Jackie P.

Reading lists

Portland: History, Buildings, Bridges and Neighborhoods

A collection of fiction and non-fiction materials about Portland for students. Please note: Most materials about Portland are categorized at adult reading level. However, these materials may still be useful as many have photographs and sections that should be useful for learning about Portland.

Portland

Haneckow, Dan

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Portlandness

Banis, David

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The Streets of Chinatown

Mirk, Sarah

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Portland's Black Panthers

Mirk, Sarah

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The Big & Awesome Bridges...

Wortman, Sharon Wood

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Bridges of Portland

Bottenberg, Ray

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Vanishing Portland

Bottenberg, Ray

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Our Portland

Cody, M. J. (Mary Jane)

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Above Portland

Forster, C. Bruce

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Portland

Fortner, Walter

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Portland City Walks

Foster, Laura O.

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Portland, Oregon

Frost, Susan E.

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Portland From the Air

Heinl, Russ

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An Architectural Guidebook to...

King, Bart

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Vanport

Maben, Manly

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The Eagle & the Fort

Morrison, Dorothy Nafus

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Historic Photos of Portland

Nelson, Donald R.

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Remembering Portland

Nelson, Donald R.

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African Americans of Portland

Oregon Black Pioneers

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Our Portland Story

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Out & About With Kids

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Central Library

Ritz, Richard E.

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Northwest Kid Trips

Shinn, Lora

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Larry Gets Lost in Portland

Skewes, John

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Portland ABC

Skewes, John

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Portland Names and...

Snyder, Eugene E. (Eugene Edmund)

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Spenser Goes to Portland

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The Portland Bridge Book

Wortman, Sharon Wood

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Interviews With the Twelve...

Frankel, Boaz

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Lone Fir Cemetery

Mirk, Sarah

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Lone Fir

Mathiesen, Johan

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Vanport

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Portland Timbers

Stewart, Mark

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Votes for Women

Mirk, Sarah

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Portland's Dead Freeways

Mirk, Sarah

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Go Outside: Parks, Trails,...

Zamora, Sakura

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Nice Museums In Portland

Zhang, Jinghan

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Walking With Ramona

Foster, Laura O.

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Lost Portland, Oregon

Ballestrem, Val C.

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Rose City Rising

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Portland Stair Walks

Foster, Laura O.

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Notable Women of Portland

Prince, Tracy J.

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The ABCs of Portland's...

Kline, Harvey

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Vanport

Podany, Zita

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Walk There

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Discovering Portland Parks

Wozniak, Owen

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt is fascinating! These middle grade nonfiction titles will introduce you to mummies, pyramids, pharaohs and more.

Ancient Egypt

Faust, Daniel R.

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1,000 Facts About Ancient...

Honovich, Nancy

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Mangy Mummies, Menacing...

Barnham, Kay

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Tutankhamun

Hawass, Zahi A.

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Curse of the Pharaohs

Hawass, Zahi A.

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Pyramid

Macaulay, David

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Egypt in Spectacular Cross-...

Biesty, Stephen

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National Geographic...

Rubalcaba, Jill

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If I Were A Kid in Ancient...

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Pharaoh's Boat

Weitzman, David

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National Geographic Kids...

Boyer, Crispin

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I Wonder Why Pyramids Were...

Steele, Philip

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Ancient Egypt

Williams, Marcia

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Your Life as A Pharaoh in...

Gunderson, Jessica

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You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Morley, Jacqueline

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Ancient Egypt

Amstutz, Lisa J.

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Mesopotamia for Students

Books about ancient Mesopotamian life and culture

Ancient Mesopotamia

Faust, Daniel R.

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Ancient Mesopotamia

Head, Tom

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You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Morley, Jacqueline

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You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Matthews, Rupert

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The Sumerians

Landau, Elaine

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The Babylonians

Landau, Elaine

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The Assyrians

Landau, Elaine

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National Geographic...

Gruber, Beth

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

McCaughrean, Geraldine

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Empires of Mesopotamia

Nardo, Don

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Mesopotamia and the Fertile...

Malam, John

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Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

Mehta-Jones, Shilpa

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Ancient Mesopotamia

Schomp, Virginia

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Mesopotamia, Iraq in Ancient...

Chrisp, Peter

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Mesopotamia

Deedrick, Tami

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Maps for students

Books of maps, and books about how maps work

Children's Illustrated...

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National Geographic Kids...

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Map
National Geographic Student...

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

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Smithsonian Children's...

Brooks, Andrew

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Travel Maps

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Maps and Geography

Jennings, Ken

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Maps and Mapping

Chancellor, Deborah

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Atlas of the Poles and Oceans

Foster, Karen

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Discovering Maps

Map
Beginner's United States...

Map
National Geographic Kids...

Boyer, Crispin

Map
Where on Earth?

Book
National Geographic Kids...

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Map

The Fifty States

If you need to research one of the U.S. states, check out this list of resources.

The 50 States

Balkan, Gabrielle

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Our 50 United States and...

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Our Fifty States

Bockenhauer, Mark H.

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Quilt of States

Yorinks, Adrienne

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Our 50 States

Cheney, Lynne V.

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Go, Go America

Yaccarino, Dan

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United Tweets of America

Talbott, Hudson

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The Train of States

Sís, Peter

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Weird U.S

Lake, Matthew

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50 States

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