Top 5 books about Black Resistance for kids and teens
The 2023 national theme for Black History Month is “Black Resistance,” in recognition of the historic and ongoing oppression that Black and African American people have resisted.
Did you know that five simple activities will help prepare your child for success in reading, school and life? Let these books inspire you to read, talk, sing, write and play with your child!
Did you know that five simple activities will help prepare your child for success in reading, school and life?
These books play with their structure and design in such a way that you are very consciously aware that you are reading a physical object.
10 things you can get at the library for free (besides books)
Libraries are now thriving community spaces where you can meet with peers, get computer help and enjoy art programs. But did you know there are many more free things that you can do through the library?
Picture books showing characters disrupting stereotypical gender binary roles, showing boys exhibiting emotional literacy, featuring female animals not coded with stereotypical clothing or behavior
Books to share with early elementary ages about amazing people such as Temple Grandin, Keith Haring, Elgin Baylor, even the inventor of the popsicle!
Books with doodles, cartoons and other artwork. For grades 3, 4, and 5.
Put down the game controller, log off the computer, hang up the phone, turn off the TV. Books for Kids and family in grades K-3.
Fiction and nonfiction about and by Native American, Native Hawaiian and First Nation peoples for grades 4-6.
Sometimes, the sense of place in a book is as important as the characters.
Gender diversity and LGBTQIA++ inclusive board books and picture books for birth to age 5.
Homeschool Book Club
Homeschoolers ages 9-12 are invited to talk about books, do related activities and eat snacks! This month we will discuss A Spoonful of Time, a novel of time travel and delicious Korean food. Please read the book before the meeting. Registration is required. Family and siblings are welcome to attend, but please register each person.
Homeschool Book Club
Homeschoolers ages 9-12 are invited to talk about books, do related activities and eat snacks! This month we will discuss The Phantom Tollbooth, a classic novel where Milo journeys through a fantastical land and learns the importance of words and numbers. Please read the book before the meeting. Registration is required. Family and siblings are welcome to attend, but please register each person.
Homeschool Book Club
Homeschoolers ages 9-12 are invited to talk about books, do related activities and eat snacks! This month we will discuss Twins by Varian Johnson. Please read the book before the meeting.
Registration is required, but only the starred fields on the registration form need to be filled out. (You do not need to have a library card.) Family and siblings are welcome to attend, but please register each person.
Homeschool Book Club
Homeschoolers ages 9-12 are invited to talk about books, do related activities and eat snacks! This month we will discuss Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Please read the book before the meeting.
Registration is required, but only the starred fields on the registration form need to be filled out. (You do not need to have a library card.) Family and siblings are welcome to attend, but please register each person.
Homeschool Book Club
Homeschoolers ages 9-12 are invited to talk about books, do related activities and eat snacks! This month we will discuss The Lion of Mars, a science fiction novel about a kid raised on Mars who learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. Registration is required. Family and siblings are welcome to attend, but please register each person.
Media Advisory: Books to Beats brings music, literacy tools to youth in detention
On the first day of school in Portland, join Multnomah County Library leadership, staff, youth, project partner and award-winning artist Esperanza Spalding to learn how beats, poetry and music support literacy at Donald E. Long Detention Center and preview other possible resources and offerings through the library’s space planning and expansion program.
Ready to move beyond the Reader section? Here are some books to try from juvenile fiction.
To help children process loss, these picture books talk about sadness, absences, and death.
Whimsical picture books full of nature and imagination
Practice vowel sounds with these picture books for preschoolers and early elementary ages.
These stories for 5-9 year olds focus on empathetic and sensitive characters, and celebrate different ways of being.