Explore & Create

Lunch Doodles with Mo


Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day.

Dav Pilkey at Home


Get creative and have fun with some of your favorite characters from Dog Man and Captain Underpants! Check back every Friday to discover new activities, exciting videos, and so much more.

Harry Potter at Home


Special activity kits, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!) fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and more !

HP Digital Escape Room


Put your wizarding knowledge to the test! You can complete it on your own, with friends on a virtual platform like Google Hangouts, or with someone at home.

Virtual Field Trips


Available from Multnomah County Library without a login. Explore the world while staying home. These sites take you into space, art museums, bamboo forests, and more.

Draw with Jarrett Krosoczka


From the NYT-bestselling author of The Lunch Lady series! Free art, cartooning, and writing lessons every weekday at 2pm—and archived for later viewing.




Write with Kate DiCamillo


Now is the perfect time to work on that story that you've always wanted to write. Join two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo as she offers up tips and writing advice.

Listen to One


An album by Aaron Nigel Smith. MCL's Library Music Project brings the work of local musicians to you for free. Marlowe and I like Track 1 - it'll get you up and dancing!

Learn to Draw Mercy Watson

Come visit Chris Van Dusen in his studio in Maine and learn to draw Kate DiCamillo’s porcine wonder – Mercy Watson!