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FICTION INDEX - SUBJECT HEADING LIST

Burnaby Public Library: Fiction Index 1 January 2019

ABANDONMENT - PARENTAL Abduction See KIDNAPPING, SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN

ABDUCTION

ABOLITIONISTS Abominable snowman see YETI Aborigines see FIRST NATIONS ABORTION Abridgements see CLASSICS - ABRIDGED ABSENTMINDEDNESS (used for not paying attention) see also FORGETFULNESS

Abuse see ABUSE - specific type, see also ALCOHOL ABUSE ABUSE - EMOTIONAL ABUSE - OF ANIMALS ABUSE - PHYSICAL ABUSE - SEXUAL see also INCEST, PEDOPHILIA Acceptance see TOLERANCE ACCIDENTS see also ACCIDENTS - specific type, BABIES - SWITCHED AT BIRTH, BREAKING THINGS, DEATH AND DYING - ACCIDENTAL, EMERGENCIES, INJURIES, MISTAKES, SHIPWRECKS

ACCIDENTS - AIRPLANE see also ACCIDENTS - HINDENBURG ACCIDENTS - AUTOMOBILE see also DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS - BICYCLE ACCIDENTS - DIVING ACCIDENTS - HINDENBURG ACCIDENTS - NUCLEAR POWER Accountability see RESPONSIBILITY Accusations - false see FALSE ACCUSATIONS, PRISON AND PRISONERS - WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Acting see THEATRE AND ACTING, MOVIES AND

MOVIE-MAKING

Action adventures see ADVENTURES - ACTION Activism see ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, SOCIAL ACTIVISM Add see SPECIAL NEEDS - ADD Addiction see ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE ADHD see SPECIAL NEEDS - ADD Adjectives see WORDS AND WORD PLAY - ADJECTIVES Adolescence see COMING OF AGE, PUBERTY ADOPTION see also ADOPTION - CROSS-CULTURAL, BIRTH MOTHERS ADOPTION - CROSS-CULTURAL (includes intercountry adoption) ADVENTURES see also ADVENTURES - ACTION, ADVENTURES - HUMOUR, FANTASY, GRADE 3 - ADVENTURE, GRADE 4 AND 5 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE, GRADE 6 AND 7 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE, QUESTS, SCIENCE FICTION, SEA STORIES, SHORT STORIES - ADVENTURE, STOWAWAYS, SURVIVAL, SUSPENSE, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL

ADVENTURES - ACTION see also GRADE 4 AND 5 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE, GRADE 6 AND 7 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE ADVENTURES - HUMOUR Affairs see PARENTS - EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS Afghan war, 2001 see ASIA - HISTORY - AFGHAN WAR, 2001 Afghanistan see ASIA - AFGHANISTAN AFRICA see also AFRICA - specific country, region or ethnic group, AFRICA - HISTORY, AFRICAN ANIMALS, HERITAGE - AFRICAN, HERITAGE - AFRICAN-AMERICAN

AFRICA - ANGOLA AFRICA - BENIN AFRICA - BOTSWANA AFRICA - CAMEROON AFRICA - EAST AFRICA see also AFRICA - KENYA, AFRICA - TANZANIA AFRICA - EGYPT see also HISTORY - ANCIENT EGYPT AFRICA - EQUATORIAL GUINEA



AFRICA - ETHIOPIA AFRICA - GABON AFRICA - GAMBIA AFRICA - GHANA AFRICA - HISTORY see also HISTORY - ANCIENT EGYPT AFRICA - IVORY COAST AFRICA - KENYA AFRICA - LIBERIA AFRICA - MAASAI AFRICA - MADAGASCAR AFRICA - MALAWI AFRICA - MALI AFRICA - MOROCCO AFRICA - MOZAMBIQUE AFRICA - NAMIBIA AFRICA - NIGER AFRICA - NIGERIA AFRICA - SENEGAL AFRICA - SIERRA LEONE AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA see also APARTHEID, AUTHORS - SOUTH AFRICAN AFRICA - SUDAN AFRICA - SUDANANESE AFRICA - SWAHILI AFRICA - SWAZILAND AFRICA - TANZANIA AFRICA - TUAREGS AFRICA - TUNISIA AFRICA - UGANDA AFRICA - WEST AFRICA see also AFRICA - BENIN, AFRICA - GAMBIA, AFRICA - GHANA, AFRICA - GUINEA, AFRICA - IVORY COAST, AFRICA - LIBERIA, AFRICA - MALI, AFRICA - NIGER, AFRICA - NIGERIA, AFRICA - SENEGAL, AFRICA - SIERRA LEONE

AFRICA - ZAIRE AFRICA - ZAMBIA AFRICA - ZIMBABWE African Americans see HERITAGE - AFRICAN AMERICAN AFRICAN ANIMALS see also AARDVARKS, CAMELS, ELEPHANTS, HIPPOPOTAMI, JACKALS, LIONS, MONGOOSES, MONKEYS, APES AND GORILLAS, RHOCOCEROS, WARTHOGS, ZEBRAS

AGGRESSIVENESS see also ANGER Aging see HERITAGE - AFRICAN AMERICAN Agoraphobia see PHOBIAS - AGORAPHOBIA Aids see ILLNESS - AIDS AIR see also FANTASY - SKY WORLDS AIRPLANES see also ACCIDENTS - AIRPLANE, CAREERS - AIRLINE WORKERS AIRSHIPS Alberta see CANADA - ALBERTA ALBINOS ALCHEMISTS AND ALCHEMY Alcohol see ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUNK DRIVING, HISTORY - PROHIBITION ALCOHOL ABUSE see also ALCOHOLISM, DRUNK DRIVING ALCOHOLISM (used for addiction to alcohol) Alien abduction see SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION Aliens see IMMIGRANTS - ILLEGAL, SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION, SCIENCE FICTION - ALIENS, SCIENCE FICTION - UFOS

ALL SOULS' DAY ALLEGORIES see also FANTASY - ALLEGORICAL Allergies see ILLNESS - ALLERGIES Alligators see REPTILES - ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES Alternate endings see VARIED ENDINGS Alternate histories see FANTASY - ALTERNATE HISTORIES Alternate worlds see FANTASY - SECONDARY AND PARALLEL WORLDS Alzheimer's disease see ILLNESS - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Amazon Basin see SOUTH AMERICA - AMAZON BASIN



AMAZONS Ambition see SELF-DISCIPLINE Amish see RELIGION - AMISH AMNESIA AMPHIBIANS see also FROGS AND TOADS AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS see also DISNEY THEME PARKS, FAIRS Ancient civilizations see HISTORY - specific ancient civilization Ancient world see HISTORY - ANCIENT EGYPT, HISTORY - ANCIENT GREECE, HISTORY - ANCIENT ROME, HISTORY - BIBLICAL TIMES, HISTORY - PREHISTORY

Androids SCIENCE FICTION - ROBOTS Aneurysm see ILLNESS- ANEURYSM ANGELS see also ANGELS - GUARDIAN ANGELS - GUARDIAN ANGER see also SELF-CONTROL ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE ANIMAL RIGHTS (includes experiments on animals) ANIMAL SHELTERS Animal-human friendship see FRIENDSHIP - ANIMAL-HUMAN ANIMALS see also specific animals, ABUSE - OF ANIMALS, AFRICAN ANIMALS, AMPHIBIANS, ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE, ANIMAL SHELTERS, ANIMALS - CRIPPLED, ANIMALS - ENDANGERED SPECIES, ANIMALS - EXTINCT, ANIMALS - HUMOUR, ANIMALS - LOVE OF, ANIMALS - NOCTURNAL, ANIMALS - URBAN WILDLIFE, AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS, BIRDS, CAREERS - ANIMAL CARE WORKERS, CAREERS - VETERINARIANS, DWELLINGS - ANIMAL, FANTASY - ANIMAL, FANTASY - HUMAN-ANIMAL COMMUNICATION, FARM ANIMALS, FEAR OF ANIMALS, FERAL ANIMALS, FISH, FOREST ANIMALS, GRADE 3 - ANIMALS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - ANIMALS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - ANIMALS, HIBERNATION, INSECTS, MIGRATION, MYSTERIES - ANIMAL DETECTIVES, MYTHICAL CREATURES, PETS, POINT- OF-VIEW - ANIMAL, PREDATORS AND PREY, REPTILES, SHORT STORIES - ANIMAL, SPIDERS, WILDLIFE RESCUE

ANIMALS - CRIPPLED ANIMALS - ENDANGERED SPECIES see also PANDAS ANIMALS - EXTINCT see also DINOSAURS, FOSSILS ANIMALS - HUMOUR ANIMALS - LOVE OF ANIMALS - NOCTURNAL see also ARMADILLOS, BADGERS, BATS, BEAVERS, BIRDS - OWLS, COUGARS, COYOTES, DEER, FOXES, FROGS AND TOADS, HEDGEHOGS, HIPPOPOTAMI, INSECTS - FIREFLIES, MICE, MOLES, RACCOONS, SLUGS, WILDCATS, WOLVES, WORMS

ANIMALS - TRAINING ANIMALS - URBAN WILDLIFE Animals, mythical see MYTHICAL CREATURES Annoying people see OBNOXIOUS CHARACTERS Anorexia see ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS ANTARCTIC see also BIRDS - PENGUINS ANTEATERS Anthropologists see CAREERS - ANTHROPOLOGISTS ANTICIPATION (used for inactive expectation) see also GETTING READY ANTI-SEMITISM Ants see INSECTS - ANTS ANXIETY APARTHEID APARTMENTS APATHY Apes see MONKEYS, APES AND GORILLAS APPEARANCE - BODY IMAGE APPEARANCE - DECEPTIVE NATURE OF APPEARANCE - DISFIGUREMENT see also FOOTBINDING APPEARANCE - PERSONAL see also FOOTBINDING APPEARANCE - PLASTIC SURGERY Apples see FOOD - APPLES APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICING



APRIL FOOLS' DAY see also FOOLS, TRICKS, AND TRICKERY Aquariums (includes all types of aquariums) see also FISH ARAB-ISRAELI WAR - 1948-1949 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR - 1967 ARCHAEOLOGY see also CAREERS - ARCHAEOLOGISTS Archery see SPORTS - ARCHERY ARCTIC see also CANADA - NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA - NUNAVUT, CANADA - YUKON, FIRST NATIONS - INUIT, FIRST NATIONS - SAMI, UNITED STATES - ALASKA

Argentina see SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA Arguing see FIGHTING AND ARGUING, FEUDS Arguments see FIGHTING AND ARGUING, FEUDS ARK - BIBLICAL ARMADILLOS ARMED FORCES ARMENIA Armenians see ASIA - TURKEY - HISTORY - ARMENIAN MASSACRE, HERITAGE - ARMENIAN Around the world see GEOGRAPHY - GLOBAL AWARENESS Arranged marriages see MARRIAGE - ARRANGED Arson see FIRES - ARSON ART AND ARTISTS see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific artist, CAREERS - ARTISTS, CARVING AND SCULPTING, ILLUSTRATION - specific technique, MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

Arthritis see ILLNESS - ARTHRITIS ARTHURIAN LEGEND see also MERLIN Arts see POWER - OF THE ARTS ASIA see also AISA - specific country, SHORT STORIES - ASIAN ASIA - AFGHANISTAN see also ASIA - AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN, ASIA - HISTORY - AFGHAN WAR, 2001 ASIA - AFGHANISTAN - AFGHAN WAR, 2001 ASIA - AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN ASIA - BANGLADESH ASIA - BORNEO Asia - Burma see ASIA - MYANMAR ASIA - CAMBODIA see also ASIA - CAMBODIA - CAMBODIAN WAR, HERITAGE - CAMBODIAN ASIA - CAMBODIA - CAMBODIAN WAR ASIA - CHINA see also AUTHORS - CHINESE, ASIA - CHINA - HISTORY, ASIA - CHINA - HONG KONG, ASIA - CHINA - TIBET, CHINESE NEW YEAR, DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, HERITAGE - CHINESE, PANDAS, WORLD WAR II - CHINA

ASIA - CHINA - HISTORY see also CHINA - HISTORY - CULTURAL REVOLUTION, FOOTBINDING ASIA - CHINA - HISTORY - CULTURAL REVOLUTION ASIA - CHINA - HONG KONG ASIA - CHINA - TIBET ASIA - HISTORY - AFGHAN WAR, 2001 ASIA - HISTORY - KOREA - KOREAN WAR ASIA - INDIA see also AUTHORS - INDIAN, DIVALI, HERITAGE - INDIAN, HOLI, ASIA - INDIA - HISTORY ASIA - INDIA - HISTORY ASIA - INDONESIA ASIA - JAPAN see also ASIA - JAPAN - HISTORY, AUTHORS - JAPANESE, HERITAGE - JAPANESE, ORIGAMI, POETRY - HAIKU, SAMURAI

ASIA - JAPAN - HISTORY ASIA - KOREA see also HERITAGE - KOREAN, ASIA - KOREA - KOREAN WAR, WORLD WAR II - KOREA ASIA - KOREA - HISTORY see also ASIA - KOREA - HISTORY - KOREAN WAR ASIA - KOREA - KOREAN WAR ASIA - KURDISTAN ASIA - LAOS ASIA - MALAYSIA ASIA - MYANMAR



ASIA - NEPAL ASIA - PAKISTAN see also HERITAGE - PAKISTANI, MEHNDI ASIA - PHILIPPINES see also HERITAGE - FILIPINO ASIA - SINGAPORE ASIA - SRI LANKA ASIA - TAIWAN ASIA - THAILAND see also HERITAGE - THAI ASIA - TURKEY ASIA - TURKEY - HISTORY - ARMENIAN MASSACRE ASIA - VIETNAM see HERITAGE - VIETNAMESE, ASIA - VIETNAM - VIETNAM WAR ASIA - VIETNAM - VIETNAM WAR Aspirations see HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS Assertiveness see FRIENDS - BEING ASSERTIVE WITH, SELF- CONFIDENCE Asthma see ILLNESS - ASTHMA ASTROLOGY see also FORTUNE-TELLERS AND FORTUNE-TELLING Astronauts see SPACE - ASTRONAUTS ASTRONOMERS AND ASTRONOMY see also CAREERS - ASTRONOMERS ATHEISM ATLANTIS used for novels about the lost continent of Atlantis Atomic weapons see WAR - ATOMIC WEAPONS Atonement see REDEMPTION Attention - paying see LISTENING Attention deficit disorder see SPECIAL NEEDS - ADD Attentiveness see LISTENING AUNTS AUNTS AND UNCLES see also AUNTS, UNCLES AURORA BOREALIS AUSTRALIA see also AUSTRALIA - HISTORY, AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS, AUTHORS - AUSTRALIAN, FIRST NATIONS - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES,

AUSTRALIA - HISTORY AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS see also AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - specific animal, BIRDS - EMUS

AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - ECHIDNA AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - KANGAROOS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - KOALAS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - PLATYPUSES AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - POSSUMS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS - WOMBATS AUSTRIA see also WORLD WAR II - AUSTRIA AUTHORS - ADULT BOOK WRITER Used for authors who normally write adult books. AUTHORS - ALTERNATE CHAPTERS BY TWO DIFFERENT used for books in which alternate chapters are written by different authors AUTHORS - AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS - AUSTRIAN AUTHORS - BELGIAN AUTHORS - BRAZILIAN AUTHORS - CANADIAN AUTHORS - CANADIAN - BRITISH COLUMBIAN AUTHORS - CANADIAN - BRITISH COLUMBIAN - BURNABY AUTHORS - CANADIAN - BRITISH COLUMBIAN - GREATER AUTHORS - CELEBRITIES AS AUTHORS - CHILDREN AS (used for books written by young people) AUTHORS - CHILEAN AUTHORS - CHINESE AUTHORS - CZECH AUTHORS - DANISH AUTHORS - DEAF AUTHORS - DUTCH AUTHORS - FINNISH AUTHORS - FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS - FRENCH AUTHORS - GERMAN AUTHORS - INDIAN (used for authors from India) AUTHORS - INUIT AUTHORS - IRANIAN AUTHORS - IRISH AUTHORS - ISRAELI



AUTHORS - ITALIAN AUTHORS - JAPANESE AUTHORS - METIS AUTHORS - NEW ZEALANDER AUTHORS - NORWEGIAN AUTHORS - PALESTINIAN AUTHORS - SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHORS - SPANISH AUTHORS - SWEDISH AUTHORS - SWISS AUTHORS - TURKISH AUTHORS - WELSH Authorship see AUTHORS - specific country, AUTHORS - CELEBRITIES AS, AUTHORS - CHILDREN AS, BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific authors, CAREERS - AUTHORS AND WRITERS, WRITERS AND WRITING

Autism see SPECIAL NEEDS - AUTISM Auto racing see SPORTS - AUTO RACING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION Automobiles see ACCIDENTS - AUTOMOBILE, CARS Autumn see FALL AVALANCHES AND ROCK SLIDES (includes landslides) Awareness see SELF-PERCEPTION AND AWARENESS BABIES see also ANIMAL BABIES, BABIES - NEW BABY, BABIES - SWITCHED AT BIRTH, BABYSITTERS AND BABYSITTING, BIRTH - ANIMALS, BIRTH - HUMAN, BREASTFEEDING, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SIBLING RIVALRY

BABIES - NEW BABY (includes all aspects of new baby in home) see also BABIES, BIRTH - HUMAN, BREASTFEEDING, SIBLING RIVALRY

