

 

Increased hours means more:

 

Check out The Compass for all our free events and stop into one of the Pratt’s 22 locations today. For more information, go to www.prattlibrary.org.

Food For Fines is Back!

Donate canned foods to pay off your library fines. Each can = $1.

  • All proceeds benefit the Maryland Food Bank.
  • There’s no limit on the amount of cans that you can donate!
    For example, 5 cans = $5 off of your library card fines.
  • Canned goods must be unopened and unexpired to qualify. No glass containers, please.
  • To participate, just drop off your cans at the Circulation Desk of any Pratt Library branch.

You can donate even if you don’t have fines. Contact your local branch for details.

Support healthy eating by donating the following most needed items:

  • Canned Proteins: canned tuna, salmon, chicken, peanut butter, or beans
  • Canned Vegetables: low sodium, no salt added
  • Fruits and Juices: in light syrup or its own juices, fruit cocktail, apple sauce, juice boxes
  • Pasta & Rice: brown & white rice, macaroni & cheese, pasta
  • Breakfast: cereal, oatmeal, quick oats, granola/cereal bars
  • Soups & Stews: low sodium, beef stew, chili, chicken noodle, vegetable, turkey & rice
  • Dairy: shelf-stable milk, evaporated milk, infant formula

Last year, the Pratt collected 8,124 pounds of food for the Maryland Food Bank, to help feed 6,770 Marylanders.

 

How to Download Library Books on your new E-Reader

Did you get a new Kindle or E-Reader this holiday season? You can download your library books right onto it with just a few easy steps.  Check out the video below, then take a look at the Pratt Library Catalog and get reading in 2018.

Pratt Staff Picks Best of 2017: eAudiobooks

Need a new book to listen to in the car on the way to work, or on your way to grandmother’s house this holiday? Click the cover to reserve your copy of…

Best eAudiobooks 2017

THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US

By Annie Barrows

[Recommended by Michele Ringer-Weil] From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what’s right.

HOMEGOING

By Yaa Gyasi

[Recommended by Anne Calhoun] Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indelibly drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.

SMALL GREAT THINGS

By Jodi Picoult

[Recommended by Lynn Scott] In Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult tackles the profoundly challenging yet essential con­cerns of our time: prejudice, race, and justice.

That’s all for Best Of 2017.  Head over to our Facebook page and let us know what your favorites!