Homeschooling Resources
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We are dedicated to helping parents, guardians, and teachers during this time. Though many of our services are changed, we still want to help you give the children in your care. Please check the pages below for resources you can access.
If you are struggling to find childcare, please visit this link for some suggestions.
Your Next Great Read, the library’s popular reading advisory service, is now available for kids, teens and their caregivers! Just fill out a form, sit back, and wait for your customized selections of titles from Youth Services team.
Learn More »Our virtual programming includes archives of our Music & Storytelling, Learning with PPL, and Read Alouds. All videos can be found on our YouTube.
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Please note the READ program is paused for the 2024-2025 school year and READ numbers will not work with cloudLibrary. Click for more info. READ = Research, Entertainment, Access, and Discovery. Thanks to a partnership between Portland Public Library and Portland Public Schools, READ accounts allow all PPS students in every grade to access public library resources with their unique school ID numbers.
Learn More »Up Next at the Library:
From the PPL blog:
PPL joins the Dirigo Library Consortium and prepares for systemwide upgrades. More »
Welcome, readers! We're here to share our end-of-the-year staff picks. More »