BABIES - SWITCHED AT BIRTH Baboons see MONKEYS, APES AND GORILLAS Babylonia see HISTORY - MESOPOTAMIA BABYSITTERS AND BABYSITTING see also DAYCARE, PARENTS - LEARNING SKILLS OF, NANNIES, REASSURANCE, SEPARATIONS BACKPACKS BACKWARDS DAY (used for characters who do things backwards) see also MATH - COUNTING BACKWARDS BAD DAY BADGERS Bahamas see CARIBBEAN - BAHAMAS Bakers see CAREERS - BAKERS, COOKS AND COOKING BAKERS AND BAKING see also CAREERS - BAKER, COOKS AND COOKING Baldness see ILLNESS - ALOPECIA Ball games see GAMES - BALL GAMES, JUGGLERS AND JUGGLING, SPORTS - specific ball games Ballet see DANCING - BALLET, SHORT STORIES - BALLET BALLOONS AND BALLOONING Bangladesh see ASIA - BANGLADESH Barbados see CARIBBEAN - BARBADOS BARGAINS AND BARGAINING see also PEDDLERS AND PEDDLING Barkerville see BRITISH COLUMBIA - HISTORY - BARKERVILLE BARTERING see also SELLING THINGS Baseball see SPORTS - BASEBALL, SPORTS - BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE Bashfulness see SHYNESS Basketball see SPORTS - BASKETBALL Basques see HERITAGE - BASQUE BATHTIME Batik see ILLUSTRATION - FABRIC BATS BEACHES AND SEASHORE see also SEASHELLS BEARS see also PANDAS Beauty see APPEARANCE - PERSONAL BEAVERS BEDS Bee keepers see CAREERS - BEE KEEPERS Bees see INSECTS - BEES Beetles see INSECTS - BEETLES



Behaviour problems see MISBEHAVIOUR, OBNOXIOUS CHARACTERS, SCHOOL - BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS BEING LOST BELGIUM Belonging see HOME - SENSE OF Benin see AFRICA - BENIN BETRAYAL see also TREASON BETS AND BETTING see also DARES, GAMBLING Biblical times see HISTORY - BIBLICAL TIMES BICYCLES AND BICYCLING (includes tricycles) see also ACCIDENTS - BICYCLE,

SPORTS - CYCLING, SPORTS - DIRTBIKING. UNICYCLES

Bigfoot see SASQUATCHES, YETI BILINGUAL TEXT - INUKTITUT BILINGUAL TEXT - TAGALOG BIOENGINEERING see also CAREERS - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS, CLONING BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION (used for fictional accounts of real persons) see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific person, BIOGRAPHIES - GRADE 4 AND 5, BIOGRAPHIES - GRADE 6 AND 7

BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ANASTASIA, GRAND DUCHESS BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ANNE BOLEYN, QUEEN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - APPLESEED, JOHNNY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BARNARDO, DR. BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BARTON, CLARA BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BILLY, THE KID BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BOADICEA, QUEEN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BRONTE, EMILY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - BUFFALO BILL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - CATHERINE THE GREAT BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - CHAGALL, MARC BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - COOK, JAMES BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - DEGAS, EDGAR BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - DICKENS, CHARLES BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - DICKINSON, EMILY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - EDISON, THOMAS BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - EDWARD VI BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - EINSTEIN, ALBERT BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ELEANOR, OF AQUITANE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ELIZABETH I BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - EMERSON, RALPH WALDO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - GIOTTO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - GOGH, VINCENT VAN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - GRETZKY, WAYNE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - GREY, LADY JANE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HELEN OF TROY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HENDERSON, PAUL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HENRY II, KING OF ENGLAND BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HENRY VIII BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HEWITT, FOSTER BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HOUDINI, HARRY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HOWE, GORDIE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - HUDSON, HENRY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ISABELLA I, QUEEN OF SPAIN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - JOAN OF ARC BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - JOHN, KING OF ENGLAND BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - KORCZAK, JANUCSZ BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - KUBLAI KHAN BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - LEONARDO DA VINCI BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - LOUIS VII, KING OF FRANCE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MACDONALD, JOHN A., SIR BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MAGRITTE, RENE



BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MARIE ANTOINETTE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MARY I (MARY TUTOR) BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MASIH, IQBAL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MCCLUNG, NELLIE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MONET, CLAUDE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - MOZART, NANNERL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - NELSON, ADMIRAL HORATIO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - PEARY, ROBERT E. BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - PICASSO, PABLO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - POTTER, BEATRIX BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - RALEIGH, SIR WALTER BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - REMBRANDT BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - RICHARD I, KING OF ENGLAND BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ROBERT I, KING OF SCOTLAND BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - RUTH, BABE BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - SACAGAWEA BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - SATIE, ERIK BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - SECORD, LAURA BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM see also SHAKESPEAREAN FICTION BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - STRADIVARI, ANTONIO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - THOMSON, TOM BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - THOREAU, HENRY BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - WALLENBERG, RAOUL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - WASHINGTON, GEORGE BIRDS see also BIRDS - SEABIRDS, BIRDS - specific bird, CAREERS - BIOLOGISTS, EGGS, FLYING, MIGRATION BIRDS - BLACKBIRDS BIRDS - BUZZARDS BIRDS - CANADA GEESE BIRDS - CANARIES BIRDS - CARDINALS BIRDS - CHICKENS BIRDS - CONDORS BIRDS - CORMORANTS BIRDS - CRANES BIRDS - CROWS BIRDS - DUCKS BIRDS - EAGLES BIRDS - EMUS BIRDS - FALCONS BIRDS - FLAMINGOS BIRDS - GEESE see also BIRDS - CANADA GEESE BIRDS - HAWKS BIRDS - HERONS BIRDS - HOMING PIGEONS BIRDS - HUMMINGBIRDS BIRDS - MAGPIES BIRDS - OSTRICHES BIRDS - OWLS BIRDS - PARROTS BIRDS - PEACOCKS BIRDS - PELICANS BIRDS - PENGUINS BIRDS - PHEASANTS BIRDS - PHOENIX BIRDS - PIGEONS AND DOVES see also BIRDS - HOMING PIGEONS BIRDS - PUFFINS BIRDS - RAVENS BIRDS - ROADRUNNERS BIRDS - ROBINS BIRDS - SEABIRDS BIRDS - SPARROWS BIRDS - STORKS BIRDS - SWALLOWS BIRDS - SWANS BIRDS - TURKEYS



BIRDS - VULTURES BIRDS - WOODPECKERS BIRTH - ANIMAL BIRTH - HOME BIRTHS BIRTH - HUMAN see also BIRTH - HOME BIRTHS BIRTH MOTHERS (used for birth mothers of adoptees) BIRTHDAYS see also GIFTS AND GIFT GIVING BISEXUAL see also LGTBQ+, QUEER, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN BISON Black humour see HUMOUR - BLACK BLACKMAIL Blacks see HERITAGE - AFRICAN, HERITAGE - AFRICAN- AMERICAN BLAMING OTHERS BLANKETS see also QUILTS AND QUILTING Blindness see SPECIAL NEEDS - BLINDNESS BLIZZARDS BLOGS AND BLOGGING Boarding school see SCHOOL - BOARDING SCHOOL BOASTING see also SHOWING OFF BOATS AND SHIPS see SEA STORIES, SPORTS - CANOEING AND KAYAKING, SPORTS - RAFTING, SPORTS - SAILING, SUBMARINES

BOATS AND SHIPS - TUGBOATS Bobcats see WILDCATS BODY see also APPEARANCE - specific subject, EATING,

FOOTBINDING, FRECKLES, HEALTH, HICCUPS, MEHNDI, SPECIAL NEEDS - PROTHESES, SIZE - LARGE

STATURE, SIZE - SMALL STATURE, SKELETONS, SPORTS - BODYBUILDING

BODY - FEET BODY - FRECKLES Bodybuilding see SPORTS - BODYBUILDING Bogs see WETLANDS Bolivia see SOUTH AMERICA - BOLIVIA Books see LITERACY AND READING BOOKS - CARE OF BOREDOM see also APATHY Borneo see ASIA - BORNEO BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA - HISTORY - SARAJEVO SIEGE BOSSINESS Botswana see AFRICA - BOTSWANA BOTTLES BOXES Boxing see SPORTS - BOXING Boys see BOYS - FAVOURITE BOOKS OF, DISGUISES - BOYS DISGUISED AS GIRLS, FRIENDSHIP - BOYS, GRADE 3 - BOYS' FAVOURITES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - BOYS' FAVOURITES, GRADE 6 AND 7 - BOYS' FAVOURITES, MYSTERIES - BOY DETECTIVES, ROMANCE - FROM MALE PERSPECTIVE, SENSITIVE MALES

BOYS - FAVOURITE BOOKS OF (used for books that are particularly popular with male readers) Brain Control see MIND CONTROL BRAINWASHING see also MIND CONTROL Bravery see COURAGE Brazil see SOUTH AMERICA - BRAZIL BREAKING THINGS see also ACCIDENTS BREASTFEEDING BRIDGES Britain see GREAT BRITAIN, specific country British Columbia see CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA BROTHERS see also BROTHERS - HUMOUR, BROTHERS AND SISTERS BROTHERS - HUMOUR



BROTHERS AND SISTERS see also BROTHERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS - HUMOUR, NEW BABY, SIBLING RIVALRY, SISTERS, TWINS

BROTHERS AND SISTERS - HUMOUR BUBBLES Bubonic plague see PLAGUES - BUBONIC Buddhism see RELIGION - BUDDHISM Buffalo see BISON BUILDING AND BUILDERS (includes engineering and construction projects) see also BRIDGES, CAREERS - ARCHITECTS, CAREERS - CARPENTERS, CAREERS - CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, CAREERS - ENGINEERS, FENCES, HOUSES, RUINS, TUNNELS

BULGARIA Bulimia see ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS Bullfighting see SPORTS - BULLFIGHTING Bulls see COWS AND BULLS BULLYING Burma see ASIA - MYANMAR BUSES see also CAREERS - TRUCK DRIVERS Butterflies see INSECTS - BUTTERFLIES BUTTONS Byzantium see HISTORY - BYZANTINE EMPIRE Cambodia see ASIA - CAMBODIA, HERITAGE - CAMBODIAN CAMPING see also SUMMER CAMP CANADA see also AUTHORS - CANADIAN, CANADA - HISTORY - specific time or topic, CANADA - specific province or region, CLASSICS - CANADIAN, POLICE - RCMP, WORLD WAR I - CANADA, WORLD WAR II - CANADA

CANADA - ALBERTA CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA see also AUTHORS - CANADIAN - BRITISH COLUMBIAN CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - GREATER VANCOUVER CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - HISTORY CANADA - HISTORY see also CANADA - HISTORY - specific time period or subject, FUR TRADERS, WORLD WAR I - CANADA, WORLD WAR II - CANADA

CANADA - HISTORY - 1663 AND EARLIER CANADA - HISTORY - 1663-1763 CANADA - HISTORY - 1763-1867 CANADA - HISTORY - 1867-1900 CANADA - HISTORY - 1900s CANADA - HISTORY - 1910s CANADA - HISTORY - 1920s CANADA - HISTORY - 1930s CANADA - HISTORY - 1940s see also WORLD WAR II - CANADA CANADA - HISTORY - 1950s CANADA - HISTORY - 1960s CANADA - HISTORY - 1970s CANADA - HISTORY - 1990s CANADA - HISTORY - ACADIAN EXPULSION CANADA - HISTORY - HOME CHILDREN CANADA - HISTORY - SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756 -1763 CANADA - HISTORY - UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS CANADA - MANITOBA CANADA - MARITIME PROVINCES see also CANADA - specific maritime province CANADA - NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA - NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CANADA - NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CANADA - NOVA SCOTIA see also CANADA - HISTORY - ACADIAN EXPULSION CANADA - NUNAVUT CANADA - ONTARIO CANADA - PRAIRIE PROVINCES see also CANADA - specific prairie province CANADA - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CANADA - QUEBEC see also HERITAGE - FRENCH CANADIAN CANADA - SASKATCHEWAN CANADA - YUKON Canada geese see BIRDS - CANADA GEESE Cancer see ILLNESS- CANCER



CANOES AND KAYAKS (used for canoes and kayaks as methods of transportation) see also SPORTS - CANOEING AND KAYAKING

Captives of First Nations see FIRST NATIONS - CAPTIVES OF Car accidents see ACCIDENTS - AUTOMOBILE Car racing see SPORTS - AUTO RACING CAREERS see also CAREERS - specific career CAREERS - ACTORS (used for stage and screen actors) CAREERS - AIRLINE WORKERS CAREERS - ANTHROPOLOGISTS CAREERS - ARCHAEOLOGISTS CAREERS - ARTISTS (used for visual arts) CAREERS - ASTRONAUTS CAREERS - ASTRONOMERS CAREERS - AUTHORS AND WRITERS (used for writers of all kinds) see also CAREERS - JOURNALISM CAREERS - AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS CAREERS - BAKERS CAREERS - BARBERS AND HAIRSTYLISTS (includes beauticians) CAREERS - BEE KEEPERS CAREERS - BIOLOGISTS see also CAREERS - BOTANISTS, CAREERS - ZOOLOGISTS CAREERS - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS CAREERS - BOTANISTS CAREERS - CARPENTERS CAREERS - DANCERS CAREERS - DOCTORS CAREERS - ENGINEERS CAREERS - ENTREPRENEURS (used for business owners, shopkeepers) CAREERS - FASHION AND MODELLING CAREERS - FLORISTS CAREERS - FOOD SERVICE WORKERS (used for all involved in food presentation and service, other than cooks and bakers. For business owners see CAREERS - ENTREPRENEURS) See also CAREERS - BAKERS, CAREERS - COOKS

CAREERS - FOREST INDUSTRY CAREERS - GARMENT WORKERS CAREERS - GEOLOGISTS CAREERS - JOURNALISM (used for all positions involved in news researching, production and presentation in print media) see also CAREERS - TELEVISION

CAREERS - LEGAL SERVICES WORKERS CAREERS - MUSICIANS CAREERS - NURSES CAREERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS CAREERS - SALES PERSONNEL CAREERS - SCIENTISTS CAREERS - TEACHERS CAREERS - TELEVISION (used for all positions involved in news researching, production and presentation in television broadcast CAREERS - VETERINARIANS CAREERS - ZOOLOGISTS CARIBBEAN see also CARIBBEAN - specific country, WORLD WAR II - CARIBBEAN CARIBBEAN - BARBADOS CARIBBEAN - CUBA CARIBBEAN - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CARIBBEAN - HAITI CARIBBEAN - JAMAICA CARIBBEAN - PUERTO RICO CARNIVALS used for carnivals, freak shows, and sideshows Carpenters see CAREERS - CARPENTERS CARS see also ACCIDENTS - AUTOMOBILE, MOTORCYCLES CARVING AND SCULPTING CASTLES Catholic school see SCHOOL - CATHOLIC CATS see also WILD CATS CAVES Celebrity authors see AUTHORS - CELEBRITIES AS CENSORSHIP see also FREEDOM OF SPEECH



CENTRAL AMERICA see also CENTRAL AMERICA - specific country CENTRAL AMERICA - COSTA RICA CENTRAL AMERICA - EL SALVADOR CENTRAL AMERICA - GUATEMALA Cerebral palsy see SPECIAL NEEDS - CEREBRAL PALSY Challenging books see GRADE 4 AND 5 - CHALLENGING BOOKS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - CHALLENGING BOOKS Change see CHANGE - specific topic, FANTASY - PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION, FANTASY - SHAPE-SHIFTERS, RAGS TO RICHES, RICHES TO RAGS, TIME TRAVEL - CHANGING EVENTS

CHANGE - DEALING WITH CHANGE - OF HEART OR MIND CHANGE - SOCIAL see also ENVIRONMENT - URBANIZATION Changelings see FANTASY - CHANGELINGS Chanukah see HANUKKAH Characters in literature see FAIRYTALE AND STORYBOOK CHARACTERS CHARITY CHEATING CHEERLEADING CHESS Chicken pox see ILLNESS - CHICKEN POX Chickens see BIRDS - CHICKENS Child abuse see ABANDONMENT - PARENTAL, ABUSE - EMOTIONAL, ABUSE - PHYSICAL, ABUSE - SEXUAL, LABOUR CONDITIONS - CHILD LABOUR, PEDOPHILIA, PROSTITUTION - CHILD

Child as head of family see FAMILIES - CHILD AS HEAD OF FAMILY Child brides see MARRIAGE - CHILD BRIDE Child labour see LABOUR CONDITIONS - CHILD LABOUR Child prostitution see PROSTITUTION - CHILD Children as authors see AUTHORS - CHILDREN AS Children on own see FAMILIES - CHILD AS HEAD OF FAMILY, HOMELESSNESS - CHILDREN ON OWN Chile see SOUTH AMERICA - CHILE CHIMNEY SWEEPS China see ASIA - CHINA, AUTHORS - CHINESE, FOOTBINDING, HERITAGE - CHINESE CHINESE NEW YEAR CHIPMUNKS Choices and choosing see DECISIONS - MAKING Choose-your-own stories see VARIED ENDINGS CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (used for books that emphasize values based upon a Biblical world view) Christianity see CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, RELIGION - CHRISTIANITY

CHRISTMAS see also SHORT STORIES - CHRISTMAS CIRCUS CITIZENSHIP CITY LIFE see also ENVIRONMENT - URBANIZATION, INNER CITY LIFE, SMALL TOWN LIFE, SUBURBAN LIFE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Clairvoyance see ESP Class - social see SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Classics see CLASSICS - ABRIDGED, CLASSICS - MODERN, CLASSICS - MODERN CONTINUATIONS OF OLDER, CLASSICS - MODERN PREQUELS TO OLDER, CLASSICS - specific country or region, CLASSICS - specific decade or century

CLASSICS - 17TH CENTURY CLASSICS - 1900 - 1929 CLASSICS - 1930s CLASSICS - 1940s CLASSICS - 1950s CLASSICS - 1960s CLASSICS - 1970s CLASSICS - 1980s CLASSICS - 1990s CLASSICS - 19TH CENTURY CLASSICS - 2000s



