Buckets of Books contain up to 30 books on a topic, plus a teacher's guide. These are available through the regular check-out process. To place a hold on a bucket, click on the topic link from the lists below. Then, click the “Place hold” button and follow the instructions on the screen.
If there's not a Bucket of Books on your topic, or if the buckets are all checked out, see the booklists page.
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8) (New 7/2025)
- Communities and Neighborhoods (grades K-2) (Updated 3/2025)
- Earth Science (grades 2-4)
- Energy (grades 3-5)
- Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades K-3)
- Farms and Farm Animals (grades K-2)
- The Five Senses (grades K-2)
- Food and Nutrition (grades K-2) (Updated 3/2025)
- Growing Things (grades 1-3)
- Growth and Adaptations (grades 1-3)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest (grades 3-5) (New 7/2025)
- Insects and Spiders (grades K-2)
- Life Cycles & Traits (grade: 3)
- Light and Sound Waves (grades K-2)
- Living Things: Survival & Environment (grades K-2) (Updated 6/2024)
- Mysteries (grade 3)
- Oceans and Ocean Life (grades K-3) (Updated 9/2024)
- STEM Biographies (grades 2-5)
- Weather (grade: kindergarten)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8) (New 7/2025)
- Black History All Year (grades 5-8) (New 7/2025)
- Biografías de latinoamericanos en español/Latin American Biographies in Spanish (grades: 4-6) (Updated 5/2025)
- Earth Science (grades 2-4)
- Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8) (Updated 12/2024)
- Energy (grades 3-5)
- Engineering & Scientific Innovation (grades 2-5)
- Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades 4-7)
- Indigenous Biographies (grades 4-8) (New 7/2025)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest (grades 3-5) (New 7/2025)
- Indigenous Peoples of North America (grades 4-7) (New 7/2025)
- Properties of Matter (grade 5)
- STEM Biographies (grades 2-5)
- The Solar System and Space (grades 4-5)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8) (New 7/2025)
- Black History All Year (grades 5-8) (New 7/2025)
- Ancient Egypt: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Ancient Greece and Rome: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Aztec, Inca and Maya: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) (Updated 4/2024)
- Biografías de latinoamericanos en español/Latin American Biographies in Spanish (grades 4-6) (Updated 5/2025)
- Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8) (Updated 12/2024)
- Environmental Protection (grades 4-7)
- High-Interest Books for Striving Readers (grades 6-8)
- Indigenous Biographies (grades 4-8) (New 7/2025)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest (grades 6-12) (New 7/2025)
- The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Indigenous Peoples of North America (grades 4-7)
- Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12)
- Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7)
- Zines (grades 8-12)
- High-Interest Books for Striving Readers (grades 9-12)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest (grades 6-12)
- Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12)
- Zines (grades 8-12)
Checkout policies
- Buckets of Books borrowers are responsible for following the same policies as other library users.
- Buckets can be checked out for six weeks with a library educator account or for three weeks with a personal library account.
- The borrower is responsible for returning all the contents of the bucket. (Contents are listed in the teacher's guide.)
For more information, contact the library.