Top Picks from the Pratt!

Have you ever wanted to take a peek at what others are reading? If so, here’s a look at some of the top checked out items last month from the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Between books, movies, and educational resources, it really shows just how much the Pratt has to offer!

Book Lovers
By Emily Henry

Book | eBook | eAudio
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Check out DVD
Everything, Everywhere All at Once
Check out the DVD

Horse
By Geraldine Brooks

Book | eBook | eAudio
Lessons in Chemistry
By Bonnie Garmus

Book | eBook | eAudio

Shattered
By James Patterson
and James O. Born
Book | eBook| eAudio
Sparring Partners
By John Grisham

Book | eBook | eAudio
The 6:20 Man
By David Baldacci

Book | eBook | eAudio

The Batman
Check out the DVD
The Hotel Nantucket
By Elin Hilderbrand

Book | eBook | eAudio
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By V.E. Schwab

Book | eBook | eAudio
The Last Thing He Told Me
By Laura Dave

Book | eBook | eAudio
The New Yorker
Read the Magazine
Where the Crawdads Sing
By Delia Owens

Book | eBook | eAudio

STEAM Kits to Go
Check them out here

The Life and Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II

She was Britain’s longest serving monarch. As the world remembers Queen Elizabeth II, check out these Pratt Library resources to learn more about her life and legacy.

Elizabeth, The Queen
By Sally Bedell Smith

Book | eBook | eAudio
The Other Side of the Coin
By Angela Kelley

Read the Book
Queen of Our Times
By Robert Hardman

Book | eBook

The Queen: A Life in Pictures
By Victoria Murphy

Read the Book

The Queen: The Life And Times Of Elizabeth II
By Catherine Ryan

Read the Book

Available to watch on Kanopy…

The Majestic Life of Queen Elizabeth
Stream here
Queen Elizabeth
Stream here

Travel Back in Time with the Libby App

Have you checked out the Libby App yet? Designed by Overdrive, it’s a fantastic way to read or listen to all of your favorite eBooks and eAudios on the go! Here’s a look at some of the sweeping love stories and family sagas highlighted in their historical fiction section.

The Teacher of Warsaw
by Mario Escobar
eBook
Woman on Fire
by Lisa Barr
eBook | eAudiobook
Girls of Flight City
by Lorraine Heath
eBook | eAudiobook
The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn
eBook | eAudiobook
Sisters Of Night and Fog
by Erika Robuck
eBook | eAudiobook
Blackout
by Simon Scarrow
eBook
Sisters in Arms
by Kaia Alderson
eBook
The Hollywood Spy
by Susan Elia MacNeal
eBook | eAudiobook
Trial By Fire
by P.T. Deutermann
eBook
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
eBook | eAudiobook
Our Woman in Moscow
by Beatriz Williams
eBook | eAudiobook
The Shadow King
by Maaza Mengiste
eBook

Get Excited for the First Day of School

We can’t believe that the summer has gone by so soon! Since school is right around the corner, here are a few books to help children get ready for the new school year.

The Queen of Kindergarten
By Derrick Barnes and Vanessa Brantley-Newton

All Are Neighbors
By Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

First Day Jitters
By Julie Danneberg

The Day You Begin
By Jacqueline Woodson

Here’s a look at a few of the resources available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library that can help make the school year a success:

Computer & Internet Devices

Borrow Chromebook, tablets and mobile hotspots from your local Pratt Library Branch. Perfect for working on homework on the go or from the comfort of your home. 

Learn more here

Homework Help & Tutoring

HelpNow is a great tool for students to access expert tutors, one-on-one homework help, skills building, and a 24-hour writing lab. 

Access here

Reference Materials & Resources

Gale in Context offers educational content in popular subjects for Elementary, Middle, and High School students. 

Access here

STEAM to GO Kits

Kids can get hands-on and learn about STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) from home with these kits. 

Available here

Loved Beyoncé’s Renaissance? Read these books!

If Beyoncé’s latest album has been on repeat for you, here are a few books inspired by the Renaissance playlist! With focuses on Black and LGBT+ expression, love, joy, and excellence, we hope you enjoy them. 

Speak
by Tunde Oyeneyin
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
Book | eAudiobook
Seven Days in June
by Tia Williams
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Care Free Black Girls
by Zeba Blay
Book
More Than Enough
by Elaine Welteroth
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
All Boys Aren’t Blue
by George M. Johnson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Red Lip Theology
by Candice Marie Benbow
Book
Love in Color
by Bolu Babalola
Book | eBook
I’m So Not Over You
by Kosoko Jackson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

The Legs Are the Last to Go
by Diahann Carroll
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Pleasure Activism
by Adrienne Marie Brown
eBook
And the Category is…
by Rickey Turner
Book
Voguing and the house ballroom scene of New York City 1989-92
by Chantal Regnault
Book

Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene
by Gerard H. Gaskin
Book

How You Get Famous: Ten Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn
by Nicole Pasulka
Book