CLASSICS - ABRIDGED CLASSICS - AMERICAN CLASSICS - BRITISH CLASSICS - CANADIAN CLASSICS - EUROPEAN CLASSICS - FRACTURED see also FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS CLASSICS - MODERN CLASSICS - MODERN ADAPTIONS CLASSICS - MODERN CONTINUATIONS OF OLDER CLASSICS - MODERN PREQUELS TO OLDER CLASSICS - PRE-17TH CENTURY Claustrophobia see PHOBIAS - CLAUSTROPHOBIA CLEVERNESS CLIQUES CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS CLONING see also BIOENGINEERING CLOTHING CLOWNS CLUBS see also SECRET SOCIETIES CODES COLD WAR COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING College see SCHOOL - UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE Colombia see SOUTH AMERICA - COLOMBIA Coma see INJURIES - COMA Comic book format see GRAPHIC NOVELS COMING OUT (used for books in which a character becomes aware of their own queer sexual orientation or trans identity and tells others about it) see also BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN, LGBTQ+, QUEER, QUESTIONING, TRANS PEOPLE, TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE

COMING-OF-AGE see also PUBERTY COMMUNES see also KIBBUTZIM COMMUNITY - SENSE OF see also COMMUNES, KIBBUTZIM, NEIGHBOURS Community service see COMMUNITY - SENSE OF, SOCIAL ACTIVISM, VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITY SERVICE AS PUNISHMENT COMPASSION Competition see CONTESTS AND COMPETITION, RIVALRY Compromises see CONFLICT RESOLUTION COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISING COMPUTER GAMES COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COMPUTERS see also COMPUTER GAMES, E-MAIL, FRIENDSHIP -

INTERNET, MYSTERIES - COMPUTER CRIME, ROBOTS, VIRTUAL REALITY, WEB SITES

CONCERTS Conduct of life see ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR, VIRTUES, specific character traits Confidence see SELF-CONFIDENCE CONFLICT RESOLUTION see also COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISING CONFORMITY see also CULTS, GANGS, PEER PRESSURE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS Conservation see ENVIRONMENT Contentment see HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS Continuations of classics see CLASSICS - MODERN CONTINUATIONS OF OLDER COOKS AND COOKING see also BAKERS AND BAKING, CAREERS - BAKERS, CAREERS - COOKS, FOOD COOPERATION see also CONFLICT RESOLUTION, SPORTS -

TEAMWORK

Correspondence school see SCHOOL - CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL Costa Rica see CENTRAL AMERICA - COSTA RICA COUGARS COUNTERFEITS AND COUNTERFEITING COUNTRY LIFE see also FARMS AND FARMING, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, RANCHES, RIVERS COURAGE COUSINS



COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS see also RODEOS, RANCHES, RUSTLING, WESTERN STORIES COWS AND BULLS see also SPORTS - BULLFIGHTING COYOTES CREATIVE WRITING - INSPIRATION FOR CREATIVITY Crib death see DEATH AND DYING - BABY - SIDS CRIME see also BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AS PUNISHMENT, COUNTERFEITS AND COUNTERFEITING, EMBEZZLEMENT, FIRES - ARSON, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, HIJACKING, HOSTAGES, JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES, IMPERSONATION, KIDNAPPING, MURDER, MYSTERIES - COMPUTER CRIME, ORGANIZED CRIME, PEDOPHILIA, POACHERS AND POACHING, PRISONS AND PRISONERS, RUSTLERS AND RUSTLING, SCAMS, SHOPLIFTING, STALKING, STEALING, TERRORISM, TREASON, TRIALS, VANDALISM

Crippled animals see ANIMALS - CRIPPLED Crocodiles see REPTILES - ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES Cross-cultural adoption see ADOPTION - CROSS-CULTURAL Cross-cultural families see FAMILIES - CROSS-CULTURAL Cross-cultural friendship see FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-CULTURAL Cross-generational friendship see FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-GENERATIONAL Crows see BIRDS - CROWS CRUELTY AND MEANNESS see also BULLYING, TEASING CRUISES AND CRUISING (used for boat cruises) Crusades see HISTORY - CRUSADES Cuba see CARIBBEAN - CUBA CULTS (includes sects) CULTURE CONFLICT (used for conflict between family heritage and mass culture) CULTURE SHOCK - DEALING WITH CURIOSITY CURSES AND ENCHANTMENTS Cursive writing see WRITING - LEARNING CURSIVE Custody disputes see DIVORCE - CUSTODY DISPUTES CYBERBULLYING see also BULLYING Cycling see ACCIDENTS - BICYCLE, BICYCLES AND BICYCLING, SPORTS - CYCLING, SPORTS - DIRTBIKING

CYPRUS Cystic fibrosis see ILLNESS - CYCSTIC FIBROSIS CZECH REPUBLIC see also AUTHORS - CZECH, WORLD WAR II - CZECHOSLOVAKIA DANCING see also DANCING - BALLET, CAREERS - DANCE DANCING - BALLET see also CAREERS - DANCERS, SHORT STORIES - BALLET DANCING - EXOTIC DARES Date rape see SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE - DATE RAPE DATING see also DATING - CROSS-CULTURAL, DATING - PARENTS DATING - CROSS-CULTURAL DATING - PARENTS Daughters see FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS DEAF DEATH AND DYING see also DEATH AND DYING - ACCIDENTAL, DEATH AND DYING - ORGAN DONATION, DEATH AND DYING - PET, DEATH AND DYING - specific person, DEATH AND DYING - SUICIDE, EUTHANASIA, GRIEF, MURDER, NEAR- DEATH EXPERIENCES, PREGNANCY - MISCARRIAGE, WILLS

DEATH AND DYING - ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DYING - AUNT DEATH AND DYING - BABY see also DEATH AND DYING - BABY- SIDS DEATH AND DYING - BABY - SIDS



DEATH AND DYING - COUSIN DEATH AND DYING - FATHER DEATH AND DYING - FRIEND DEATH AND DYING - GRANDFATHER DEATH AND DYING - GRANDMOTHER DEATH AND DYING - MOTHER DEATH AND DYING - ORGAN DONATION DEATH AND DYING - PARENTS DEATH AND DYING - PET DEATH AND DYING - SIBLING DEATH AND DYING - SUICIDE see also SUICIDE - ASSISTED, SUICIDE - ATTEMPTING, SUICIDE - CONTEMPLATING DEATH AND DYING - UNCLE Deceit see LYING Deceptive nature of appearance see APPEARANCE - DECEPTIVE NATURE OF DECISIONS - MAKING DEER DEMENTIA DEMONIC POSSESSION DEMONS see also DEMONIC POSSESSION DENMARK see also AUTHORS - DANISH, WORLD WAR II - DENMARK

Depression (Economic) see HISTORY - GREAT DEPRESSION Depression (Mental) see ILLNESS - DEPRESSION Desertion see ABANDONMENT - BY PARENT DESERTS Detectives see MYSTERIES Determination see PERSEVERANCE DEVILS see also DEMONIC POSSESSION Diabetes see ILLNESS - DIABETES DIARIES AND DIARY FORMAT see also BLOGS AND BLOGGING Dieting see ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS, WEIGHT CONTROL

DINOSAURS Diphtheria see ILLNESS - DIPHTHERIA Dirtbiking see SPORTS - DIRTBIKING Disabilities see SPECIAL NEEDS DISAPPOINTMENT - DEALING WITH Disasters see ACCIDENTS - HINDENBURG, ACCIDENTS - NUCLEAR POWER, AVALANCHES AND LANDSLIDES, DROUGHTS, EARTHQUAKES, EXPLOSIONS, FAMINES, FIRES, FLOODS, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, HURRICANES, SCIENCE FICTION - POST-NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST, SHIPWRECKS, SHIPWRECKS - TITANTIC, TIDAL WAVES, VOLCANOES

Discrimination see PREJUDICE, RACISM Disfigurement see APPEARANCE - DISFIGUREMENT DISGUISES see also DISGUISES - BOYS DISGUISED AS GIRLS, DISGUISES - GIRLS DISGUISED AS BOYS, IMPERSONATION, MASKS

DISGUISES - BOYS DISGUISED AS GIRLS DISGUISES - GIRLS DISGUISED AS BOYS DISNEY BOOKS (used for books based on Disney movies) DISNEY THEME PARKS DISOBEDIENCE DIVALI DIVERS AND DIVING (used for commercial diving) see also SPORTS - DIVING, SPORTS - SCUBA DIVING Diversity see MULTICULTURALISM Diving see DIVERS AND DIVING, SPORTS - DIVING, SPORTS - SCUBA DIVING DIVORCE - CUSTODY DISPUTES DIVORCE AND SEPARATION see also DIVORCE - CUSTODY DISPUTES, PARENTS - REMARRIAGE, FAMILIES - STEPFAMILIES DOCTORS see also CAREERS - DOCTORS, MEDICINE, PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHIATRY, VETERINARIANS DOGS see also DOGS - GUIDE DOGS, DOGSLEDDING, SPORTS - DOGSLED RACING DOGS - GUIDE DOGS



DOGS - WORKING DOGSLEDDING (used for dogsledding as form of traditional transportation) see also SPORTS - DOGSLED RACING DOLLS AND TOYS (used for realistic portrayals of dolls and toys) see also FANTASY - DOLLS AND TOYS, FANTASY - HUMANLIKE DOLLS

DOLPHINS Dominican Republic see CARIBBEAN - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Down's syndrome see SPECIAL NEEDS - DOWN'S SYNDROME DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Dragonflies see INSECTS - DRGONFLIES DRAGONS see also DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL DREAMS see also NIGHTMARES Drinking see ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUNK DRIVING Dropping out of school see SCHOOL - DROPPING OUT DROUGHTS see also FIRES - WILD DRUG ABUSE see also ALCOHOL ABUSE DRUG TRAFFICKING Drugs see ALCOHOL ABUSE, DRUG ABUSE, DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUIDS DRUNK DRIVING Ducks see BIRDS - DUCKS Duty see FILIAL DUTY, LOYALTY, PATRIOTISM Dwarfism see SPECIAL NEEDS - DWARFISM Dwarfs in folklore see FANTASY - LITTLE PEOPLE Dysfunctional families see FAMILIES - DYSFUNCTIONAL Dystopias see SCIENCE FICTION - DYSTOPIAS Eagles see BIRDS - EAGLES EARTHQUAKES Easier books see GRADE 4 AND 5 - EASIER BOOKS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - EASIER BOOKS Eating disorders see ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS see also FAMILIES - ECCENTRIC, FANTASY - ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS Eccentricity see FAMILIES - ECCENTRIC, FANTASY - ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS Eclipses see SUN - ECLIPSE Ecology see ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION - IMPORTANCE OF EGGS Egypt see AFRICA - EGYPT, HISTORY - ANCIENT EGYPT El Salvador see CENTRAL AMERICA - EL SALVADOR ELDERLY see also FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-GENERATIONAL Eldest child see FAMILIES - ELDEST CHILD Elections see SCHOOL - ELECTIONS Elective mutism see ILLNESS - ELECTIVE MUTISM ELEPHANTS ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS E-MAIL EMBARRASSMENT EMBEZZLEMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS see also ABUSE - EMOTIONAL, FANTASY - ESCAPE INTO, ILLNESS - MENTAL Emotions see FEELINGS EMPATHY Enchantments see CURSES AND ENCHANTMENTS Endangered species see ANIMALS - ENDANGERED SPECIES Endings see OPEN ENDINGS, SURPRISE ENDINGS, VARIED ENDINGS ENEMIES see also FEUDS, FRIENDSHIP - WITH WAR-TIME ENEMY

ENGLAND see also ARTHURIAN LEGEND, DRUIDS, ENGLAND - HISTORY - specific period, ROBIN HOOD, WORLD WAR I - BRITAIN, WORLD WAR II - BRITAIN

ENGLAND - HISTORY see also WORLD WAR I - ENGLAND, WORLD WAR II - ENGLAND ENGLAND - HISTORY - 9TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 10TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 11TH CENTURY see also ENGLAND - HISTORY - NORMAN CONQUEST



ENGLAND - HISTORY - 12TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 13TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 14TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 15TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 17th CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 18th CENTURY ENGLAND - HISTORY - 19TH CENTURY see also ENGLAND - HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

ENGLAND - HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ENGLAND - HISTORY - MIDDLE AGES see also ENGLAND - HISTORY - NORMAN CONQUEST ENGLAND - HISTORY - NORMAN CONQUEST ENGLAND - HISTORY - PRE-ROMAN ENGLAND - HISTORY - ROMAN BRITAIN ENGLAND - HISTORY - SAXONS English as a second language see ESL ENVIRONMENT see also ANIMALS - ENDANGERED SPECIES, ENVIRONMENT - specific topic, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, MYSTERIES - ENVIRONMENTAL, NATURE APRECIATION, RESPECT - OF NATURE, SCIENCE FICTION - FUTURE ON EARTH, SHORT STORIES - ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT - GLOBAL WARMING ENVIRONMENT - POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT - RECYCLING ENVIRONMENT - RESOURCE CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENT - URBANIZATION ENVIRONMENT - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT Envy see JEALOUSY AND ENVY EPIDEMICS see also FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, ILLNESS - DIPTHERIA, ILLNESS - POLIO, ILLNESS - SMALLPOX, ILLNESS - TUBERCULOSIS, ILLNESS - YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUES

Epilepsy see ILLNESS - EPILEPSY EQUITY - GENDER see also GENDER ROLE, STEREOTYPES - GENDER EQUITY - RACIAL Escalators see ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ESCAPES AND ESCAPING see also FANTASY - ESCAPE INTO ESL (used for books about English as a second language) see also ESL - specific subject (used for books about various aspects of Canada that are useful with ESL students), LANGUAGE - LEARNING A NEW

ESL - BRITISH COLUMBIA Scope note: Used for books that introduce BC to newcomers ESL - CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENSHIP ESL - CANADIAN HISTORY ESL - CANADIAN HOLIDAYS ESL - FAMOUS CANADIANS ESL - LAND AND PEOPLE OF CANADA Scope note: used for books that introduce Canada and its culture to newcomers ESP (includes clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, telepathy) Espionage see SPIES AND SPYING ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR see also HUMAN IDENTITY, VIRTUES, specific character traits Ethiopia see AFRICA - ETHIOPIA EUROPE see also specific countries, WORLD WAR II - EUROPE EUTHANASIA Evacuees see WORLD WAR II - EVACUEES Evil see GOOD AND EVIL EVOLUTION EXAGGERATING see also MELODRAMAS, TALL TALES Expelled from school see SCHOOL - EXPULSION FROM EXPERIMENTAL FICTION (used for novels that use invented language, use language in new ways or experiment with standard dramatic or grammatic structures) see also NONLINEAR FICTION, PLAYS - FICTION WRITTEN AS, POETRY - FICTION WRITTEN AS, SCRIPT NOVELS



Experiments see ANIMAL RIGHTS, BRAINWASHING, EXPERIMENTS - USING CHILDREN IN, MIND CONTROL, PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTS, SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, SCIENCE FAIRS

EXPERIMENTS - USING CHILDREN IN see also BRAINWASHING

EXPLOITATION see also LABOUR CONDITIONS - CHILD LABOUR, POWER - MISUSE OF, PROSTITUTION - CHILD EXPLORERS AND EXPLORING see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific explorer, FIRST NATIONS - FIRST CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS, FUR TRADERS

EXPLOSIONS Extortion see BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTION Extrasensory perception see ESP Extraterrestrials see SCIENCE FICTION - ALIENS FABLES Fairies see FANTASY - FAIRIES FAIRNESS FAIRS FAIRY GODMOTHERS FAIRYTALE AND STORYBOOK CHARACTERS (used for books in which the protagonists are characters from fairytales or other well known books) FAIRYTALES (used for original, literary fairy tales) see also FAIRYTALES - RETELLINGS OF, FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS, POURQUOI TALES, TALL TALES

FAIRYTALES - RETELLINGS OF see also FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS FAITH (used for all kinds of faith, including religious faith) see also FAITH HEALING, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY FAITH HEALING Faithfulness see LOYALTY Fakes see COUNTERFEITS AND COUTERFEITING, HOAXES Falcons see BIRDS - FALCONS FALL FALSE ACCUSATIONS see also BLAMING OTHERS, PRISON AND PRISONERS - WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS FAME FAMILIES see also specific family relationship, ADOPTION, FAMILIES - specific subject, FAMILY PROBLEMS, FILIAL DUTY, FOSTER CARE, GENEALOGY, GRADE 3 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GROUP HOMES, MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN, POWER - OF FAMILY, SECRETS - FAMILY, SIBLING RIVALRY, TEENS LIVING ON OWN

FAMILIES - CHILD AS HEAD OF FAMILY see also HOMELESSNESS - CHILDREN ON OWN FAMILIES - CROSS-CULTURAL see also FAMILY LIFE - INTERFAITH FAMILIES - DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES - ECCENTRIC FAMILIES - ELDEST CHILD FAMILIES - HUMOUR FAMILIES - INTERFAITH FAMILIES - MIDDLE CHILD FAMILIES - OLD-FASHIONED FAMILIES - ONLY CHILD FAMILIES - SINGLE PARENT see also DATING - PARENTS FAMILIES - STEPFAMILIES see also STEPBROTHERS, STEPFATHERS, STEPMOTHERS, STEPSISTERS FAMILIES - YOUNGEST CHILD FAMILY PROBLEMS see also ABUSE - EMOTIONAL, ABUSE - PHYSICAL, ABUSE - SEXUAL, ALCOHOLISM, FAMILIES - DYSFUNCTIONAL, HOMELESS, INCEST, PARENTS - EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS, POVERTY, VIOLENCE - DOMESTIC

FAMILY REUNIONS FAMINES Famous people see AUTHORS - CELEBRITIES AS, BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION



FANTASY see also ARTHURIAN LEGEND, DRAGONS, FAIRIES, FANTASY - specific type, FICTITIOUS COUNTRY - SETTING, GRADE 3 - FANTASY, GRADE 4 AND 5 - FANTASY, GRADE 6 AND 7 - FANTASY, MERMAIDS AND MERMEN, MONSTERS, SCIENCE FICTION, SELKIES, SHORT STORIES - FANTASY, SUPERNATURAL, TIME- TRAVEL, TROLLS, UNICORNS, WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT

