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It’s not too late to sign up! The fun of Summer Break Baltimore continues through August. Earn prize entries by visiting the library, reading or listening to a book, and attending a library program.

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Carrie Soto Is Back

Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Jamie Ford
The Last White Man

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
Haven

Haven

Emma Donoghue
Portrait of An Unknown Woman

Portrait of An Unknown Woman

Daniel Silva
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

Katherine Center
Scenes From My Life

Scenes From My Life

Michael Kenneth Williams
Pig Beach Bbq Cookbook

Pig Beach Bbq Cookbook

Matt Abdoo
A Place In the World

A Place In the World

Frances Mayes
This Is Ear Hustle

This Is Ear Hustle

Nigel Poor
Path Lit By Lightning

Path Lit By Lightning

David Maraniss
The Mamas

The Mamas

Helena Andrews-Dyer
The Lost City

The Lost City

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Naomi Season 1

Naomi Season 1

Pam & Tommy

Pam & Tommy

The Wobblies

The Wobblies

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Lioness

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Dr. Tamar Mendelson
free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — June 2022

Dr. Tamar Mendelson

As young people face more trauma in Baltimore, health exports are looking for practices to introduce that could impact the future. This episode of the Free to Bmore podcast we talk to Dr. Tamar Mendelson, Director of the Center for Adolescent Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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With a Pratt Library card, you can borrow devices like Chromebooks, tablets, and mobile hotspots to get online from the comfort of your home.

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National Geographic for Kids

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space with this database for children ages 6 through 14.

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