Picture books about loss
To help children process loss, these picture books talk about sadness, absences, and death.
Sustainable gardening and living, for adults, from Multcolib
April is Native Plant Appreciation Month with Earth Day on April 22. What better time to consider foraging, planting northwest natives, and living sustainably and thinking about our connections to our planet.
Celebrate Earth Day with your family!
Help your family celebrate Earth Day and our connections to the planet with fiction and nonfiction about plants, animals, and the environment.
Math for babies, toddlers and preschoolers
For young children, math includes identifying numbers, associating a written number with an amount, estimating, recognizing shapes, practicing measurements, judging quantities like less and more, and so many other skills learned from birth!
Picture book biographies about lovers of math
Books for preschoolers and grades k-5 that are perfect for STEM fun. Celebrate March Mathness and read about the lives of some amazing people!
Story + math + cooking = delicious!
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.
March Mathness for grades K-3
Celebrate March Mathness with these books about math concepts for grades k, 1, 2, 3.
March Mathness for grades 4-6
Numbers, equations, patterns, measurements and more math explorations for grades 4, 5, 6.
Celebrating Women who tell our Stories
Celebrate Women's History Month with these titles representing the many and diverse voices of women.
Afro-Latine Authors, for adults
Explore this list of works from writers who identify as being Afro-American, Black, African American, Latino, Latinx or Latine.
Afro-Indigenous authors, for adults
Explore these contributions from authors who write from the intersections of their Indigenous, Black and African American identities.
BHM Black Resistance for young readers
The national theme for Black History Month 2023 is Black Resistance. This is a curated list of books for Kids and family and young readers focusing on Black Resistance.
Discover Boom Arts: Okinum
Boom Arts is a My Discovery Pass partner.
欢乐年年庆新春 Celebrating Lunar New Year
春节来了! 让我们为大家推荐春节主题的童书。祝大家新年快乐,身体健康!
Beginners guide to homeschooling
See the complete booklist in our catalog.
New adult new life
If you like books about young people starting their adult lives then you might like this list. New Adult fiction genre focuses on people between the ages of 18 and 30. They often highlight the challenges that come from entering adulthood like starting careers, building a chosen family, having romances and figuring out one's identity.
If you liked Hooky
If you like the graphic novel Hooky, try these next! These graphic novels have more tweens at magic schools or learning magic from their Kids and family.