FANTASY - ALLEGORICAL FANTASY - ALTERNATE HISTORIES Fantasy - alternate worlds see FANTASY - ALTERNATE HISTORIES, FANTASY - SECONDARY AND PARALLEL WORLDS FANTASY - ANIMAL see also FANTASY - HUMAN-ANIMAL COMMUNICATION FANTASY - CHANGELINGS FANTASY - DOLLS AND TOYS see also FANTASY - HUMANLIKE DOLLS FANTASY - ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS FANTASY - ESCAPE INTO (used for books in which characters use fantasy world to escape from reality) FANTASY - FAIRIES see also FAIRY GODMOTHERS, FAIRY TALES, TOOTH FAIRY FANTASY - FLOATING HOUSES AND TOWNS (used for houses and or towns that float away) FANTASY - FLYING (used for books in which people, animals, etc. can fly) FANTASY - FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH FANTASY - HIGH (used for heroic secondary world fantasy) FANTASY - HUMAN-ANIMAL COMMUNICATION (used for stories in which humans and animals are able to talk to one another. For stories about animals talking to one another, see FANTASY - ANIMAL)

FANTASY - HUMANLIKE DOLLS (used for fantasy in which dolls or toys act like humans) FANTASY - HUMOUR FANTASY - IMAGINARY COMPANIONS see also PRIVATE WORLDS FANTASY - IMAGINARY TRAVELS FANTASY - IMAGINARY WORLDS (used for fantasy completely set in another imaginary world) see also PRIVATE WORLDS FANTASY - INVISIBILITY FANTASY - LINE BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY FANTASY - LITTLE PEOPLE (used for fantasy about dwarves, elves, gnomes, goblins, etc.) see also FANTASY - FAIRIES, TROLLS FANTASY - MAGIC FANTASY - MAGIC ADVENTURES (used for fantastic happenings in real world) see also FANTASY - MAGIC POTIONS, POWER - OF OBJECTS, TIME-TRAVEL

FANTASY - MAGIC POTIONS FANTASY - MAGIC REALISM FANTASY - MYTHOLOGY see also MYTHICAL CREATURES FANTASY - ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS used for characters that are physically flat FANTASY - PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION see also FANTASY - SHAPE SHIFTERS, FANTASY - SWITCHED IDENTITY FANTASY - SECONDARY AND PARALLEL WORLDS FANTASY - SHAPE SHIFTERS (used for fantasy in which characters undergo one or more physical transformations) see also SELKIES FANTASY - SHRINKING (used for fantasy in which characters shrink in size) FANTASY - SMALL HUMANS (used for fantasy about small humans or human-like creatures) For novels about fairy folk such as gnomes, elves, etc. see FANTASY - FAIRIES

FANTASY - SWITCHED IDENTITY (used for characters who find their minds inhabiting a body that is not their own) FANTASY - UNDERGROUND WORLDS FANTASY - UNDERWATER WORLDS Fantasy games see PRIVATE WORLDS FARMS AND FARMING see also FUR FARMING Fashion models see CAREERS - FASHION INDUSTRY, MODELS -

FASHION

FATE AND FATALISM FATHERS see also ABANDONMENT - PARENTAL, FATHERS - FINDING LONG LOST, FATHERS - STAY-AT-HOME, FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS, FATHERS AND SONS, UNEMPLOYMENT - FATHER



FATHERS - FINDING LONG LOST FATHERS - STAY-AT-HOME FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS FATHERS AND SONS FBI FEAR see also FEAR- specific fear, PHOBIAS, STAGE FRIGHT, WORRYING FEAR OF ANIMALS FEAR OF UNKNOWN FEAR OF WATER Federal Bureau of Investigation see FBI FEELINGS Feet see BODY - FEET Feminism see EQUITY - GENDER, STRONG FEMALES, WOMEN'S RIGHTS Fencing see SPORTS - FENCING FERAL ANIMALS FERAL CHILDREN FERRETS FEUDS see also ENEMIES FICTITIOUS COUNTRY - SETTING (used for realistic fiction set in an invented country) Field trips see SCHOOL - FIELD TRIPS FIGHTING AND ARGUING see also CONFLICT RESOLUTION, FEUDS, VIOLENCE, WAR AND PEACE FILIAL DUTY Films and Film Making see MOVIES AND MOVIE MAKING Finding long lost parents see FATHERS - FINDING LONG LOST, MOTHERS - FINDING LONG LOST FINLAND see also AUTHORS - FINNISH, HERITAGE - FINNISH FIRES - ARSON FIRES - WILD FIRES AND FIREFIGHTING see also FIRES - ARSON, FIRES - WILD FIREWORKS First day of school see SCHOOL - FIRST DAY, SCHOOL - NEW SCHOOL First love see ROMANCE - FIRST LOVE FIRST NATIONS see also AUTHORS - FIRST NATIONS, FIRST NATIONS - specific nation or subject, FIRST NATIONS - RESERVATIONS, HERITAGE - FIRST NATIONS, HERITAGE - INUIT, SHAMANS, SPIRITUALITY - FIRST NATIONS, VISION QUESTS

FIRST NATIONS - ABENAKI FIRST NATIONS - ALEUTS FIRST NATIONS - ALGONQUIN FIRST NATIONS - APACHE FIRST NATIONS - APSAALOOKA FIRST NATIONS - ARAPAHO FIRST NATIONS - ASSINIBOINE FIRST NATIONS - ATHAPASCAN FIRST NATIONS - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES FIRST NATIONS - BEOTHUK FIRST NATIONS - BLACKFOOT FIRST NATIONS - CAPTIVES OF FIRST NATIONS - CARRIER FIRST NATIONS - CHEYENNE FIRST NATIONS - CHINOOK FIRST NATIONS - CHUMASH FIRST NATIONS - COAST SALISH FIRST NATIONS - CREE First nations - Crow see FIRST NATIONS - APSAALOOKA FIRST NATIONS - DAKOTA FIRST NATIONS - DENE see also FIRST NATIONS - DOGRIB FIRST NATIONS - DOGRIB FIRST NATIONS - EUROPEANS LIVING WITH FIRST NATIONS - FIRST CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS FIRST NATIONS - FORCED RELOCATION OF FIRST NATIONS - HAIDA FIRST NATIONS - HOPI FIRST NATIONS - INCA FIRST NATIONS - INUIT FIRST NATIONS - IROQUOIS



FIRST NATIONS - KOYUKON FIRST NATIONS - KWAKIUTL FIRST NATIONS - LAKOTA FIRST NATIONS - LAND CLAIMS FIRST NATIONS - MAKAH FIRST NATIONS - MAORI FIRST NATIONS - MAYA FIRST NATIONS - MICMAC FIRST NATIONS - MISSISSAUGA FIRST NATIONS - MOHAVE FIRST NATIONS - MOHAWK FIRST NATIONS - NAVAJO FIRST NATIONS - NOOTKA First nations - Nuu-chah-nulth see FIRST NATIONS - NOOTKA FIRST NATIONS - OJIBWA FIRST NATIONS - PAIUTE FIRST NATIONS - PENNACOOK FIRST NATIONS - POTAWATOMI FIRST NATIONS - PRE-EUROPEAN CONTACT FIRST NATIONS - PUEBLO FIRST NATIONS - RESERVATIONS FIRST NATIONS - RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FIRST NATIONS - SAMI FIRST NATIONS - SENECA FIRST NATIONS - SHOSHONI FIRST NATIONS - SIKSIKA FIRST NATIONS - TAINO FIRST NATIONS - TLINGIT FIRST NATIONS - YANOMAMI FISH see also FISH - specific fish, FISHERS AND FISHING, SPORTS - FISHING FISH - SALMON FISHERS AND FISHING (used for commercial fishing) see also SPORTS - FISHING, WHALING FLASHBACKS Flat characters see FANTASY - ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS Floating houses and towns FANTASY - FLOATING HOUSES AND TOWNS FLOODS see also FANTASY - FLOATING HOUSES AND TOWNS Florida see UNITED STATES - SOUTHEAST Florists see CAREERS - FLORISTS FLOWER - TULIPS Flying see AIRPLANES, BIRDS, FANTASY - FLYING, KITES FOOD see also CAREERS - FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, COOKS AND COOKERY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, RESTAURANTS, VEGETARIANISM

FOOD - RECIPES (used for novels which include one or more recipe) FOOLS AND FOOLISHNESS see also JESTERS FOOTBINDING FORENSIC SCIENCE FORESTRY see also ENVIRONMENT - RESOURCE CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, FORESTS, TREES

FORESTS see also FORESTRY, TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Forgery see COUNTERFEITS AND COUNTERFEITING FORGIVENESS see also SELF-FORGIVENESS FORTUNE-TELLERS AND FORTUNE-TELLING see also ASTROLOGY FOSSILS see also PALEONTOLOGY FOSTER CARE see also GROUP HOMES FOUNDLINGS Fountain of youth see FANTASY - FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH FOXES FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS see also CLASSICS - FRACTURED FRANCE see also FRANCE - HISTORY, WORLD WAR I - FRANCE, WORLD WAR II - FRANCE FRANCE - HISTORY see also FRANCE - HISTORY - specific period FRANCE - HISTORY - REVOLUTION FRANCE - ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON Fraud see COUNTERFEITS AND COUTERFEITING, HOAXES Freakshows see CARNIVALS Freckles see BODY - FRECKLES



FREEDOM see also FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION

FREEDOM OF RELIGION FREEDOM OF SPEECH see also CENSORSHIP French and Indian War see CANADA - HISTORY - SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756 - 1763 French revolution see FRANCE - HISTORY - REVOLUTION Friendship see FANTASY - IMAGINARY COMPANIONS, FRIENDS - BEING ASSERTIVE WITH, FRIENDSHIP - specific topic, GRADE 3 - FRIENDSHIP, GRADE 4 AND 5 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PEER PRESSURE, POWER - OF FRIENDSHIP

FRIENDSHIP - ANIMAL-HUMAN FRIENDSHIP - BEST FRIENDS FRIENDSHIP - BOYS FRIENDSHIP - BOYS AND GIRLS FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-CULTURAL FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-GENERATIONAL FRIENDSHIP - FRIEND MOVING AWAY FRIENDSHIP - GIRLS FRIENDSHIP - HUMOUR FRIENDSHIP - INTERNET see also E-MAIL FRIENDSHIP - KEEPING FRIENDS FRIENDSHIP - LOSING FRIENDS see also FRIENDSHIP - FRIEND MOVING AWAY FRIENDSHIP - MAKING FRIENDS FRIENDSHIP - UNLIKELY see also FRIENDSHIP - WITH WAR-TIME ENEMY FRIENDSHIP - WITH WAR-TIME ENEMY FROGS AND TOADS Frontier life see HISTORY - FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, WESTERN STORIES FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE Funny stories see HUMOUR FUR FARMING Fur trade see HISTORY - FUR TRADE AND FUR TRADERS Future on earth see SCIENCE FICTION - FUTURE ON EARTH GAMBLING (used for playing games with money) see also BETS AND BETTING, LOTTERIES Games - playing fantasy see PRIVATE WORLDS GANGS see also ORGANIZED CRIME GARDENS AND GARDENING GARGOYLES GAY see also LGBTQ+, QUEER, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN Gender see GENDER IDENTITY, EQUITY - GENDER, STEREOTYPES - GENDER GENDER IDENTITY (used for books about a character’s sense of their own gender) see also INTERSEX, LGBTQ+, QUESTIONING, QUEER, TRANS PEOPLE

GENDER NON-CONFORMING (used for books with characters who in appearance or behaviour don't conform to societal or cultural expectations for their gender role or gender expression; note that such books may be, but are not necessarily, also indexed LGBTQ+ and QUEER) see also GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER ROLE, LGBTQ+, QUEER, STEROTYPES - GENDER

GENDER ROLE (used for socially constructed gender stereotypes) see also STEREOTYPES - GENDER GENEALOGY GENEROSITY GENETIC ENGINEERING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS GENIES Genre introduction see SHORT STORIES - GENRE INTRODUCTION GEOCACHING GEOGRAPHY - MAPS see also MAP IN BOOK GEOLOGY GERBILS



GERMANY see also AUTHORS - GERMAN, GERMANY - HISTORY GERMANY - HISTORY see also WORLD WAR II - GERMANY, WORLD WAR II - GERMAN POINT OF VIEW GHOST TOWNS GHOSTS see also GHOST TOWNS. GHOSTS - HUMOUR, HAUNTED HOUSES, SEANCES, SHORT STORIES - GHOSTS

GHOSTS - HUMOUR GIANTS GIFTED CHILDREN (used for books about gifted children; see GIFTED CHILDREN - FICTION FOR for suggested recreational reading for gifted children)

GIFTED CHILDREN - FICTION FOR see also GRADE 4 AND 5 - CHALLENGING BOOKS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - CHALLENGING BOOKS GIFTS AND GIFT GIVING Girls see DISGUISES - GIRLS DISGUISED AS BOYS, FRIENDSHIP - GIRLS, MYSTERIES - GIRL DETECTIVE, GRADE 3 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES, GRADE 6 AND 7 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES, SCIENCE FICTION - FEMALE PROTAGONISTS, SPORTS - FEMALE PROTAGONISTS, STRONG FEMALES

GLADIATORS GLASSES (used for eyeglasses) Global warming see ENVIRONMENT - GLOBAL WARMING GOALS - SETTING AND ACHIEVING GOATS Goblins see FANTASY - LITTLE PEOPLE Gold rushes see HISTORY - GOLD RUSHES GOOD AND EVIL see also ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR, HATE GRADE 1 TO 3 - GENTLE READS GRADE 1 TO 3 - LONGER READ ALOUDS Scope note: Used for books that are too long to read aloud in one sitting GRADE 1 TO 3 - SHORT READ ALOUDS Scope note: Used for short books that can be read aloud in a single sitting Grade 2 - books for see STEP 5 READING - SHORT CHAPTER BOOKS, GRADE 1 TO 3 - LONGER READ ALOUDS, GRADE 1 TO 3 - SHORTER READ ALOUDS

GRADE 3 - A BIT OF EVERYTHING (used for Top Picks) GRADE 3 - ADVENTURE GRADE 3 - ANIMALS Grade 3 - books for see GRADE 3 - specific genre, GRADE 1 TO 3 - LONGER READ ALOUDS, GRADE 1 TO 3 - SHORTER READ ALOUDS

GRADE 3 - BOY'S FAVOURITES GRADE 3 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS GRADE 3 - FANTASY GRADE 3 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES GRADE 3 - GRAPHIC NOVELS GRADE 3 - HUMOUR GRADE 3 - MYSTERIES GRADE 3 - OTHER TIMES GRADE 3 - SCARY STORIES GRADE 3 - SPORTS Grade 4 - books for see GRADE 4 AND 5 - specific genre GRADE 4 AND 5 - A BIT OF EVERYTHING (used for Top Picks) GRADE 4 AND 5 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE GRADE 4 AND 5 - ANIMALS GRADE 4 AND 5 - BIOGRAPHIES Scope note: used both biographical fiction and non-fiction GRADE 4 AND 5 - BOYS' FAVOURITES GRADE 4 AND 5 - CHALLENGING BOOKS GRADE 4 AND 5 - EASIER BOOKS GRADE 4 AND 5 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS GRADE 4 AND 5 - FANTASY GRADE 4 AND 5 - GENTLE READS GRADE 4 AND 5 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES GRADE 4 AND 5 - GRAPHIC NOVELS GRADE 4 AND 5 - HISTORICAL GRADE 4 AND 5 - HORROR



GRADE 4 AND 5 - HUMOUR GRADE 4 AND 5 - MYSTERIES GRADE 4 AND 5 - MYTHS AND LEGENDS GRADE 4 AND 5 - READ ALOUDS GRADE 4 AND 5 - SCIENCE FICTION GRADE 4 AND 5 - SPORTS GRADE 4 AND 5 - SUPERNATURAL Grade 5 - books for see GRADE 4 AND 5 - specific genre GRADE 5 - MATH Grade 6 - books for see GRADE 6 AND 7 - specific genre GRADE 6 - MATH GRADE 6 AND 7 - A BIT OF EVERYTHING (used for Top Picks) GRADE 6 AND 7 - ACTION AND ADVENTURE GRADE 6 AND 7 - ANIMALS GRADE 6 AND 7 - BIOGRAPHIES Scope note: Used for both biographical fiction and non- fiction GRADE 6 AND 7 - BOYS' FAVOURITES GRADE 6 AND 7 - CHALLENGING BOOKS GRADE 6 AND 7 - EASIER BOOKS GRADE 6 AND 7 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS GRADE 6 AND 7 - FANTASY GRADE 6 AND 7 - GIRLS' FAVOURITES GRADE 6 AND 7 - GRAPHIC NOVELS GRADE 6 AND 7 - HISTORICAL GRADE 6 AND 7 - HORROR GRADE 6 AND 7 - HUMOUR GRADE 6 AND 7 - MYSTERIES GRADE 6 AND 7 - MYTHS AND LEGENDS GRADE 6 AND 7 - READ ALOUDS GRADE 6 AND 7 - ROMANCE GRADE 6 AND 7 - SCIENCE FICTION GRADE 6 AND 7 - SPORTS GRADE 6 AND 7 - SUPERNATURAL Grade 7 - books for see GRADE 6 AND 7 - specific genre (includes some titles from teen collection) GRADE 7 - MATH GRADUATION - INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS FOR (used for books suitable for using at highschool graduation ceremonies or as gifts for grads) GRAFFITI GRANDFATHERS GRANDMOTHERS GRANDPARENTS see also GRANDFATHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, GRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS GRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS Graphic novels no longer used as a stand-alone term; see GRADE 3 - GRAPHIC NOVELS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - GRAPHIC NOVELS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - GRAPHIC NOVELS

GRATITUDE (includes giving thanks) see also THANKSGIVING GREAT BRITAIN see also specific country GREECE see also HERITAGE - GREEK, HISTORY - ANCIENT GREECE, WORLD WAR II - GREECE GREED GREENLAND GRIEF GROUNDHOGS GROUP HOMES GROWING UP see also COMING-OF-AGE, PUBERTY Guardian angels see ANGELS - GUARDIAN Guatemala see CENTRAL AMERICA - GUATEMALA Guide dogs see DOGS - GUIDE Guillain-Barre syndrome see ILLNESS - GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME GUILT GUINEA PIGS GULF WAR, 1991 GUNS GYPSIES see also TINKERS Haiti see CARIBBEAN - HAITI HALLOWEEN see also GHOSTS, HAUNTED HOUSES, SHORT STORIES - SCARY, SUPERNATURAL, WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT



HAMSTERS Handicaps see SPECIAL NEEDS Hang gliding see SPORTS - HANG GLIDING HANUKKAH HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT Harrassment see BULLYING, SEXUAL HARRASSMENT HATE HAUNTED HOUSES see also GHOSTS Hawaii see UNITED STATES - HAWAII Healers see DOCTORS, FAITH HEALING, SHAMANS HEAVEN HEDGEHOGS HELPFULNESS Herbal medicine see MEDICINE - HERBAL HERITAGE see also CULTURE CONFLICT, HERITAGE - specific heritage, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES HERITAGE - AFGHAN HERITAGE - AFRICAN HERITAGE - AFRICAN-AMERICAN see also SPORTS - BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE HERITAGE - ALBANIAN HERITAGE - ARMENIAN HERITAGE - BANGLADESHI HERITAGE - BASQUE HERITAGE - CAMBODIAN HERITAGE - CHINESE HERITAGE - CROATIAN HERITAGE - CUBAN HERITAGE - DUTCH HERITAGE - FILIPINO HERITAGE - FINNISH HERITAGE - FIRST NATIONS see also HERITAGE - INUIT, HERITAGE - METIS HERITAGE - FRENCH-CANADIAN HERITAGE - GERMAN HERITAGE - GREEK HERITAGE - HISPANIC HERITAGE - HMONG HERITAGE - HUNGARIAN HERITAGE - ICELANDIC HERITAGE - INDIAN HERITAGE - INUIT HERITAGE - IRISH HERITAGE - ISLAMIC HERITAGE - ITALIAN see also WORLD WAR II - CANADA - ITALIAN

INTERNMENT

HERITAGE - JAPANESE see also WORLD WAR II - CANADA - JAPANESE INTERNMENT, WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES - JAPANESE INTERNMENT

HERITAGE - JEWISH (used for cultural aspects of Judaism) see also HANUKKAH, JUDAISM, PASSOVER, RELIGION - JUDAISM, SHORT STORIES - JEWISH

HERITAGE - KOREAN HERITAGE - LEBANESE HERITAGE - METIS HERITAGE - NORWEGIAN HERITAGE - PAKISTANI HERITAGE - PALESTINIAN HERITAGE - POLISH HERITAGE - PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE - SCOTTISH HERITAGE - SERBIAN HERITAGE - SIKH HERITAGE - SPANISH HERITAGE - SWEDISH HERITAGE - SYRIAN HERITAGE - THAI HERITAGE - TURKISH HERITAGE - UKRAINIAN HERITAGE - VIETNAMESE HERITAGE - WELSH HERITAGE - WEST INDIAN



HERMITS AND RECLUSES HEROES - ANIMAL HEROES - RELUCTANT AND UNLIKELY HEROES AND HEROINES see also ARTHURIAN LEGEND, HEROES - ANIMAL, HEROES - RELUCTANT, HEROISM, HOMERIC FICTION, ROBIN HOOD, STRONG FEMALES, SUPERHEROES

HEROISM (used for books dealing with general concept of heroic action) HIDDEN CLUES see also PUZZLES High fantasy see FANTASY - HIGH HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS - (used for High interest-easy reading books, High interest- low reading level books, High interest-low readability books, High/low books, Hi-Lo books, and other books primarily written to appeal to readers several school grades above the reading level of the book)

HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS - (used for High interest-easy reading books, High interest- low reading level books, High interest-low readability books, High/low books, Hi-Lo books, and other books primarily written to appeal to readers several school grades above the reading level of the book)

HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS- (used for High interest-easy reading books, High interest- low reading level books, High interest-low readability books, High/low books, Hi-Lo books, and other books primarily written to appeal to readers several school grades above the reading level of the book)

High school see SCHOOL - HIGH HIJACKING Hiking see SPORTS - HIKING Hi-Lo see HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS - READING LEVEL GRADE 1 TO 2, HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS - READING LEVEL GRADE 2 TO 3, HIGH INTEREST-LOW VOCABULARY (HIGH-LOW) BOOKS - READING LEVEL GRADE 3 AND UP

Hindenburg disaster see ACCIDENTS - HINDENBURG Hinduism see RELIGION - HINDUISM Historical fiction see GRADE 3 - OTHER TIMES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - HISTORICAL, GRADE 6 AND 7 - HISTORICAL, HISTORY History see specific country - HISTORY, DRUIDS, GRADE 3 - OTHER TIMES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - HISTORICAL, GRADE 6 AND 7 - HISTORICAL, HISTORY - specific century, decade or topic, HOLOCAUST, MEDICINE - HISTORY, MILLENNIUM, MYSTERIES - HISTORICAL, SHORT STORIES - HISTORICAL, SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD, VIKINGS, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II - specific subject

HISTORY - 1ST CENTURY HISTORY - 5TH CENTURY HISTORY - 6TH CENTURY HISTORY - 7TH CENTURY HISTORY - 8TH CENTURY HISTORY - 9TH CENTURY HISTORY - 10TH CENTURY HISTORY - 11TH CENTURY HISTORY - 12TH CENTURY HISTORY - 13TH CENTURY HISTORY - 14TH CENTURY HISTORY - 15TH CENTURY HISTORY - 16TH CENTURY HISTORY - 17TH CENTURY HISTORY - 18TH CENTURY see also HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HISTORY - 1900S HISTORY - 1910S see also WORLD WAR I HISTORY - 1920S see also HISTORY - PROHIBITION HISTORY - 1930S see also HISTORY - GREAT DEPRESSION HISTORY - 1940S see also WORLD WAR II HISTORY - 1950S see also HISTORY - HUNGARY - REVOLUTION HISTORY - 1960S see also CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT



HISTORY - 1970S HISTORY - 1980s see also ROMANIA - HISTORY - REVOLUTION, 1989 HISTORY - 1990s HISTORY - 19TH CENTURY see also ENGLAND - HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HISTORY - 2ND CENTURY HISTORY - ANCIENT EGYPT HISTORY - ANCIENT GREECE see also HOMERIC FICTION HISTORY - ANCIENT ROME see also HISTORY - ENGLAND - ROMAN BRITAIN HISTORY - BIBLICAL TIMES see also HISTORY - EARLY CHRISTIANITY HISTORY - BUILDING TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS HISTORY - BYZANTINE EMPIRE HISTORY - CRUSADES HISTORY - EARLY CHRISTIANITY HISTORY - FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE see also HISTORY - FUR TRADE AND FUR TRADERS, HISTORY - GOLD RUSHES, GHOST TOWNS HISTORY - FUR TRADE AND FUR TRADERS HISTORY - GOLD RUSHES see also CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - HISTORY - BARKERVILLE HISTORY - GREAT DEPRESSION HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HISTORY - MESOPOTAMIA HISTORY - MIDDLE AGES see also ARTHURIAN LEGEND, HISTORY - specific century, HISTORY - CRUSADES, KNIGHTS, ROBIN HOOD

HISTORY - PREHISTORY HISTORY - PROHIBITION HISTORY - RENAISSANCE see also HISTORY - 14th CENTURY, HISTORY 15th CENTURY, HISTORY - 16th CENTURY, SHAKESPEAREAN FICTION

HISTORY - VIKINGS HOAXES Hockey see SPORTS - HOCKEY HOLI Holland see NETHERLANDS HOLOCAUST see also HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS see also WORLD WAR II - GERMANY - KINDERTRANSPORT, WORLD WAR II - RESCUE OF JEWS

HOME - SENSE OF Home children see CANADA - HISTORY - HOME CHILDREN HOMELESSNESS see also HOMELESSNESS - CHILDREN ON OWN HOMELESSNESS - CHILDREN ON OWN see also FERAL CHILDREN HOMERIC FICTION (used for novels based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey) Homeschooling see SCHOOL - HOMESCHOOLING Homing pigeons see BIRDS - HOMING PIGEONS HOMOPHOBIA HONESTY see also INTEGRITY, LYING Hong Kong see ASIA - CHINA - HONG KONG HOPEFULNESS see also HOPEFULNESS HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS HORROR see also GHOSTS, GRADE 3 - SCARY STORIES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - HORROR, GRADE 6 AND 7 - HORROR, HAUNTED HOUSES, SHORT STORIES - HORROR, SUSPENSE

HORSES see also RODEOS, SPORTS - HORSEBACK RIDING, SPORTS - HORSERACING HOSPITALS HOSTAGES HOTELS HOUSES HUMAN IDENTITY (used for books that explore what it means to be human, as opposed to an extraterrestrial, animal or machine) HUMAN SACRIFICE Humanitarianism see COMPASSION



HUMOUR see also specific subject - HUMOUR, HUMOUR - BLACK, FRACTURED FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS, GRADE 3 - HUMOUR, GRADE 4 AND 5 - HUMOUR, GRADE 6 AND 7 - HUMOUR, MELODRAMAS, PARODY AND SATIRE, TALL TALES

HUMOUR - BLACK Hundred see MATH - HUNDREDS HUNGARY see also HUNGARY - HISTORY - REVOLUTION, WORLD WAR II - HUNGARY HUNGARY - HISTORY - REVOLUTION HUNTERS AND HUNTING see also HISTORY - FUR TRADE AND FUR TRADERS,

POACHERS AND POACHING, TRAPPERS AND TRAPPING

HURRICANES HYPNOTISM HYPOCHONDRIA Ice hockey see SPORTS - HOCKEY Ice skating see SPORTS - ICE SKATING ICELAND IDEALISM IDENTITY see also FANTASY - SWITCHED IDENTITY, HOME - SENSE OF, HUMAN IDENTITY, INDIVIDUALITY, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, SELF-PERCEPTION, SELF- REALIZATION

Iliad see HOMERIC FICTION ILLEGITIMACY Illiteracy see LITERACY AND READING ILLNESS (used for non-specific illness such as colds and flus) see also ILLNESS - specific subject, see also EPIDEMICS, HOSPITALS, HYPOCHONDRIA, INSECTS - LICE, PHOBIAS, PLAGUES, SELF-MUTILATON

ILLNESS - AIDS ILLNESS - ALLERGIES ILLNESS - ALOPECIA ILLNESS - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ILLNESS - ANEURYSM ILLNESS - ARTHRITIS ILLNESS - ASTHMA ILLNESS - CANCER ILLNESS - CHICKEN POX ILLNESS - CHOLERA ILLNESS - CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME see also RACISM ILLNESS - CYSTIC FIBROSIS ILLNESS - DEPRESSION ILLNESS - DIABETES ILLNESS - DIPHTHERIA ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS ILLNESS - ELECTIVE MUTISM ILLNESS - EPILEPSY ILLNESS - GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME ILLNESS - HANSEN'S DISEASE ILLNESS - HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE ILLNESS - INFLUENZA Illness - leprosy see ILLNESS - HANSEN'S DISEASE ILLNESS - MENTAL see also ILLNESS - MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES, ILLNESS - OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, PHOBIAS

ILLNESS - MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES ILLNESS - MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ILLNESS - OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER ILLNESS - PARENTAL ILLNESS - POLIO ILLNESS - POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ILLNESS - SCHIZOPHRENIA ILLNESS - SMALLPOX ILLNESS - TUBERCULOSIS ILLNESS - YELLOW FEVER ILLUSTRATORS - CANADIAN ILLUSTRATORS - INUIT



ILLUSTRATORS - METIS Imaginary country see FANTASY - IMAGINARY WORLDS, FICTITIOUS COUNTRY, PRIVATE WORLDS

Imaginary friends see FANTASY - IMAGINARY COMPANIONS IMAGINARY WARS AND BATTLES Imagination see FANTASY, POWER - OF IMAGINATION IMMIGRANTS see also HERITAGE, IMMIGRANTS - ILLEGAL,

REFUGEES

IMMIGRANTS - ILLEGAL IMMORTALITY see also TIME - BEING SUSPENDED IN IMPERSONATION Imposters see IMPERSONATION Inanimate objects see DOLLS AND TOYS, MACHINES, POINT-OF-VIEW - INANIMATE OBJECT Incas see FIRST NATIONS - INCA INCEST INDENTURED SERVANTS Independent schools see SCHOOL - BOARDING, SCHOOL - CATHOLIC, SCHOOL - INDEPENDENT India see ASIA - INDIA, AUTHORS - INDIAN, - HERITAGE -

INDIAN

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS INDIVIDUALITY see also INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, SELF-REALIZATION Industrial revolution see ENGLAND - HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INFANTICIDE Influenza see ILLNESS - INFLUENZA INJURIES see also INJURIES - specific subject, see also ANIMALS - CRIPPLED INJURIES - COMA INJUSTICE INNER CITY LIFE INSECTS see also CAREERS - BEE KEEPERS, INSECTS -specific insect, SPIDERS INSECTS - ANTS INSECTS - BEES INSECTS - BUTTERFLIES INSECTS - DRAGONFLIES INSECTS - LICE INSECTS - SILKWORMS INTEGRITY Interfaith families see FAMILIES- INTERFAITH Internet see COMPUTERS, E-MAIL, FRIENDSHIP - INTERNET INTERSEX PEOPLE (used for intersex human characters; intersex is a "general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy, genetics/chromosomes, or hormonal levels that do not seem to fit the ‘typical’ definitions of male or female." (Queer Terminology from A to Q, QMUNITY, 2018) see also GENDER IDENTITY

Intolerance see PREJUDICE Inuit see FIRST NATIONS - INUIT, HERITAGE - INUIT INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS Invisibility see FANTASY - INVISIBILITY Iran see MIDDLE EAST - IRAN IRAN-IRAQ WAR - 1980-1988 Iraq see MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ IRELAND see also AUTHORS - IRISH, HERITAGE - IRISH, IRELAND - HISTORY, NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND - HISTORY Islam see HERITAGE - ISLAMIC, RELIGION - ISLAM ISLANDS Israel see MIDDLE EAST - ISRAEL ITALY see also HERITAGE - ITALIAN, ITALY - HISTORY, HISTORY - ANCIENT ROME, WORLD WAR I - ITALY, WORLD WAR II - ITALY

ITALY - HISTORY Jamaica see CARIBBEAN - JAMAICA



Japan see ASIA - JAPAN, AUTHORS - JAPANESE, JAPANESE HERITAGE JEALOUSY AND ENVY JESTERS Jewish culture see HERITAGE - JEWISH, RELIGION - JUDAISM, SHORT STORIES - JEWISH JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM see also CAREERS - JOURNALISM, SCHOOL- SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS Journals see DIARIES AND DIARY FORMAT Judaism see RELIGION - JUDAISM Jujitsu see SPORTS - JUJITSU Jungles see TROPICAL RAINFORESTS JUSTICE see also ABOLITIONISTS, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, INJUSTICE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES Karate see SPORTS - KARATE Kayaking see CANOES AND KAYAKS, SPORTS - CANOEING AND KAYAKING Keeping friends see FRIENDSHIP - KEEPING FRIENDS Keeping secrets see SECRETS - KEEPING Kenya see AFRICA - KENYA KIBBUTZIM KIDNAPPING see also HOSTAGES, KIDNAPPING - BY PARENT, SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION KIDNAPPING - BY PARENT Kindergarten see SCHOOL - KINDERGARTEN Kindertransport see WORLD WAR II - GERMANY - KINDERTRANSPORT KINDNESS KINGS see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific king KITES KNIGHTS see also HISTORY - CRUSADES Korea see ASIA - KOREA, HERITAGE - KOREAN, KOREAN WAR, WORLD WAR II - KOREA Korean War see ASIA - HISTORY - HISTORY - KOREA - KOREAN WAR KU KLUX KLAN Kung fu see SPORTS - KUNG FU LABOUR CONDITIONS see also LABOUR CONDITIONS - specific topic, LABOUR STRIKES, LABOUR UNIONS LABOUR CONDITIONS - CHILD LABOUR (used for negative aspects of working children) see also MONEY-MAKING PROJECTS, WORKING TEENS LABOUR CONDITIONS - MIGRANT WORKERS LABOUR STRIKES LABOUR UNIONS LAKES (used for books with lake setting) see also L0CH NESS MONSTER Land claims see FIRST NATIONS - LAND CLAIMS LANDMINE VICTIMS Landslides see AVALANCHES AND ROCK SLIDES LANGUAGE - LEARNING A NEW see also ESL Lapland see FIRST NATIONS - SAMI LARGE PRINT (used for books with text set at 16 points or larger) Large stature see GIANTS, STATURE - LARGE LATCHKEY CHILDREN LAW AND LAWYERS see also CAREERS - LAWYERS, JURIES, TRIALS LEADERSHIP Learning disabilities see SPECIAL NEEDS - LEARNING DISABILITIES LEBANON Legendary creatures see FANTASY - MYTHOLOGY, MYTHICAL CREATURES Legendary heroes see ARTHURIAN LEGEND, ROBIN HOOD Leprosy see ILLNESS - HANSEN'S DISEASE LESBIAN see also LGBTQ+, QUEER, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN

LETTERS AND LETTER FORMAT see also BIRDS - HOMING PIGEONS, E-MAIL LGBTQ+ see also BISEXUAL, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER NON- CONFORMING, GAY, HOMOPHOBIA, LESBIAN, QUEER, QUESTIONING, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN, PARENTS - TRANS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, TRANSPHOBIA, TRANS PEOPLE, TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE



