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An Index of All ACPL Book Lists
General Topic Book Lists
Parents' Primer--A selection of materials about sensitive topics.

100th Day Celebration
Abraham Lincoln
Abuse, Physical
Accelerated Reader / Lexile / Reading Counts Lists --Links to Allen County schools with online AR lists, and other useful information.
ADHD and Learning Disabilities
Adoption
African-American History
AIDS
Alcohol Abuse
Allen County School Reading Lists
Alphabet
Alzheimer's Disease
American Girl Books
Amputation/Prosthetics
Anger
Apples
Johnny Appleseed
Artists in Fiction
Asthma & Allergies
At-Home Dads / Working Moms
Autism and Asperger Syndrome Resource List
Autumn
Baby Faces
Big Books
Birth and Babies
Blended & Step-Families
Blindness
Books in Verse
Bubbles
Bullies and Teasing
Butterflies
Caldecott Winners, 1938-Present
Cancer
Chess
Cinderella Variants
Clay Illustrations
Colors
Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-Present
Counting Books
Creation Stories & Myths
Cumulative Tales
Cut Paper Illustrations
Dark / Nightmares, Fear of
Day of the Dead=Día de los muertos
Dear America Books
Death
Dental, Medical and Hospital Visits
Dentist
Diabetes
Dinosaur Stories
Disabilities
Divorce --See also: Step-Families
Doctor
Down Syndrome
Dragon Books and Stories
Drug Abuse
Dyslexic-Friendly Formats, Early Readers with
Early Childhood Curriculum Resources
Early Readers with Dyslexic-Friendly Formats
Early Literacy:
Elections
Environmental Issues and Recycling
Fabric and Fabric-like Art Illustrations
Fairies
Families
Family Abuse
Fears
Feelings
Fingerplay Resources
"Firsts" -- First Steps, First Bike Ride, First Sleepover, etc.
Folk and Fairy Tale Variants
Fort Wayne and Indiana Histories
Foster Families
Gender: Non-Traditional Gender Roles
Genealogy for Kids
Gingerbread Man Variants
Glasses
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Variants
Gorillas
Hansel & Gretel Variants
Harry Potter Read-Alikes
Head Lice
Hearing Impairment
Holocaust
Homeless Families
Homeschooling
Hospital / Surgery
How and Why Stories
Illnesses
Indiana Department of Education Summer Reading List
Islam
Johnny Appleseed
Kits for Kids --Find out more about our thematically-based kits in the bright blue bags!
Learning Disabilities & ADHD
Lemony Snicket Read-Alikes and Supplements
Letter Knowledge
Lexile / Reading Counts / Accelerated Reader Lists --Links to Allen County schools with online Lexile lists, and other useful information.
Head Lice
Lincoln, Abraham
Magazines
Mental Illness & Emotional Issues
Middle East, Stories from and about
Military --Parental deployment and informational books.
Monsters, Fear of
Moving, Fear of
Multi-Racial Families
Music Across the Curriculum
Mythology in Picture Books
Narrative Skills
New Babies, Other Books See also, Birth and Babies
Newbery Award Books Ranked!
Newbery Winners, 1922-Present
Nightmares / Dark, Fear of
Noah's Ark variants
Olympics
Only Child Families
Parents' Primer
--Several booklists listing children's books that help explore sensitive issues, such as divorce, illness, and birth.
Patriotism
Peace
Phonological Awareness
Physical Abuse
Pop-Up and Lift-the-Flap Books
Potty Training
Preschool Books and Websites
Princess Books
Print Awareness
Print Motivation
Puberty
Rapunzel variants
Read-Aloud Books Too Good to Miss
Reading Counts / Accelerated Reader / Lexile Lists --Links to Allen County schools with online Reading Counts lists, and other useful information.
Reading Recovery books owned by ACPL:
Rebus Books
Recycling
Red Riding Hood Variants
Rumpelstiltskin Variants
Safety
Same-Sex Parents Families
Scary Stories
School
Security Items, Blankets, Etc.
Self-Esteem
Separation Anxiety
Sexual Abuse
Sexuality
Sibert Award Winners (non-fiction books)
Siblings See also, Birth and Babies
Single Parent Families
Smoking
Spanish Words in English Language Children's Books
Spring
Substance Abuse
Summer Reading Lists (Local Schools)
Take Your Child to Work
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner and Honor Books
Therapy & Healing
"There Was an Old Lady..." Variants
Three Little Pigs variants
Violence, Societal; War; Weapons
Violence, Talking About
Vocabulary
"Where do babies come from?" See also, Birth and Babies
Winter
Wordless and Nearly Wordless Books
World Language Words in English Language Children's Books --A list of books written mostly in English, that feature translation of some of the text; languages include Spanish, Japanese, and many others!
Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, 2012-2013
Young Hoosier Book Award Winners, 1975-2012

Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.lib.in.us, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.lib.in.us.