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Good Dirt
Good Dirt

Good Dirt

Charmaine Wilkerson
We Do Not Part
We Do Not Part

We Do Not Part

Han/ Yaewon Kang
The Life Cycle of The Common Octopus
The Life Cycle of The Common Octopus

The Life Cycle of The Common Octopus

Emma Knight
Witchcraft For Wayward Girls
Witchcraft For Wayward Girls

Witchcraft For Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix
Darkmotherland
Darkmotherland

Darkmotherland

Samrat Upadhyay
The Stolen Queen
The Stolen Queen

The Stolen Queen

Fiona Davis
I Am Nobody's Slave
I Am Nobody's Slave

I Am Nobody's Slave

Lee Hawkins
Black In Blues
Black In Blues

Black In Blues

Imani Perry
From These Roots
From These Roots

From These Roots

Tamara Lanier
Glory, Too
Glory, Too

Glory, Too

Nikki Grimes
The Woman Who Knew Everyone
The Woman Who Knew Everyone

The Woman Who Knew Everyone

Meryl Gordon
Three Wild Dogs (And the Truth)
Three Wild Dogs (And the Truth)

Three Wild Dogs (And the Truth)

Markus Zusak
Venom, the Last Dance
Venom, the Last Dance

Venom, the Last Dance

Omni Loop
Omni Loop

Omni Loop

The Gutter
The Gutter

The Gutter

Things Will Be Different
Things Will Be Different

Things Will Be Different

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Parish.

Kindred
Kindred

Kindred

Marina Interlibrary Loan
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Marina Interlibrary Loan


Search and submit requests public libraries across Maryland for books, articles, and other materials, including audio/visual formats, musical scores, and microfilm.

Library of Things
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Library of Things


Check out learning kits, games, technology, musical instruments, and more with the Library of Things collection, available to Pratt cardholders. Place a hold and pick up your items at any Pratt location.

Digital Maryland Collections
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Digital Maryland Collections


Digital Maryland provides free online access to digital versions of rare and unique materials, including historical maps, photographs, reports, books, manuscripts, artwork, and other media.

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Maryland residents can now apply online for an eCard that allows access to all of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s digital resources including eBooks, streaming media, and databases. It’s easier than ever to get a Pratt Library card! We have loosened restrictions to getting a card to access our resources. Anyone who lives or owns property in Maryland is eligible for a free library card.

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OverDrive & Libby


Download popular eBooks, audiobooks, and more for all ages, including digital magazines formerly included in RBdidgital.

Kanopy
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Kanopy


Your Pratt Library card gives you access to a large, curated catalog of educational, entertaining, and enriching films for adults, teens, and kids.

Hoopla
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Hoopla


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow free eBooks, audiobooks, and digital comic books with hoopla.

Comics Plus
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Comics Plus


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga through your web browser or the Comics Plus app.

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free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — December 2024

Today with Dr. Kaye

From filmmaker, to professor, to one of Baltimore's leading voices in racial equity, Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead has had an impactful career. This episode of the Free to Bmore podcast, we talk to her about her impact on the local and national media landscape.

Government Documents

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