Staff picks

You will find everything you need to know about tacos in these books. Buen provecho!

Whether you’re connecting with your little one, a younger sibling, or babysitting for a friend’s child, starting a new project together can be just the thing to bridge generations. These titles are an invitation to your inner child to let your imagination run free right alongside your junior companion’s.

Cooking is a great way for even young children to practice measuring, counting, and estimating, and these picture books include recipes you can make together. Early math skills are linked with higher reading and test scores later in life, and cooking is an easy way to show kids that math can be fun. Celebrate March Mathness with books, baking and cooking!

Enjoy these cookbooks that celebrate the culture and history of Black food! And on Saturday, June 12th 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 Juneteenth cooking demonstration.

If you're playing adult summer reading, here are some ideas for the cookbook activity.