Teens

Get involved at your neighborhood library! Councils meet twice monthly and work with library staff to improve services. Members earn volunteer hours. Middle and high school students can join teen council; younger youth (ages 9-12) can join tween council.

Teen lists

Transgender Awareness & Remembrance: nonfiction for teens

Nonfiction books from the teen collection for Transgender Awareness Week (November 13-19, 2025) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20). Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) honors the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. The week before TDOR, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise visibility for transgender people.

Events

Nov 18

A Good Yarn Knitting & Crochet Group

Tue Nov 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Gregory Heights Library

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced knitter, come join the fun as we learn together. All experience levels and ages welcome. Please bring your own supplies.

Nov 18

You Too Can Craft!: Crochet Baskets

Tue Nov 18
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Holgate Library

Learn how to create soft baskets crocheted from yarn or string! Learn two common stitches to make these beautiful creations.

Nov 18

Read to the Dogs

Tue Nov 18
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capitol Hill Library

Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

Nov 18

Teen Time!

This event has been canceled
Tue Nov 18
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hillsdale Library

Teens: Guide your Hillsdale library spaces and programs while helping people in your community! Hang out with friends, play Nintendo Switch and board games, and eat snacks.

Nov 18

Teen Art Gathering: Mess Around and Find Out

Tue Nov 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Central Library

Teens are invited to explore and create in multiple art mediums. All skill levels welcome. Supplies and snacks provided, but feel free to bring a work in progress and your own tools.

Nov 18

K-12 Virtual Tutoring / Tutoría Virtual

Tue Nov 18
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online

Virtual Tutoring is for Multnomah County students in grades K-12 who need support in language arts, math, science or social studies. 

Nov 18

Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8

Tue Nov 18
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Midland Library

Middle school students are invited to talk about comics and eat snacks!  Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book.

Nov 18

Queer Youth Club

Tue Nov 18
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Gregory Heights Library

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8.

Nov 18

Music Discovery

Tue Nov 18
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Midland Library

Music Discovery is an open lab format that provides community members access to library equipment for learning about digital and analog music creation.

Nov 18

Read to the Dogs

Tue Nov 18
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Holgate Library

Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

Nov 18

Knotty Knitters / Crafty Crocheters

Tue Nov 18
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Midland Library

Do you have knitting and/or crocheting projects that you’d love to get finished? Or new ones you want to start? Please join us on Tuesdays for yarn work and fun! All ages and abilities welcome.

Nov 18

Sistahs4Life Soulful Line Dancing

Tue Nov 18
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Albina Library

Get active, get healthy, get fit — all while line dancing, exercising and having fun! Line dance: Move to the beat, feel the energy, and get your steps in without even realizing it!

Nov 19

Free Create with a Bambu 3D Printer

Wed Nov 19
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Albina Library

Already have experience with the library's Bambu 3D printers? Register for this session to use a 3D printer and get help from staff on creating a project of your choice (subject to time limits).

Nov 19

Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!

Wed Nov 19
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Rockwood Library

Calling all teens in grades 6-12! Come make something cool, learn a new skill, and meet friendly people in this teen-focused creative space.

Nov 19

Free Create with a Bambu 3D Printer

Wed Nov 19
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Albina Library

Already have experience with the library's Bambu 3D printers? Register for this session to use a 3D printer and get help from staff on creating a project of your choice (subject to time limits).

Nov 19

Read to the Dogs

Wed Nov 19
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sellwood-Moreland Library

Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

Nov 19

非物质文化遗产系列 - 汉服文化节 / Chinese Intangible - Hanfu Fashion Show

Wed Nov 19
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Holgate Library

汉服,是中华优秀传统文化的艺术精粹,体现中华民族独特的美学和民族个性,透过多元的搭配方式、表现风格、美学趋势,让汉服插上时尚的翅膀,积极融入现代人们的日常生活当中。让中华民族优秀传统服饰文化成为当今世界时尚的潮流元素。 

盛情邀请您与家人一起穿上汉服,来参加今年的汉服节活动,也欢迎您呼朋引伴來了解更多的汉服相关文化。

Nov 19

Craft Your College Essay

Wed Nov 19
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
North Portland Library

Join this class to learn about writing an essay that will help get you into college. We'll review the latest common application of 2025-26.

Nov 19

Read to the Dogs

Wed Nov 19
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Holgate Library

Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

Nov 20

Showers and Hygiene Resources

Thu Nov 20
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Midland Library

Cultivate Initiatives will be in the Midland parking lot offering free hot showers and other resources, including (while supplies last) clothing and hygiene products.