Enoch Pratt Free Library

 Did you know that there is a fast and easy to find out what’s happening at your local Enoch Pratt Free Library? Well if you pick up a bimonthly issue of the Compass you’ll never be left out of the loop of anything and everything taking place at a local Pratt library near.

What is the Compass?  It is our library newsletter. Each issue is jammed pack full of the latest info on current upcoming events. There is a section on readings and book signings. Hey are you in the mood for a movie? The Compass covers all the great free flicks you can check out at the Central Library or sometimes even locally. You can find out about great programs happening for the very young and the older crowd.

So pick up your copy of the Compass from your local library today. Don’t forget to ask your library staff about how you can have the Compass mailed to your home, school, or business. Just another way your Pratt library is working to bring the community great resources and information:)

Hey Parents, Kids and Teenagers hurry and sign up for the Summer Reading Program. It is a chance for you to not only enjoy reading great books this summer but win prizes as well.

HOW DO YOU JOIN THIS SUMMER READING GAME?

Go to your local library and ask to sign up for the reading program. Write down the titles of the books you read on your "Make a Splash/Make Waves" reading log. Go back to the library after reading 4 books to get a prize. Once you have read 8 books, you get a T-shirt. Many schools and camps participate in the library summer reading program as part of their activities. Check to see if your group is already participating.

Also for signing up for the summer reading program teens will receive a free copy of “Locomotion” by Jacqueline Woodson.Teens can win a bonus prize for writing a poem or drawing a picture about your life in Baltimore, a city on the water. There is also a special prize being given exclusively at your Waverly Branch Library for reading “Locomotion”  
                                                                                         

ADULTS! You can get into the fun too! For the first time at the Enoch Pratt Free Library adults can participate in an adult reading game we call Beach Blanket Bingo! 

For more details on the summer reading program or anything else happening at your local library this summer please visit your local Pratt library information desk or check out our website.

FREE Adult Literacy Classes coming soon to a Branch near you.

This fall, Baltimore Reads, Inc. in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library will offer adult literacy classes.
The Waverly branch is conducting a survey on literacy needs in the community. Classes will be offered based on community needs for GED Preparation, Reading, Math, English as a Second Language and or Civics/Citizenship study. Sign up and or tell a Friend. Help is available, sign up today!
For more information, please contact any of the libraries listed on the survey for more information or visit http://baltimorereads.org/ 

 IT'S SHOWTIME!!!

It’s the beginning of May, which means that summer is almost here. Summer means no school, family vacation, camp, or maybe it is just a great time to relax. There is no better way of course to beat the summer heat then to crowd into a movie theater and catch the latest summer blockbuster. There is only one thing better than a great movie but a free great movie. Join us here at your Waverly Branch library for the ultimate free movie experience. There will be free soft drinks, popcorn, candy, and of course hit movies on our silver screen. For dates and show times please visit our information desk or check out our online calendar. We hope to see you at the movies.

Hollywood is trying hard to find the next movie hit. I guess there is no need to be original when your next blockbuster movie is just one bookshelf away. Check out a few books that are now playing in or are on the way to a theater near you:

It is getting harder and harder to find some originality in Hollywood these days. Everything in theaters now seems to be based on a novel, comic book, television show or video game. Many big screen adaptions do well at the box office while others fall flat on their no-talent, commercialized, and B-movie face. (That's enough ranting over horrible films.) One thing that remains constant is that even if you don't enjoy the movie, you'll probably love the book on which it is based. Check out a few of these books now playing at your library and on the big screen near you: