ORPARC Library

Choose conveniently from how-to parenting guides, children’s & teen books, information packets, digital downloads, videos, or deep dives into tough topics like trauma. Materials mailed FREE of charge! Enjoy a brief library tour with mischievous Tiny Bear in the ORPARC Short Supports video below.

Not sure what to choose? Call 1-855-496-BOOK (2665) or email ORPARClibrary@nwresource.org. We're happy to make recommendations.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS OUR LIBRARY!

HINT: use filters on far right of each library page to sort by age, etc.

• Check out DIGITAL MATERIALS (email us for a login code)
• Explore information packets you can order for keeps
• View ORPARC Short Supports videos on many supportive topics
• Admire our new Culture Connection Collection uplifting kids of color in care & en español!
• Admire our new ExtensionAlly-ty Collection coming soon!
• Celebrate our Tribal-specific Collection & Resource pages

If you are an Oregon state resource (foster), adoptive, guardianship, respite, or pre-adopt parent; Oregon DHS, SNAC or COAA worker; C.A.S.A.; or other supporting community partner, you are eligible to use ORPARC's library!

Library Materials by Subject:

Materials in other languages include Español/Spanish, Russian, Chuukese, Vietnamese and some Tribal languages.

• ADHD/ADD
• Adoptee & Fosteree-authored/illustrated
• Adoption (General)
• All About Me
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Attachment & Bonding
• Autism/Aspergers
• Bullying & Peer Issues
• Celebrations & Holidays
• Child Development
• Child Welfare
• Children's Materials - grade/age tags are only meant as starting points, not definitive guides
• Chuukese Language
• Complex & Development Trauma
• Cultural Diversity/Transracial
• Culture Connection Collection - Thanks to a State Library of Oregon LSTA grant, a new collection culturally & carefully curated to support kids of color in care, adoption, guardianship and/or kincare. En español
• Curly Hair Care
• Depression
• Developmental Differences
• Diet & Nutrition
• Discipline
• Disruption and Dissolution
• Early Childhood
• Education - School Issues
• Education - Special Education
• Emancipation/Preparation for Adulthood
• Emotional Literacy
• Faith Inspired
• FASD/Drug Affected
• Foster Care
• Incarceration
• Infertility & Pregnancy Loss + digital options
• International
• Kinship Relatives
• Legal Issues
• LGBTQ+ Issues
• Lifestory
• Lying/Confabulation/Stealing
• Loss & Grief
• Medical Issues
• Mental Health
• Neurodiversity
• Neurological
• Openness/Mediation
• ORPARC information packets
• ORPARC Short Supports Video series - instant access
• Parenting
• Physical Abuse
• Play
• Pre-adoption
• Professional Materials
• Respite Care
• Russian Language
• Search & Reunion
• Self-Destructive/Suicidal
• Sensory Integration
• Sex Education
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexualized Behavior
• Siblings
• Single Parenting
• Sleep
• Slumberkins - each book comes with an activity packet for kids!
• Spanish - Materiales en Español
• Suicide & Self Harm
• Substance Abuse/Addiction
• Support Groups
• Talking About Race
• Talking About Adoption
• TBRI® -Trust Based Relational Intervention
• Technology
• Teen Issues
• Teen Materials
• Transitions
• Trauma/PTSD
• Triad Issues
• Tribal/Indigenous - including Resources!
• Vietnamese Language
• Violence (Domestic, etc.)