Liberia see AFRICA - LIBERIA LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS Lice see INSECTS - LICE LIFE CYCLE LIGHTHOUSES LIONS LISTENING (used for being attentive) LITERACY AND READING (includes illiteracy and learning to read) see also EDUCATION - IMPORTANCE OF Little people see FANTASY - LITTLE PEOPLE LIZARDS LLAMAS LOCH NESS MONSTER Logging see FORESTRY LONELINESS Losing friends see FRIENDSHIP - LOSING FRIENDS LOSING THINGS Lost, being see BEING LOST LOTTERIES Love see ANIMALS - LOVE OF, POWER - OF LOVE, RESPECT - OF NATURE, ROMANCE LOYALTY see also BETRAYAL, FILIAL DUTY, LOYALTY - DIVIDED LOYALTY - DIVIDED see also FRIENDSHIP - WITH WAR-TIME ENEMY LUCK AND LUCKINESS LYING see also CHEATING, FALSE ACCUSATIONS, HONESTY MACHINES (includes machines of all kinds) Mafia see ORGANIZED CRIME Magic see FANTASY - MAGIC, FANTASY - MAGIC ADVENTURES, FANTASY - MAGIC POTIONS, FANTASY - MAGIC REALISM, MAGIC TRICKS AND MAGICIANS

MAGIC TRICKS AND MAGICIANS (used for sleight of hand) for fantasy aspects of magic see FANTASY - MAGIC ADVENTURES, FANTASY - MAGIC POTIONS

Mail-order bride see MARRIAGE - MAIL-ORDER BRIDE Making decisions see DECISIONS - MAKING Making friends see FRIENDSHIP - MAKING FRIENDS Malaysia see ASIA - MALAYSIA Malls see SHOPPING AND STORIES MANATEES Manitoba see CANADA - MANITOBA MAP IN BOOK Maps see GEOGRAPHY - MAPS, MAP IN BOOK Maritime Provinces see CANADA - MARITIME PROVINCES MARRIAGE - ARRANGED see also MARRIAGE - MAIL-ORDER BRIDE MARRIAGE - CHILD BRIDE MARRIAGE - MAIL-ORDER BRIDE Marshes see WETLANDS Martial arts see SPORTS - MARTIAL ARTS MASKS MATERIALISM MATH see also MATH - HUNDREDS MATH - HUNDREDS see also SCHOOL - HUNDREDTH DAY Maturation see COMING OF AGE, GROWING UP, PUBERTY, SEXUALITY Maya see FIRST NATIONS - MAYA MAZES



Meanness see CRUELTY AND MEANNESS Media see JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM, POWER - OF MEDIA, POWER - OF PRINTED WORD, RADIO, TELEVISION

MEDICINE see also BIOENGINEERING, CLONING, DOCTORS, EPIDEMICS, FAITH HEALING, ILLNESS - specific subject, MEDICINE - specific topic, NURSES, PLAGUES, PLASTIC SURGERY, PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHIATRY, TRANSPLANTS

MEDICINE - HERBAL MEDICINE - HISTORY MEHNDI MELODRAMAS MEMORIES Mennonites see RELIGION - MENNONITE Mental disabilities see SPECIAL NEEDS - MENTAL DISABILITIES Mental illness see ILLNESS - MENTAL Mental telepathy see TELEPATHY Mental transformation see CHANGE - OF HEART OR MIND MERLIN MERMAIDS AND MERMEN see also SELKIES Mermen see MERMAIDS AND MERMEN META-BOOKS (used for books in which the characters are aware that they exist inside a book) METEORITES MEXICO MEXICO - HISTORY MICE Middle ages see ENGLAND - HISTORY - MIDDLE AGES, HISTORY - MIDDLE AGES Middle child see FAMILY LIFE - MIDDLE CHILD MIDDLE EAST see also specific countries MIDDLE EAST - GAZA STRIP - HISTORY MIDDLE EAST - IRAN see also IRAN-IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988 MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ see also IRAN-IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988 MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - HISTORY see also GULF WAR, 1991 MIDDLE EAST - ISRAEL see also ARAB-ISRAELI WAR - 1948-1949, AUTHORS - ISRAELI, ISRAEL - HISTORY, KIBBUTZIM MIDDLE EAST - ISRAEL - HISTORY MIDDLE EAST - OMAN MIDDLE EAST - SYRIA Middle school see SCHOOL - ELEMENTARY, SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL - specific subject Migrant workers see LABOUR CONDITIONS - MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION (used for migration of animals and birds) Military see ARMED FORCES Militia movements see RIGHT-WING MILITIA MOVEMENTS MILLENNIUM MIND CONTROL MINES AND MINING see also HISTORY - GOLD RUSHES MINKS MIRACLES MISBEHAVIOUR see also SCHOOL - BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS Miscarriage see PREGNANCY - MISCARRIAGE MISSING PERSONS (used for unexplained disappearance) see also KIDNAPPING, RUNAWAYS, SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION

MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES MISTAKEN IDENTITY MISTAKES MISUNDERSTANDINGS Misuse of power see POWER - MISUSE OF MODELS - FASHION see also CAREERS - FASHION INDUSTRY MOLES Monasteries see MONKS AND MONASTERIES MONEY AND WEALTH see also HISTORY - GREAT DEPRESSION, MATERIALISM, MONEY MAKING PROJECTS, POVERTY, RAGS TO RICHES, RICHES TO RAGS, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, WILLS



MONEYMAKING PROJECTS MONGOOSES MONKEYS, APES AND GORILLAS MONKS AND MONASTERIES MONSTERS see also LOCH NESS MONSTER MOON Moral development see ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR Mormons see RELIGION - MORMON Morocco see AFRICA - MOROCCO Morphing see FANTASY - SHAPE SHIFTERS MOTHERS see also BIRTH MOTHERS, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, MOTHERS AND SONS, MOTHERS - FINDING LONG LOST

MOTHERS - FINDING LONG LOST MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS MOTHERS AND SONS MOTORCYCLES (used for motorcycles as transportation) see also SPORTS - MOTORCYCLING Motorcycling see SPORTS - MOTORCYCLING MOUNTAINS see also SPORTS - MOUNTAINEERING, VOLCANOES Mounties see POLICE - RCMP MOVIES - BOOKS BASED ON MOVIES - BOOKS MADE INTO Includes television shows MOVIES AND MOVIE MAKING see also MOVIES - BOOKS BASED ON, MOVIES - BOOKS MADE INTO MOVING AWAY FROM HOME (used for teens moving out on own) MOVING HOUSE see also FRIENDSHIP - FRIEND MOVING AWAY, MOVING AWAY FROM HOME Mozambique see AFRICA - MOZAMBIQUE MULTICULTURALISM see also FAMILIES - CROSS-CULTURAL, FAMILIES - INTERFAITH, FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-CULTURAL, HERITAGE, IMMIGRANTS, MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN, SHORT STORIES - INTERNATIONAL, TOLERANCE

Multiple births see QUINTUPLETS, TRIPLETS, TWINS Multiple Personalities see ILLNESS - MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES MULTIPLE PERSONALITY Multiple perspectives see POINT-OF-VIEW - VARIED MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN see also FAMILIES - CROSS-CULTURAL MUMMIES MURDER MURDER - SERIAL MUSEUMS MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES MUSIC AND MUSICIANS see also CAREERS - MUSICIANS, CONCERTS, MUSIC AND MUSICIANS - ROCK, POWER-OF MUSIC, SINGERS AND SINGING

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS - ROCK see also CAREERS - MUSICIANS Muslims see HERITAGE - ISLAMIC, RELIGION - ISLAM Mutants see SCIENCE FICTION - MUTANTS Mutinies see SEA STORIES - MUTINIES Mutism see ILLNESS - ELECTIVE MUTISM, SPECIAL NEEDS - MUTISM MYSTERIES see also GRADE 3 - MYSTERIES, GRADE 4 AND 5 - MYSTERIES, GRADE 6 AND 7 - MYSTERIES, MURDER, MYSTERIES - specific theme or genre, SHORT STORIES - MYSTERY

MYSTERIES - ANIMAL DETECTIVE MYSTERIES - BOY DETECTIVE MYSTERIES - COMPUTER CRIME MYSTERIES - ENVIRONMENTAL MYSTERIES - GIRL DETECTIVE MYSTERIES - HISTORICAL MYSTERIES - HUMOUR MYSTERIES - SCIENCE MYSTERIES - SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYTHICAL CREATURES see also DRAGONS, FANTASY - FAIRIES, FANTASY - LITTLE PEOPLE, LOCH NESS MONSTERS, MERMAIDS AND MERMEN, MONSTERS, SASQUATCHES, SELKIES, TROLLS, UNICORNS, VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, YETI



Mythology see FANTASY - MYTHOLOGY, FRACTURED FAIRY TALES AND MYTHS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - MYTHS AND LEGENDS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - MYTHS AND LEGENDS, MYTHICAL CREATURES

NAMES see also NAMES - NICKNAMES NAMES - NICKNAMES Namibia see AFRICA - NAMIBIA NANNIES NATIONALISM Native peoples see FIRST NATIONS Natural disasters see DROUGHTS, EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS, HURRICANES, VOLCANOES Nature appreciation see RESPECT - OF NATURE NAVIGATION Navy see ARMED FORCES Nazi supporters see WORLD WAR II - NETHERLANDS - NAZI

SUPPORTERS

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES NEIGHBOURS Nelson, Admiral Horatio see BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - NELSON, ADMIRAL HORATIO Nepal see ASIA - NEPAL NETHERLANDS see also AUTHORS - DUTCH, WORLD WAR II - NETHERLANDS New baby see BABIES - NEW BABY New Brunswick see CANADA - NEW BRUNSWICK NEW YEAR (used for January 1) see also CHINESE NEW YEAR NEW ZEALAND see also AUTHORS - NEW ZEALANDER, FIRST NATIONS - MAORI Newfoundland see CANADA - NEWFOUNDLAND Newspapers see CAREERS - JOURNALISM, JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM, POWER - OF MEDIA, SCHOOL - SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS

Nicknames see NAMES - NICKNAMES NIGHTMARES NINJA Non-athletic - being SPORTS - BEING NON-ATHLETIC NONLINEAR FICTION Novels in which the text is not organized in a straight line from beginning to end. Includes non-sequential fiction Norman Conquest see ENGLAND - HISTORY - NORMAN CONQUEST North America see ARCTIC, CANADA, CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, UNITED STATES NORTHERN IRELAND Northwest Territories see CANADA - NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NORWAY see also AUTHORS - NORWEGIAN, FIRST NATIONS - SAMI, HERITAGE - NORWEGIAN, TROLLS, HISTORY - VIKINGS, WORLD WAR II - NORWAY

Nostalgic theme see FAMILIES - OLD-FASHIONED, OLD-FASHIONED STORIES Nova Scotia see CANADA - NOVA SCOTIA Nuclear power accidents see ACCIDENTS - NUCLEAR POWER, SCIENCE FICTION - POSTAPOCALYPTIC FUTURE

Nuclear weapons see SCIENCE FICTION - POST-NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST, WAR - ATOMIC WEAPONS Numbers see MATH Nunavut see CANADA - NUNAVUT NURSES see also CAREERS - NURSES OBNOXIOUS CHARACTERS see also BOASTING, BULLYING, SHOWING OFF,

TEASING

Obsessive-compulsive disorder see ILLNESS - OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER OBSTINACY OCCULT Occupations see CAREERS Oceania see SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS see also FANTASY - UNDERWATER WORLDS, SEA STORIES, TSUNAMIS Odyssey see HOMERIC FICTION



Oldest child see FAMILIES - ELDEST CHILD OLD-FASHIONED STORIES see also FAMILY LIFE - OLD-FASHIONED Olympic Games see SPORTS - OLYMPIC GAMES, SPORTS - SPECIAL OLYMPICS One hundred see MATH - HUNDREDS, SCHOOL - HUNDREDTH DAY One-dimensional characters see FANTASY - ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS Online social networks see FRIENDSHIP - INTERNET Only child see FAMILIES - ONLY CHILD Ontario see CANADA - ONTARIO OPEN ENDINGS (used for books with endings that are unresolved and open to individual interpretation) OPPRESSION see also EXPLOITATION OPTICAL ILLUSIONS OPTIMISM Organ transplants see TRANSPLANTS ORGANIZED CRIME ORIGAMI ORPHANS see also CANADA - HISTORY - HOME CHILDREN, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - ORPHAN TRAINS Other times see GRADE 3 - OTHER TIMES, HISTORY Other worlds see FANTASY - SECONDARY AND PARALLEL WORLDS, FANTASY - IMAGINARY WORLDS, SCIENCE FICTION - OTHER WORLDS AND PLANETS

OTTERS (used for river and sea otters) Outlaws see ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS OUTSIDERS see also HERMITS, REBELS OVERCROWDING Overprotective parents see PARENTS - OVERPROTECTIVE OVERWEIGHT CHARACTERS Owls see BIRDS - OWLS PACIFISM see also CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS Pakistan see ASIA - PAKISTAN PALEONTOLOGY see also FOSSILS PALINDROMES PANDAS PARADES PARALLEL STORIES (used for books that alternate between several different stories, for example one set in present, one in past) see also SHORT STORIES - LINKED

Parallel universe see FANTASY - SECONDARY AND PARALLEL WORLDS Paraplegics see SPECIAL NEEDS - PARA AND QUADRAPLEGICS Parapsychology see ESP PARENTAL PRESSURE PARENTS see also ABANDONMENT - BY PARENT, FATHERS, DEATH AND DYING - PARENTS, FILIAL DUTY, GRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS, ILLNESS - PARENTAL, MOTHERS, PARENTAL PRESSURE, KIDNAPPING - BY PARENT, PARENTS - LEARNING SKILLS OF, PARENTS - DATING, PARENTS - EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN, PARENTS - REMARRIAGE, PARENTS - TEEN

PARENTS - DATING PARENTS - EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN PARENTS - LEARNING SKILLS OF PARENTS - OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS - REMARRIAGE see also FAMILIES - STEPFAMILIES PARENTS - SPECIAL NEEDS PARENTS - TEEN PARENTS - TRANS see also LGBTQ+, QUEER TRANS PEOPLE PARKS (includes green spaces) see also AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS, DISNEY THEME PARKS PARODY AND SATIRE see also FRACTURED FAIRY TALES Parrots see BIRDS - PARROTS PASSOVER PATIENCE PATRIOTISM PEACE see also CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PACIFICISM, PEACE MOVEMENT



PEACE MOVEMENT PEDOPHILIA PEER PRESSURE see also FRIENDS - BEING ASERTIVE WITH Pelicans see BIRDS - PELICANS Penguins see BIRDS - PENGUINS Perception see SELF-PERCEPTION AND AWARENESS PERFECTIONISM PERSECUTION PERSEVERANCE see also GOALS - SETTING AND ACHIEVING Persian Gulf War see GULF WAR, 1991 Personal power see POWER - PERSONAL, SELF-REALIZATION Personal values see ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT, specific values Peru see SOUTH AMERICA - PERU Pests see OBNOXIOUS CHARACTERS PET SITTING PETS see also specific pet, DEATH AND DYING - PET, PETS - HAVING TO GIVE AWAY PETS - HAVING TO GIVE AWAY Philippines see ASIA - PHILIPPINES PHOBIAS see also HOMOPHOBIA, phobias - specific phobia PHOBIAS - AGORAPHOBIA PHOBIAS - CLAUSTROPHOBIA PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY see also CAREERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS PHRENOLOGY Physical disabilities see SPECIAL NEEDS - PHYSICAL DISABILITIES Physical transformation see FANTASY - PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION, FANTASY - SHAPE-SHIFTERS PHYSICS Picture puzzles see HIDDEN CLUES PIGS PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGES Pioneers see HISTORY - FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE PIRATES PLAGUES see also PLAGUES - BUBONIC PLAGUES - BUBONIC Planets see SCIENCE FICTION - OTHER WORLDS AND PLANETS PLANTS Plastic surgery see APPEARANCE - PLASTIC SURGERY PLAYS - BOOKS BASED ON PLAYS - FICTION WRITTEN AS See also SCRIPT NOVELS Plot-your-own stories see VARIED ENDINGS POACHERS AND POACHING POETRY - FICTION WRITTEN AS POETS AND POETRY POGROMS POINT-OF-VIEW - ANIMAL POINT-OF-VIEW - INANIMATE OBJECT POINT-OF-VIEW - VARIED (used for books that tell the same story from several different perspectives) see also AUTHORS - BOOKS WRITTEN BY TWO

POLAND see also HERITAGE - POLISH, WORLD WAR II - POLAND

POLICE see also POLICE - RCMP POLICE - RCMP Polio see ILLNESS - POLIO POLITICAL ASYLUM POLITICS see also CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, PACIFICISM, PROTEST MOVEMENTS, SCHOOL - ELECTIONS, NATIONALISM, SOCIAL ACTIVISM, TERRORISM, TREASON, VOTING, WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Pollution see ENVIRONMENT - POLLUTION POOL (used for the game) POPULARITY see also CLIQUES, FRIENDS - BEING ASSERTIVE WITH PORCUPINES Positive attitude see OPTIMISM Possession see DEMONIC POSESSION Post-nuclear holocaust see SCIENCE FICTION - POST-NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST Post-traumatic stress disorder see ILLNESS - POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER POTTERY POURQUOI TALES



POVERTY see also RICHES TO RAGS POWER - MISUSE OF see also ABUSE - specific type, BRAINWASHING, CENSORSHIP, EXPERIMENTS - USING CHILDREN IN, MIND CONTROL, POLITICS, TERRORISM

