School Corps creates lists of library materials for Multnomah County educators. Our most popular booklists for various grade levels are listed below. Click on the booklist link and place individual titles on hold.
We also offer Buckets of Books containing up to 30 books on a specific topic.
- Bridges (grade 3) — Booklist
- Communities and Neighborhoods (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Earth's Processes (grades 2-4)
- Engineering & Scientific Innovation (grades 2-5)
- Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades Kindergarten-3)
- Farms and Farm Animals (grades Kindergarten-2)
- The Five Senses (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Food and Nutrition (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Growing Things (grades 1-3)
- Growth and Adaptations (grade 1)
- Habitats (grade 2)
- Insects and Spiders (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Life Cycles & Traits (grade 3)
- Light and Sound Waves (grade 1)
- Living Things: Survival & Environment (kindergarten)
- Mysteries (grade 3)
- Oceans and Ocean Life (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Penguins (grade 1)
- Portland: History, Buildings, Bridges and Neighborhoods (grade 3)
- Salmon (grade 3)
- Starting School and Making Friends (grades Kindergarten-1)
- Weather (grades Kindergarten-2)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American History (grades 5-8) — Booklist | Bucket of Books
- Biografías de latinoamericanos en español/Latin American Biographies in Spanish (grades 4-6)
- Body Systems (grades 4-5)
- Earth’s Processes (grades 2-4)
- Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8)
- Energy (grade 4)
- Engineering & Scientific Innovation (grades 2-5)
- Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades 4-7)
- Graphic Novels (grades 5-8)
- Immigration (grade 5)
- Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7)
- Properties of Matter (grade 5)
- The Solar System and Space (grades 4-5)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American History (grades 5-8)
- Ancient Egypt: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Ancient Greece and Rome: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Ancient India: Fiction and Nonfiction (grade 6)
- Aztec, Inca and Maya: Fiction and Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Biografías de latinoamericanos en español/Latin American Biographies in Spanish (grades 4-6)
- Climate Change (grades 6-8)
- Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8)
- Environmental Protection (grades 4-7)
- Fiction about Colonial America and the Revolutionary War (grade 8)
- Graphic Novels (grades 5-8)
- The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - Nonfiction (grades 6-8)
- Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12)
- Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7)
- Zines (grades 8-12)
- Coming of Age Short Story Collections (grade 9)
- High Interest Fiction for Students Reading Below Grade Level (grades 9-12)
- High Interest Nonfiction for Students Reading Below Grade Level (grades 9-12)
- Pacific Northwest Ecology and Geology (grades 6-12)
- Zines (grades 8-12)
For educators
Need a booklist on another topic? If you teach in a Multnomah County school, School Corps can create one for you. To request a booklist or a customized book collection, visit our https://multcolib.org/assignment-alert. Please allow three weeks notice.
For more information, contact the School Corps at lib.school.corps@multco.us or 503.988.6004.