Have you gotten your prizes yet?
The Pratt Library Summer Challenge wraps up August 15. Register your books today via Beanstack and head to your branch to pick up prizes!
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Summer Challenge 2018 Is Here!
June 13 – August 15 at all Pratt Libraries
Our Summer Reading program is now the Summer Challenge. This year’s theme: Libraries Rock!
Why participate?
- The Summer Challenge is a fun way to prevent “summer slide,” the loss of academic skills that students may experience during summer break
- Earn prizes by reading or attending library programs
- Open to all ages and reading levels, including adults
- It’s free!
How it works
Ask a librarian to get you started, or visit prattlibrary.beanstack.org to register.
Program specifics by age group
Magical Month with Fairy Tale Festival
Live happily ever after at the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s 16th annual Fairy Tale Festival.
This year, the Pratt is partnering with Light City Baltimore to spread the joy of fairy tales across the city.
A month of enchanted events kicks off with the Fairy Tale Extravaganza, where the Maryland Historical Society will be transformed into an enchanted forest.
Saturday, April 7, 10am-3pm
Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
As part of Light City, this year’s Extravaganza will include an illuminated tree house. Families can take pictures on the throne surrounded by fairy lights. Storytelling with TAHIRA begins at noon, followed by a Fairy Tale Ball with a live string quartet and dancing. Crafts, magic, face painting and other fairy tale fun will entertain crowds throughout the day.
The magical month continues throughout April with Fairy Tale Balls and events at branches across the Pratt Kingdom. “Fairy tales are an introduction to reading for many children,” says Pratt Library President & CEO Heidi Daniel. “We want to help spark their imagination by bringing those books to life and hopefully inspire a lifelong love of learning.”
The Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Fairy Tale Festival is sponsored by Transamerica.