Staff picks

Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff.

Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff for elementary and middle school ages.

Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff.

Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff for kids of all ages.

Historias que hablan de travesías, separaciones, encuentros y reencuentros. Únase a nosotros en Todo el mundo lee 2025, con las memorias de Javier Zamora, Solito. - Laura B.

From January through March 2025, we'll be reading Solito and exploring themes of migration, El Salvador, coming-of-age, families and found families and culture. Read the book and join us at an event or discussion, beginning January 2025. Literary Arts hosts "An Evening with Javier Zamora" on March 11, 2025.

Solito by Javier Zamora is Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads title for 2025. If you're interested in exploring more stories of migration, check out these graphic novels about border crossings, with a focus on the US/Mexico border. -- Dan J.

Nobody does horror like us! The LGBTQIA2S+ community knows what it's like to be made to feel monstrous, which makes for some of the most compelling horror novels. This collection is primarily by queer authors, about queer characters, but I threw the original Carmilla in there too because it's a classic. There's also some nonfiction titles about queer identities and the horror genre, and a few films as well!

Picture books with characters or the narrator who talk to and invite the reader to participate in the story.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20th that memorializes people whose lives were extinguished in acts of anti-transgender violence. One way to honor those who have been killed, and prevent more violence, is by learning what it is to be trans.

Check out a book (or several!) about the seen and unseen labor carried out by the Black community. Organized by publication date, this list focuses on a variety of labor performed by the Black community, from agriculture to nursing, from entertainment to prison labor.

This list was made for a patron seeking suggestions of picture books about emotions. To have your own personalized list made go to www.multcolib.org/my-librarian

Откройте для себя и своих детей удивительный мир творчества, пользуясь подборкой интересных книг из нашей коллекции.

Домашняя выпечка - это выпечка приготовленная с любовью, вами, на вашей кухне. Подборка книг с рецептами поможет вам приготовить как простые, так и сложные кондитерские и хлебобулочные изделия на каждый день и праздники.

Подборка книг с праздничными рецептами, которые разнообразят ваш стол на любое торжество и удивят гостей и домочадцев.

If you like Spinning Silver or fantasy rooted in Jewish folklore than you might like this list. 

Multiple narrators share different perspectives in these books for middle graders.

Fiction and nonfiction books by and about Indigenous peoples for early elementary ages.

Escape the 24 hour news cycle with these books about calm, focus and gathering energy.

El Día de Muertos es una celebración mexicana con orígenes precoloniales que combinan tradiciones indígenas y cristianas. Disfruten estos títulos con toda la familia.

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration with precolonial origins that combines indigenous and Christian traditions. Enjoy these titles with the whole family.