Staff picks

Explore nonfiction from a variety of perspectives and eras.

An ally is someone who stands up for, supports and encourage the people around them. These books can help you become more comfortable with gender identities and sexual orientation, and learn about LGBTQIA+IAP history and issues.

The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora. This is a curated list of books about self-care and mental health that center on the Black experience.

The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora. This is a curated list of books about caring for our bodies that center on the Black experience.

Trees are so much more than a product to be harvested, and scientists are discovering more about them everyday. Take a deep, green dive into the subject with these titles.

Nonfiction for teens

Puberty, body and emotional changes, and sex education for all genders, especially good for tweens/preteens in grades 4, 5, and 6 and the adults in their lives.

Talking to Kids and family explicitly about race is challenging for many adults, especially white adults, who may be entirely new to this conversation. But research shows it's the best way to raise antiracist Kids and family. The good news is that books can provide the language and pictures to help guide these very important conversations. Here are some of my favorites.

Picture book biographies, stories, and early nonfiction recommendations on women in science and technology fields.

Explore the stories behind the faces in these photography books.

Raise your daughter to know her own worth and to be her own authentic self. Also, keep her talking to you while she's growing up. These books can help.

Books, YouTube and Instagram pages, and websites for sewing, costume making, prop making, and more cosplay tutorials and instructions.

On June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the U.S. Civil War had ended, marking the end of slavery for African Americans. Since then, June 19th or "Juneteenth" has been observed as a holiday, celebrating the end of slavery in America and the culturally resiliency of African Americans over the years. On Saturday, June 12th, 2021, join Multnomah County Library's Black Cultural Library Advocates team and Multnomah County's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program for a series of online events celebrating Juneteenth.

Guías bilingües de estudio para el examen de ciudadanía Americana.

How can we all work together towards a relationship to the earth that is kind, just and sustainable? These books about Native ecological practices and the environment are for all ages, and are written by primarily Native American, Alaska Native, First Nations and Indigenous authors.

What's it like to wear a hearing aid? How does a new kind of music start? Find some answers in nonfiction books for readers in grades 4 and 5.

A list of resources for those coping with trauma, loss and bereavement.

Discover the achievements of girls and women.

Indigenous people have lived in the Americas since time immemorial. Learn more about this history through these titles that center Native voices. This list was created as part of Everybody Reads 2020, celebrating Tommy Orange's novel, There There.