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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.
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8)
- Bridges (grade 3)
- Communities and Neighborhoods (grades K-2)
- Democracy & Government (grades K-5)
- Earth Science (grades 2-4)
- Elections & Voting (grades K-5)
- 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)
- Gobierno, votación, y elecciones para estudiantes de Kinder-5º grado/Government, Voting, and Elections (grades K-5)
- Grief and Loss (grades K-5)
- Growing Things (grades 1-3)
- Growth and Adaptations (grades 1-3)
- Habitats (grade 2)
- 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)
- Mysteries (grade 3)
- Oceans and Ocean Life (grades K-3)
- Penguins (grade 1)
- Portland: History, Buildings, Bridges and Neighborhoods (grade 3)
- Salmon (grade 3)
- Starting School and Making Friends (grades K-1)
- STEM Biographies (grades 2-5)
- Weather (grades K-2)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8)
- Black History All Year (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)
- Democracy & Government (grades K-5)
- Earth Science (grades 2-4)
- Elections & Voting (grades K-5)
- Ecosystems and Ecology (grades 5-8)
- Energy (grades 3-5)
- Engineering & Scientific Innovation (grades 2-5)
- Environmental Protection & Climate Change (grades 4-7)
- Gobierno, votación, y elecciones para estudiantes de Kinder-5º grado/Government, Voting, and Elections (grades K-5)
- Graphic Novels (grades 5-8)
- Grief and Loss (grades K-5)
- Immigration (grade 5)
- Indigenous Biographies (grades 4-8)
- Pacific Northwest Native Americans (grades 4-7)
- Properties of Matter (grade 5)
- The Solar System and Space (grades 4-5)
- STEM Biographies (grades 2-5)
- Weather and Natural Disasters (grades 3-4)
- African American Biographies (grades 3-8)
- Black History All Year (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)
- Democracy, Elections & Government (grades 6-12)
- 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)
- High Interest Books for Striving Readers (grades 6-8)
- Indigenous Biographies (grades 4-8)
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest (grades 6-12)
- 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)
- Democracy, Elections & Government (grades 6-12)
- 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)
For educators
Need a booklist on another topic? If you teach in a Multnomah County school, our librarians can create one for you. To request a booklist, visit our Assignment Alert form. Please allow three weeks notice.
