Some topics can be difficult to browse for in the library or in our catalogue. The topic guides and booklists below link to lists that might help you find the item you are looking for. If there are other topics you need help finding materials on, please fill out this form for help.
For Children & Families
- Adoption
- Bullying
- Child Abuse
- Communities & Neighbourhoods
- Diversity
- Divorce
- Earth & Environment
- Emotions
- Empathy
- Families
- First Nations and Metis Picture Books
- Following Rules
- Friendship
- Gardening Books for Children
- Grandparents
- Grief
- Halloween Family Movies
- Helping Others or the Earth
- Honesty
- Imagination
- Immigrants
- Inuit Picture Books
- LGBTQ+ Picture Books
- Manners
- Mindfulness
- Moving House
- New Baby
- Racism for School-aged Children
- Racism Picture Books
- Read-Alouds for the Very Young
- Refugees
- Remarriage
- Residential Schools
- Same-Sex Marriage
- School
- Self-Acceptance
- Self-Esteem
- Sharing
- Special Needs
- Squamish Nation & Coast Salish Picture Books
- Strangers and Body Safety
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Toilet Training
- Valentine’s Day
For Adults
- 2SLGBTQQIA
- Adult Literacy
- Anti-Racism
- Climate Change & Action
- Crafting & Creativity
- Deaf & Sign Language Resources
- Death, Dying, Surviving, & Grief
- Edible and Medicinal Plants
- Financial Literacy: Personal Finance & Investing
- First Nations Legends & Stories
- French Fiction
- Growing and Raising Your Own Food
- Indigenous Canada
- Indigenous History & Resources for Truth & Reconciliation
- Maps of British Columbia
- Place Making & Urban Planning
- Residential Schools
- Squamish Nation Resources
- Squamish Plants & Animals
- Squamish Settler History
- Wildlife Safety
Quick Picks
Staff Picks
- Andrea’s Staff Picks
- Erika’s Staff Picks
- Heather’s Staff Picks
- Kate’s Staff Picks (picture books)
- Kirsten’s Staff Picks
- Maria’s Staff Picks (lots of audiobooks)
- Martine’s Staff Picks
- Naomi’s Staff Picks
- Rachel’s Staff Picks
- Rya’s Staff Picks
- Sonia’s Staff Picks
- Staff Picks: Cookbooks
- Squamish Library Board: Recommended Reads