POWER - OF FAMILY see also HOME - SENSE OF POWER - OF FRIENDSHIP POWER - OF IMAGINATION POWER - OF LOVE POWER - OF MEDIA POWER - OF MUSIC POWER - OF OBJECTS POWER - OF PRINTED WORD POWER - OF TECHNOLOGY POWER - OF THE ARTS POWER - PERSONAL (includes power of children) POWER - STRUGGLE FOR see also POLITICS, REBELS Practical jokes see PRANKS PRAIRIES see also CANADA - PRAIRIE PROVINCES, UNITED STATES - MIDWEST PRANKS (used for misbehaviour of non-criminal nature; includes practical jokes) Precognition see ESP PREGNANCY see also ABORTION, ILLEGITIMACY, PREGNANCY - TEEN PREGNANCY - TEEN Prehistory see HISTORY - PREHISTORY PREJUDICE see also ANTI-SEMITISM, APARTHEID, HOLOCAUST, HOMOPHOBIA, PERSECUTION, RACISM, TOLERANCE, WORLD WAR II - CANADA - ITALIAN INTERNMENT, WORLD WAR II - CANADA - JAPANESE INTERNMENT, WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES - JAPANESE INTERNMENT

Pre-Roman Britain see ENGLAND- HISTORY - PRE-ROMAN Preschool see SCHOOL - PRESCHOOL Press gangs see INDENTURED SERVANTS Pressure see PARENTAL PRESSURE, PEER PRESSURE PRIDE see also VANITY Prince Edward Island see CANADA - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PRINCES PRINCESSES see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific princess Printed word - power of see POWER - OF PRINTED WORD PRISON AND PRISONERS see also JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES, PRISONERS' FAMILIES, PRISON AND PRISONERS - WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS, REFORM SCHOOL, TRIALS, WAR - PRISONERS OF

PRISON AND PRISONERS - WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS PRISONERS' FAMILIES Prisoners of war see WAR - PRISONERS OF PRIVACY - RIGHT TO Private school see SCHOOL - INDEPENDENT Private schools see SCHOOL - INDEPENDENT PRIVATE WORLDS (used for imaginary worlds created within a realistic story) See also FANTASY - ESCAPE INTO PROBLEM SOLVING see also CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCRASTINATION Prohibition see HISTORY - PROHIBITION PROMISES Prostheses see SPECIAL NEEDS - PROSTHESES PROSTITUTION see also PROSTITUTION - CHILD PROSTITUTION - CHILD PROTEST MOVEMENTS see also CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, REBELS, WAR - RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHIATRY Psychokinesis see ESP PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTS PSYCHOPATHS PUBERTY Puerto Rico see CARIBBEAN - PUERTO RICO PUMPKINS PUNISHMENTS



PUPPETS AND PUPPETRY Puzzles see HIDDEN CLUES, RIDDLES Quadraplegics see SPECIAL NEEDS - PARA AND QUADRAPLEGICS Quakers see RELIGION - QUAKER Quarrelling see FEUDS, FIGHTING AND ARGUING Quebec see CANADA - QUEBEC QUEENS see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - specific queen QUEER see also BISEXUAL, LGBTQ+, LESBIAN, GAY, TRANS PEOPLE QUESTIONING (used for books about characters exploring their own sexual orientation or gender identity) see also BISEXUAL, LESBIAN, GAY, GENDER IDENTITY, LGBTQ+, QUEER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, TRANS

QUESTS see also VISION QUESTS QUILTS AND QUILTING QUINTUPLETS Quitting smoking see SMOKING - QUITTING RABBITS AND HARES RACCOONS Race relations see CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, DIVERSITY, EQUITY - RACIAL, FRIENDSHIP - CROSS-CULTURAL, RELOCATION, STEREOTYPES - RACIAL, RACISM, SEGREGATION - RACIAL, TOLERANCE

RACES AND RACING Racially mixed people see MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN RACISM see also ANTI-SEMITISM, APARTHEID, EQUITY - RACIAL, HOLOCAUST, KU KLUX KLAN, PERSECUTION, RELOCATION, RIGHT-WING MILITIA MOVEMENTS, SEGREGATION - RACIAL, SLAVERY

Racketeering see BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTION RADIO Rafting see SPORTS - RAFTING RAGS TO RICHES see also MONEY AND WEALTH Railroads see HISTORY - BUILDING TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS, TRAINS RAINBOWS Rainforests see TROPICAL RAINFORESTS RANCHES Rape see SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE RATS Ravens see BIRDS - RAVENS RCMP see POLICE - RCMP Read alouds see GRADE 1 TO 3 - LONGER READ ALOUDS, GRADE 1 TO 3 - SHORT READ ALOUDS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - READ ALOUDS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - READ ALOUDS

READ-ALIKES - ARTEMIS FOWL READ-ALIKES - CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS READ-ALIKES - HARRY POTTER (used for books sharing many of the elements that make the Harry Potter books so appealing: humour, magic adventures, lots of action and kids in charge)

READ-ALIKES - LEMONY SNICKET READ-ALIKES - REDWALL SERIES READ-ALIKES - ROALD DAHL Reading see LITERACY AND READING REASSURANCE see also HOME - SENSE OF REBELS AND REBELLING see also SEA STORIES - MUTINIES Recipes see FOOD - RECIPES Recluses see HERMITS AND RECLUSES Recreational vehicles see RV PARKS Recycling see ENVIRONMENT - RECYCLING REDEMPTION Redwall series read-alikes see READ-ALIKES - REDWALL SERIES Reform school see JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES REFUGEES see also IMMIGRANTS - ILLEGAL, POLITICAL ASYLUM, WORLD WAR II - EVACUEES REINCARNATION REINDEER



RELIGION see also ATHEISM, RELIGION - specific religion, ANGELS, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, CULTS, DRUIDS, FAITH, FAITH HEALING, FAMILIES - INTERFAITH FAMILIES, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, HEAVEN,

MIRACLES, MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES, MONKS AND MONASTERIES, PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGES,

REINCARNATION, SAINTS, SCHOOL - CATHOLIC SCHOOL, SECULAR HUMANISM, SHORT STORIES - RELIGION

RELIGION - AMISH RELIGION - BUDDHISM RELIGION - CHRISTIANITY see also CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, HISTORY - EARLY CHRISTIANITY, RELIGION - MORMON RELIGION - HINDUISM RELIGION - ISLAM RELIGION - JUDAISM see also HERITAGE - JEWISH, HOLOCAUST, HOLOCAUST, SHORT STORIES - JEWISH, SURVIVORS, WORLD WAR II - RESCUE OF JEWS

RELIGION - MENNONITE RELIGION - MORMON RELIGION - QUAKER RELIGION - SHAKER RELOCATION - FORCED (used for forced relocation) see also FIRST NATIONS - FORCED RELOCATION OF, WORLD WAR II - CANADA - JAPANESE INTERNMENT, WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES - JAPANESE INTERNMENT

Reluctant heroes see HEROES - RELUCTANT AND UNLIKELY RELUCTANT READERS - BOOKS FOR (used for books characterized by high interest level and simple vocabulary. These titles are of particular use to reluctant readers, ESL students and children reading below grade level) See also GRADE 4 AND 5 - EASIER BOOKS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - EASIER BOOKS

Remarriage see PARENTS - REMARRIAGE REMORSE AND REPENTANCE Renaissance see HISTORY - RENAISSANCE Repentance see REMORSE AND REPENTANCE REPTILES see also ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES, LIZARDS, SNAKES Resettlement see RELOCATION - FORCED Residential schools see FIRST NATIONS - RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL RESILIENCE Resistance movements see PROTEST MOVEMENTS, WAR - RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS Resource conservation see ENVIRONMENT - RESOURCE CONSERVATION Resourcefulness see SELF-RELIANCE RESPECT - OF NATURE RESPECT - OF OTHERS RESPECT - OF PROPERTY RESPECT - OF SELF RESPONSIBILITY see also FILIAL DUTY, LEADERSHIP, PARENTS - LEARNING SKILLS OF, RESPONSIBILITY - SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - SOCIAL RESTAURANTS Reunions see FAMILY REUNIONS, FATHERS - FINDING LONG LOST, MOTHERS - FINDING LONG LOST REVENGE Reversal of fortune see RAGS TO RICHES, RICHES TO RAGS Rheumatoid arthritis see ILLNESS - ARTHRITIS RHINOCEROSES Richard the Lionheart see BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - RICHARD I, KING OF ENGLAND RICHES TO RAGS see also POVERTY RIDDLES Rights see ANIMAL RIGHTS, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, PRIVACY - RIGHT TO, WOMEN'S RIGHTS Rivalry see COMPETITION, SIBLING RIVALRY RIVALRY AND COMPETITION (used for psychological aspects of competition) see also SIBLING RIVALRY



RIVERS ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS see also CRIME, GRAVE ROBBERS AND ROBBING, ROBIN HOOD ROBIN HOOD ROBOTS (used for realistic portrayals of robots) see also SCIENCE FICTION - ROBOTS Rock music see MUSIC AND MUSICIANS - ROCK Rock slides see AVALANCHES AND ROCK SLIDES RODEOS ROLE REVERSAL Roller hockey see SPORTS - ROLLER HOCKEY Rollerblading see SPORTS - IN-LINE SKATING AND ROLLERSKATING Roman Britain see ENGLAND - HISTORY - ROMAN BRITAIN ROMANCE see also DATING, GRADE 6 AND 7 - ROMANCE, ROMANCE - specific subject, SHORT STORIES - ROMANCE

ROMANCE - FIRST LOVE ROMANCE - FROM MALE PERSPECTIVE ROMANCE - HUMOUR ROMANIA see also ROMANIA - HISTORY - REVOLUTION, 1989, WORLD WAR II - ROMANIA ROMANIA - HISTORY - REVOLUTION, 1989 Romans see ENGLAND - HISTORY - ROMAN BRITAIN, HISTORY - ANCIENT ROME Royal Canadian Mounted Police see POLICE - RCMP ROYALTY see also KINGS, PRINCES, PRINCESSES, QUEENS RUMOURS Runaways see RUNNING AWAY AND RUNAWAYS RUNNING AWAY AND RUNAWAYS Rural life see COUNTRY LIFE, SMALL TOWN LIFE RUSSIA see also AUTHORS - RUSSIAN, RUSSIA - HISTORY - specific subject RUSSIA - HISTORY RUSSIA - HISTORY - REVOLUTION RUSTLERS AND RUSTLING RV PARKS Sacrifice see HUMAN SACRIFICE, SELF-SACRIFICE SAD STORIES see also GRIEF, DEATH AND DYING Sailing see SPORTS - SAILING SAINTS see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - THOMAS A BECKET - SAINT, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, VALENTINE'S DAY

Salem witch trials see UNITED STATES - HISTORY - SALEM WITCH TRIALS

Salmon see FISH - SALMON SAMURAI Sarajevo siege see BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA - HISTORY - SARAJEVO SIEGE Saskatchewan see CANADA - SASKATCHEWAN SASQUATCHES Satire see PARODY AND SATIRE Saxons see ENGLAND - HISTORY - SAXONS SCAMS SCANDINAVIA see also specific country, FIRST NATIONS - SAMI, HISTORY - VIKINGS Scary books see GRADE 3 - SCARY STORIES, HORROR, SHORT STORIES - HORROR Schizophrenia see ILLNESS - SCHIZOPHRENIA School see EDUCATION - IMPORTANCE OF, FIRST NATIONS - RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, SCHOOL - specific topic or type of school, JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES, SCIENCE FAIRS

SCHOOL - BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS SCHOOL - BOARDING SCHOOL SCHOOL - CATHOLIC SCHOOL SCHOOL - CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL SCHOOL - DROPPING OUT SCHOOL - ELECTIONS SCHOOL - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL



SCHOOL - EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL - FIELD TRIPS SCHOOL - FIRST DAY (used for starting school for first time) see also SCHOOL - NEW SCHOOL SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL - HOMESCHOOLING SCHOOL - HOMEWORK SCHOOL - HUMOUR SCHOOL - HUNDREDTH DAY SCHOOL - INDEPENDENT see also SCHOOL - BOARDING, SCHOOL - CATHOLIC SCHOOL - KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL - MILITARY ACADEMY SCHOOL - NEW SCHOOL (used for changing school) see also SCHOOL - FIRST DAY SCHOOL - ONE ROOM SCHOOL - PRESCHOOL SCHOOL - REPEATING A GRADE SCHOOL - SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS SCHOOL - SCHOOL OF MAGIC SCHOOL - SPELLING BEES SCHOOL - SPORTS DAY SCHOOL - STUDENT TEACHERS SCHOOL - SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS SCHOOL - SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOOL - SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL - TEACHERS see also TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS SCHOOL - TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS SCHOOL - UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SCIENCE see also CAREERS - specific career, CLONING, COMPUTERS, FORENSIC SCIENCE, MYSTERIES - SCIENCE, PHRENOLOGY, PHYSICS, POWER - OF TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, SCIENCE FAIRS, SCIENTISTS, SHORT STORIES - SCIENCE FICTION

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS see also PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTS, SCIENCE FAIRS SCIENCE FAIRS SCIENCE FICTION see BIOENGINEERING, CLONING, GRADE 4 AND 5 - SCIENCE FICTION, GRADE 6 AND 7 - SCIENCE FICTION, ROBOTS, SCIENCE FICTION - specific topic

SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION SCIENCE FICTION - ALIENS see also SCIENCE FICTION - ALIEN ABDUCTION, SCIENCE FICTION - UFOs SCIENCE FICTION - DYSTOPIAS SCIENCE FICTION - FEMALE PROTAGONIST SCIENCE FICTION - FUTURE ON EARTH see also SCIENCE FICTION - DYSTOPIAS, SCIENCE FICTION - POST-APOCALYPTIC FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION - HUMOUR SCIENCE FICTION - MUTANTS see also GENETIC ENGINEERING SCIENCE FICTION - OTHER WORLDS AND PLANETS SCIENCE FICTION - POST-APOCALYPTIC FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION - ROBOTS includes androids SCIENCE FICTION - SPACE TRAVEL SCIENCE FICTION - UFOs SCIENTISTS see also CAREERS - SCIENTISTS SCOTLAND see also HERITAGE - SCOTTISH, LOCH NESS MONSTER, SCOTLAND - HISTORY, WORLD WAR II - SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND - HISTORY SCRIPT NOVELS Used for novels that incorporate techniques of playwriting, screenwriting, or some kind of performance art such as poetry or monologue.

Sea lions see SEALS AND SEA LIONS



SEA STORIES see also BEACHES, CRUISES AND CRUISING, DIVERS AND DIVING, DOLPHINS, FANTASY - UNDERWATER WORLDS, FLOATING HOUSES AND TOWNS, LIGHTHOUSES, MERMAIDS AND MERMEN, NAVIGATION, SEA STORIES - MUTINIES, SELKIES, SHIPWRECKS, SHORT STORIES - SEA, SUBMARINES, TIDAL WAVES, WHALES

SEA STORIES - MUTINIES SEALS AND SEA LIONS SEANCES Seasons see FALL, SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER SECRET SOCIETIES SECRETS see also SECRET SOCIETIES, SECRETS - specific subject SECRETS - FAMILY SECRETS - KEEPING Sects see CULTS SEGREGATION - RACIAL see also APARTHEID, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, FIRST NATIONS - RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, RELOCATION

SELF-ACCEPTANCE see also SELF-FORGIVENESS Self-concept see IDENTITY, SELF PERCEPTION AND AWARENESS SELF-CONFIDENCE see also FRIENDS - BEING ASSERTIVE WITH SELF-CONTROL SELF-DISCIPLINE SELF-ESTEEM see also APPEARANCE - BODY IMAGE SELF-FORGIVENESS SELFISHNESS Self-motivation see SELF-DISCIPLINE SELF-MUTILATION SELF-PERCEPTION AND AWARENESS SELF-REALIZATION SELF-RELIANCE Self-respect see RESPECT - OF SELF, SELF-ESTEEM SELF-SACRIFICE SELKIES SENSITIVE MALES Separation see DIVORCE AND SEPARATION SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS - 2001 SERBIA - CIVIL WAR, 1998 see also HERITAGE - SERBIAN Serial murder see MURDER - SERIAL Setting goals see GOALS - SETTING AND ACHIEVING SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD Sex role see EQUITY - GENDER, GENDER ROLE, SENSITIVE MALES, STEREOTYPES - SEXUAL, STRONG FEMALES SEXISM see also STEREOTYPES - SEXUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE see also ABUSE - SEXUAL, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE - DATE RAPE SEXUAL HARRASSMENT SEXUAL ORIENTATION see also BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN, LGBTQ+, PARENTS - GAY AND LESBIAN, QUEER, QUESTIONING, TWO- SPIRIT PEOPLE

SEXUALITY (used for sexual activity, not sexual orientation) see also PREGNANCY - TEEN SHADOWS Shakers see RELIGION - SHAKER SHAKESPEAREAN FICTION (used for fiction based on plays by William Shakespeare) see also BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION - SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

SHAMANS Shame see EMBARRASSMENT, REMORSE AND REPENTANCE Shape shifters see FANTASY - SHAPE SHIFTERS SHARING see also GENEROSITY SHARKS SHEEP Ships see BOATS AND SHIPS, SEA STORIES SHIPWRECKS see also SHIPWRECKS - TITANIC SHIPWRECKS - TITANIC SHOPLIFTING



SHOPPING AND STORES (includes shopping malls) SHORT STORIES (used for very general collections of short stories) see also SHORT STORIES - specific genre or subject SHORT STORIES - ADVENTURE SHORT STORIES - ANIMAL SHORT STORIES - ASIAN (used for stories by Asian authors or with an Asian theme) SHORT STORIES - BALLET SHORT STORIES - CHRISTMAS SHORT STORIES - CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES - ENVIRONMENT SHORT STORIES - FANTASY SHORT STORIES - FIRST NATIONS SHORT STORIES - GENRE INTRODUCTION (includes anthologies of genre excerpts from longer works) SHORT STORIES - GHOSTS SHORT STORIES - HISTORICAL SHORT STORIES - HORROR SHORT STORIES - HUMOUR SHORT STORIES - INTERNATIONAL (used for short stories from a variety of countries) SHORT STORIES - JEWISH SHORT STORIES - LINKED (used for short stories with plots that are linked to one another) SHORT STORIES - MYSTERY SHORT STORIES - RELIGION SHORT STORIES - ROMANCE SHORT STORIES - SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORIES - SEA SHORT STORIES - SPORTS SHORT STORIES - WAR SHOWING OFF see also BOASTING SHREWS Shrinking see FANTASY - SHRINKING SHYNESS see also STAGE FRIGHT SIBLING RIVALRY see also SIBLING RIVALRY - HUMOUR SIBLING RIVALRY - HUMOUR Sideshows see CARNIVALS SIDS see DEATH AND DYING - BABY - SIDS Silkworms see INSECTS - SILKWORMS Singapore see ASIA - SINGAPORE SINGERS AND SINGING Single parent families see FAMILIES - SINGLE PARENT SISTERS see also SISTERS - HUMOUR SISTERS - HUMOUR SIZE - LARGE STATURE see also GIANTS SIZE - SMALL STATURE Skateboarding see SPORTS - SKATEBOARDING Skating see SPORTS - ICE SKATING, SPORTS - IN-LINE SKATING AND ROLLERSKATING Skiing see SPORTS - SKIING SKUNKS SLAVERY see also ABOLITIONISTS, INDENTURED SERVANTS,

