School Corps creates lists of library materials for Multnomah County educators. Our most popular booklists for various grade levels are listed below. 

What is a Bucket of Books?

These tubs contain up to 30 books on a topic, similar to those on the booklist, plus a teacher's guide. Not all booklists have a corresponding Bucket of Books; those that do are noted below. To request a bucket, click on the Bucket of Books link. 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, you can click on the booklist link and put the books on hold individually.

Available Booklists and Buckets of Books

Kindergarten-3rd grade

• Bridges (grade 3) — Booklist
• Communities and Neighborhoods (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Earth's Processes (grades 2-4) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades K-3) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Farms and Farm Animals (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• The Five Senses (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Food and Nutrition (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Growing Things (grades 1-3) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Growth and Adaptations (grade 1) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Habitats (grade 2) — Booklist
• Insects and Spiders (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Light and Sound Waves (grade 1) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Living Things: Survival & Environment (kindergarten) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Mysteries (grade 3) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Oceans and Ocean Life (grades K-2) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Penguins (grade 1) — Booklist
• Portland: History, Buildings, Bridges and Neighborhoods (grade 3) — Booklist
• Salmon (grade 3) — Booklist
• Starting School and Making Friends (grade 1) — Booklist
• Weather (grades K-2) — Booklist
• Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4) — Booklist | Bucket of Books

4th-5th grade

• African American History (grades 5-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Body Systems (grades 4-5) — Booklist
• Branches of Government (grades 4-5) — Booklist
• Colonial America (grades 5-6) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Earth’s Processes (grades 2-4) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Energy (grade 4) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Explorers of the Americas (grades 5-6) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Graphic Novels (grades 5-8) — Booklist
• Immigration (grade 5) — Booklist
• Landforms (grades 4-5) — Booklist
• Lewis and Clark Expedition (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Native Americans (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Oregon Trail (grades 4-5) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Properties of Matter (grade 5) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• The Solar System and Space (grades 4-5) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4) — Booklist | Bucket of Books

6th-8th grade

• African American History (grades 5-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Ancient China: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist |  Bucket of Books
• Ancient Egypt: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Ancient India: Fiction and Nonfiction (grade 6) — Booklist |  Bucket of Books
• Aztec, Inca and Maya: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Climate Change (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Colonial America (grades 5-6) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Controversial Topics (grades 8-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Environmental Protection (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Explorers of the Americas (grades 5-6) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Fiction about Colonial America and the Revolutionary War (grade 8) — Booklist
• Fiction about Prehistoric Times (grade 6) — Booklist
• Fiction about the Middle Ages and Renaissance (grades 6-8) — Booklist
• Graphic Novels (grades 5-8) — Booklist
• Heredity and Evolution (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Lewis and Clark Expedition (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Mesopotamian Cultures: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist
• The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - Nonfiction (grades 6-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Native Americans (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Zines (grades 8-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books

9th-12th grade

• Coming of Age Short Story Collections (grade 9) — Booklist
• Controversial Topics (grades 8-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• High Interest Fiction for Students Reading Below Grade Level (grades 9-12) — Booklist
• High Interest Nonfiction for Students Reading Below Grade Level (grades 9-12) — Booklist
• Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
• Zines (grades 8-12) — Booklist | Bucket of Books

Need a book bucket on another topic? If you teach in a Multnomah County school, School Corps can create one just for you. To request a customized bucket, visit our Assignment Alert page. This service takes two weeks.

Buckets of Books borrowers are responsible for following the same policies as other library users. Those with an educator library card can check a bucket out for six weeks. 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 School Corps at lib.school.corps@multco.us or 503.988.6004.