Staff picks

For preschool and grades K-3, and includes books about pronouns and gender identity. Most stories written/illustrated by trans authors and authors with trans children.

Every May we celebrate Americans who trace their heritage to a vast region: China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, Native Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Guam, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. Here you'll find fiction, poetry, memoir and nonfiction by American authors from this rich diaspora.

Court of Venom is our latest collaboration with Ooligan Press, a teaching press affiliated with Portland State University. For the past few years, Ooligan has chosen a work submitted through the Library Writers Project, our self-publishing project fueled by the creativity of local writers.

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.

If you're playing the adult summer reading game or are looking for books from a variety of perspectives, here's a list of books about and written by people who experience a disability.

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.

If you've ever wondered how Portland got its reputation as a bastion of independent and D.I.Y music, try some of the items on this list.

Fiction and nonfiction about bisexual identities.

Nonfiction for teens

Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on intersex, asexual, pansexual and demisexual identities.

Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming identities.

Fiction and nonfiction for teens

Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on gay identities.

April is National Poetry Month, and here's a list of poetry from Oregonians for your To Be Read Pile: enjoy them the whole year long.

Boom Arts is a My Discovery Pass partner.

Maybe books can help. Here are a couple books for a parent and some picture books for a jealous older sibling as well.

Books for fundraising and grant-seeking.

Books for 5th-8th grade readers featuring girls with autism and sensory processing disorder.

Learn about the culture and history of this Eastern European nation through fact and fiction.