SLAVERY - EMANCIPATION, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

SLAVERY - EMANCIPATION SLEEPOVERS SLEEPWALKING Slides see AVALANCHES AND ROCK SLIDES SLOTHS SLOVAKIA see also WORLD WAR II - SLOVAKIA Small stature see SIZE - SMALL STATURE SMALL TOWN LIFE Smallpox see ILLNESS - SMALLPOX SMOKING - QUITTING SMUGGLING SNAILS SNAKES SNOW Soap box racing see SPORTS - SOAP BOX RACING Soccer see SPORTS - SOCCER



SOCIAL ACTIVISM see also ABOLITIONISTS, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, LEADERSHIP, PACIFISM, PEACE MOVEMENT, PROTEST MOVEMENTS, RESPONSIBILITY - SOCIAL, VOLUNTEERING, WAR - RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Social change see CHANGE - SOCIAL Social class see SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Social problems see ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, CRIME, DEATH AND DYING - SUICIDE, DRUG ABUSE, FAMILY PROBLEMS, FANTASY - DYSTOPIAS, GANGS, HOMELESSNESS, OVERCROWDING, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, VIOLENCE

Social responsibility see RESPONSIBILITY - SOCIAL SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Society in transition see CHANGE - SOCIAL Softball see SPORTS - BASEBALL SOGI (Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities) see GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION SOLDIERS see also SCHOOL - MILITARY ACADEMY, WAR AND PEACE SOLITUDE (used for positive aspects of being alone) Solve-it-yourself mysteries see MYSTERIES - SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF SONGS Sons see FATHERS AND SONS, MOTHERS AND SONS South Africa see AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA see also SOUTH AMERICA - specific country or region SOUTH AMERICA - AMAZON BASIN SOUTH AMERICA - BOLIVIA SOUTH AMERICA - BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA - CHILE see also AUTHORS - CHILEAN SOUTH AMERICA - COLOMBIA SOUTH AMERICA - PERU see also FIRST NATIONS - INCAS SOUTH AMERICA - VENEZUELA SOUTH PACIFIC see also AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, WORLD WAR II - SOUTH PACIFIC Space see METEORITES, SCIENCE FICTION - SPACE TRAVEL, SPACE - ASTRONAUTS, SPACE - TRAVEL SPACE - ASTRONAUTS SPACE - TRAVEL (used for realistic portrayals of space travel) see also SCIENCE FICTION - SPACE TRAVEL SPAIN see also AUTHORS - SPANISH, SPORTS -

BULLFIGHTING

SPAIN - HISTORY Sparrows see BIRDS - SPARROWS SPECIAL NEEDS see also PARENTS - SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS - specific need, SPEECH THERAPY, SPORTS - SPECIAL OLYMPICS

SPECIAL NEEDS - ADD (Attention-deficit disorder - includes books on ADHD) SPECIAL NEEDS - AUTISM SPECIAL NEEDS - BLINDNESS see also DOGS - GUIDE DOGS SPECIAL NEEDS - CEREBRAL PALSY SPECIAL NEEDS - DOWN'S SYNDROME SPECIAL NEEDS - DWARFISM SPECIAL NEEDS - LEARNING DISABILITIES see also SPECIAL NEEDS - ADD SPECIAL NEEDS - MENTAL DISABILITIES see also PARENTS - SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS - specific disability SPECIAL NEEDS - MUTISM see also ILLNESS - ELECTIVE MUTISM SPECIAL NEEDS - PARA AND QUADRAPLEGICS SPECIAL NEEDS - PHYSICAL DISABILITIES see also SPECIAL NEEDS - specific disability, SPECIAL NEEDS - WHEELCHAIRS SPECIAL NEEDS - PROSTHESES SPECIAL NEEDS - SPEECH IMPEDIMENT see also SPEECH THERAPY SPECIAL NEEDS - TOURETTE SYNDROME SPECIAL NEEDS - VISUALLY IMPAIRED see also SPECIAL NEEDS - BLINDNESS SPECIAL NEEDS - WHEELCHAIRS Speech impediment see SPECIAL NEEDS - SPEECH IMPEDIMENT SPEECH THERAPY see also SPECIAL NEEDS - SPEECH IMPEDIMENT Spells see CURSES AND ENCHANTMENTS



SPIDERS see also SCORPIONS SPIES AND SPYING SPINNING AND WEAVING SPIRITUALITY (used for non-denomination or multi-denominational expressions of spirituality) SPIRITUALITY - FIRST NATIONS see also SHAMANS, VISION QUEST SPORTS see also GRADE 3 - SPORTS, GRADE 4 AND 5 - SPORTS, GRADE 6 AND 7 - SPORTS, SPORTS - specific sport, SHORT STORIES - SPORTS, SPORTS - BEING NON-ATHLETIC, SPORTS - FEMALE PROTAGONIST, SPORTS - HUMOUR, SPORTSMANSHIP

SPORTS - ARCHERY SPORTS - AUTO RACING SPORTS - BASEBALL (includes softball) see also SPORTS - BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE SPORTS - BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE SPORTS - BASKETBALL SPORTS - BEING NON-ATHLETIC SPORTS - BODYBUILDING SPORTS - BOXING SPORTS - BULLFIGHTING SPORTS - CANOEING AND KAYAKING see also SPORTS - RAFTING SPORTS - CYCLING see also SPORTS - DIRTBIKING SPORTS - DIRTBIKING (includes mountain biking) SPORTS - DIVING (used for competitive diving) see also SPORTS - SCUBA DIVING SPORTS - DODGEBALL SPORTS - DOGSLED RACING see also DOGSLEDDING (used for dogsledding as form of traditional transportation) SPORTS - FEMALE PROTAGONIST SPORTS - FENCING SPORTS - FISHING SPORTS - FOOTBALL SPORTS - GYMNASTICS SPORTS - HANG GLIDING SPORTS - HIKING SPORTS - HOCKEY (used for ice hockey) see also SPORTS - ROLLER HOCKEY SPORTS - HORSE RACING SPORTS - HORSEBACK RIDING see also RODEOS SPORTS - HUMOUR SPORTS - HURLING SPORTS - ICE SKATING SPORTS - IN-LINE SKATING AND ROLLER-SKATING see also SPORTS - ROLLER HOCKEY SPORTS - JUJITSU SPORTS - KARATE SPORTS - KUNG FU SPORTS - LACROSSE SPORTS - MARTIAL ARTS see also SPORTS - specific martial art SPORTS - MOTORCYCLING Sports - mountain biking see SPORTS - DIRTBIKING SPORTS - MOUNTAINEERING SPORTS - OLYMPIC GAMES see also SPORTS - SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPORTS - OLYMPIC GAMES - ANCIENT Sports - Ping-Pong see SPORTS - TABLE TENNIS SPORTS - RAFTING SPORTS - ROLLER HOCKEY Sports - Rollerblading see SPORTS - IN-LINE SKATING AND ROLLERSKATING SPORTS - RUGBY SPORTS - SAILING SPORTS - SCUBA DIVING SPORTS - SKATEBOARDING Sports - skating see SPORTS - ICE SKATING, SPORTS - IN-LINE SKATING SPORTS - SKIING see also SPORTS - SNOWBOARDING SPORTS - SNOWBOARDING SPORTS - SOAP BOX RACING SPORTS - SOCCER SPORTS - SPECIAL OLYMPICS



SPORTS - SQUASH SPORTS - SURFING SPORTS - SWIMMING see also FEAR - OF WATER SPORTS - TABLE TENNIS SPORTS - TEAMWORK SPORTS - TENNIS SPORTS - TRACK AND FIELD SPORTS - WRESTLING Sports day see SCHOOL - SPORTS DAY SPORTSMANSHIP SPRING SQUIRRELS STAGE FRIGHT (includes fear of speaking in front of a group) STALKERS AND STALKING Stay-at-home fathers see FATHER - STAY-AT-HOME STEALING see also EMBEZZLEMENT, ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS, SHOPLIFTING STEP 5 READING - SHORT CHAPTER BOOKS Scope note: Used for simpler and shorter First Chapter Books. A good choice for fluent readers in Grade 2 STEPBROTHERS Stepfamilies see FAMILIES - STEPFAMILIES STEPFATHERS STEPMOTHERS STEPSISTERS STEREOTYPES - GENDER see also GENDER ROLE STEREOTYPES - RACIAL Stores see SHOPPING AND STORES Stories in verse see POETRY - FICTION WRITTEN AS STORMS see also BLIZZARDS, HURRICANES, THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES Storybook characters see FAIRYTALE AND STORYBOOK CHARACTERS STORYTELLING STOWAWAYS Strikes see LABOUR STRIKES STRING FIGURES STRONG FEMALES see also MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES - GIRL DETECTIVE, SCIENCE FICTION - FEMALE PROTAGONIST, SPORTS - FEMALE PROTAGONIST

Struggle for power see POWER - STRUGGLE FOR Stubborness see OBSTINACY Student teachers see SCHOOL - STUDENT TEACHERS Student-teacher relationships see SCHOOL - TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS Stuttering see SPECIAL NEEDS - SPEECH IMPEDIMENT SUBMARINES Substance abuse see ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE Substitute teachers see SCHOOL - SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS SUBURBAN LIFE Sudan see AFRICA - SUDAN Sudden Infant Death syndrome see DEATH AND DYING - BABY - SIDS Suffrage see WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUFFRAGE Suicide see DEATH AND DYING - SUICIDE, SUICIDE - ASSISTED, SUICIDE - ATTEMPTING, SUICIDE - CONTEMPLATING

SUICIDE - ASSISTED SUICIDE - ATTEMPTING SUICIDE - CONTEMPLATING SUMMER see also SCHOOL - SUMMER SCHOOL, SUMMER CAMP SUMMER CAMP (used for all types of group overnight camps for children) see also CAMPING Summer school see SCHOOL - SUMMER SCHOOL SUN - ECLIPSE SUPERHEROES SUPERNATURAL see also ANGELS, ASTRAL PROJECTION, DEMONS, DEMONIC POSSESSION, GHOSTS, GRADES 4 AND 5 - SUPERNATURAL, GRADES 6 AND 7 - SUPERNATURAL, HAUNTED HOUSES, OCCULT, POWER - OF OBJECTS, SEANCES, VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY, WIZARDS

SUPERSTITION



SUPERVILLIANS Surfing see SPORTS - SURFING SURPRISE ENDINGS SURPRISES SURVIVAL (used for survival in broad sense) see also HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL Suspended time see TIME - BEING SUSPENDED IN SUSPENSE Suspension from school see SCHOOL - SUSPENSION FROM Swamps see WETLANDS Swans see BIRDS - SWANS SWEDEN see also AUTHORS - SWEDISH, HERITAGE - SWEDISH Swimming see FEAR OF WATER, SPORTS - SWIMMING Switched at birth see BABIES - SWITCHED AT BIRTH Switched identity see FANTASY - SWITCHED IDENTITY SWITZERLAND see also AUTHORS - SWISS Syria see MIDDLE EAST - SYRIA Tagging see GRAFFITI Taiwan see ASIA - TAIWAN TALENT SHOWS Taliban see ASIA - AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN TALL TALES TATTLING Teachers see SCHOOL - TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS, SCHOOL - TEACHERS TEAMWORK see also COOPERATION, SPORTS - TEAMWORK TEASING see also BULLYING TECHNOLOGY see also BIOENGINEERING, CLONING, COMPUTERS,

POWER - OF TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, VIRTUAL REALITY

Teddy Bears see DOLLS AND TOYS TEENS LIVING ON OWN Telepathy see ESP TELEVISION see also CAREERS - TELEVISION, POWER - OF MEDIA. For television shows based on books see MOVIES - BOOKS MADE INTO

Television tie-ins see MOVIES - BOOKS MADE INTO Tennis see SPORTS - TENNIS TERRORISM see also HIJACKING, SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS - 2001 Thailand see ASIA - THAILAND, HERITAGE - THAI THANKSGIVING (used for holiday) for giving thanks see GRATITUDE THEATRE AND ACTING see also CONCERTS, MOVIES AND MOVIE-MAKING, PLAYS - FICTION WRITTEN AS, PUPPETS AND PUPPETRY, SCRIPT NOVELS, STAGE FRIGHT, TALENT SHOWS

Theft see STEALING Theme parks see AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS, DISNEY THEME PARKS Thrillers see SUSPENSE THUNDERSTORMS Tibet see ASIA - CHINA - TIBET Tidal Waves see TSUNAMIS TIGERS TIME - BEING SUSPENDED IN TIME - CONCEPT OF (used for general treatments of the nature of time) see also PARALLEL STORIES, TIME - BEING SUSPENDED IN, TIME TRAVEL

TIME TRAVEL see also TIME TRAVEL - specific topic TIME TRAVEL - CHANGING EVENTS used for stories in which characters change events in the past to alter the future TIME TRAVEL - FROM FUTURE TO PAST TIME TRAVEL - FROM FUTURE TO PRESENT TIME TRAVEL - FROM PAST TO PRESENT TIME TRAVEL - FROM PRESENT TO FUTURE TIME TRAVEL - FROM PRESENT TO PAST TINKERS Titanic see SHIPWRECKS - TITANIC Toads see FROGS AND TOADS



TOLERANCE see also DIVERSITY, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH TOOTH FAIRY TORNADOES Tortoises see TURTLES AND TORTOISES Tourette syndrome see SPECIAL NEEDS - TOURETTE SYNDROME Toys see DOLLS AND TOYS, FANTASY - DOLLS AND TOYS Track and field see SPORTS - TRACK AND FIELD Trailer parks see RV PARKS Training animals see ANIMALS - TRAINING TRAINS see also HISTORY - BUILDING TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS TRANS PEOPLE see also LGBTQ+, GENDER NON-CONFORMING, QUESTIONING, TRANSPHOBIA Transcontinental railroad see HISTORY - BUILDING TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS Transformation see CHANGE - OF HEART OR MIND, FANTASY - PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION TRANSPLANTS (used for organ transplants) TRANSPLANTS - ORGAN TRAVELS AND TRAVELLING TREASON TREASURE AND TREASURE HUNTING TREEHOUSES TREES see also FORESTS, TROPICAL RAINFORESTS TRIALS Tricks see COUNTERFEITS AND COUNTERFEITING, DISGUISES, HOAXES, IMPERSONATION, SCAMS TRICKS AND TRICKERY TRIPLETS TROLLS TROPICAL RAINFORESTS TRUST Truthfulness see HONESTY TSUNAMIS Tuberculosis see ILLNESS - TUBERCULOSIS Tugboats see BOATS AND SHIPS - TUGBOATS Tulips see FLOWERS - TULIPS TUNNELS Turkey see ASIA - TURKEY, AUTHORS - TURKISH, HERITAGE - TURKISH TURTLES AND TORTOISES TUTORS AND TUTORING TWINS Two authors see AUTHORS - BOOKS WRITTEN BY TWO TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE (used for books with Indigenous characters who identify as Two-Spirit or 2-Spirit, "a term used by many Indigenous communities on Turtle Island (typically known as Canada & US) to describe people with diverse gender identities, gender expressions, gender roles, and sexual orientations" (Queer Terminology from A to Q, QMUNITY, 2018) see also GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER ROLE, QUEER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION

UFOs see SCIENCE FICTION - UFOs UKRAINE UNCLES UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Underground worlds see FANTASY - UNDERGROUND WORLDS, TUNNELS Underwater worlds see FANTASY - UNDERWATER WORLDS, SUBMARINES

UNEMPLOYMENT see also UNEMPLOYMENT - FATHER UNEMPLOYMENT - FATHER UNICORNS Unidentified flying objects see SCIENCE FICTION - UFOs Unions see LABOUR UNIONS United Empire Loyalists see CANADA - HISTORY - UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS UNITED STATES see also UNITED STATES - specific region or state, UNITED STATES - HISTORY, WORLD WAR I - UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES, VIETNAM WAR



UNITED STATES - ALASKA UNITED STATES - CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES - HAWAII UNITED STATES - HISTORY see also UNITED STATES - HISTORY - specific time or topic UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1492 AND EARLIER (used for pre-Columbian history) UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1492 - 1620 (used for age of discovery) UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1492-1620 UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1620-1776 (used for Colonial period) see also UNITED STATES - HISTORY - SALEM WITCH TRIALS UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1776-1860 (used for period between War of Independence and American Civil War) UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1860-1865 (used for American Civil War) UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1865-1898 UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 19TH CENTURY (see also UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1860-1865 UNITED STATES - HISTORY - CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 UNITED STATES - HISTORY - EARLY 2OTH CENTURY UNITED STATES - HISTORY - ORPHAN TRAINS UNITED STATES - HISTORY - REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNITED STATES - HISTORY - SALEM WITCH TRIALS UNITED STATES - MIDATLANTIC (includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC & West Virginia)

UNITED STATES - MIDWEST (includes Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota & Wisconsin)

UNITED STATES - NEW ENGLAND (includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont) UNITED STATES - NORTHEAST UNITED STATES - NORTHWEST (includes Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington & Wyoming) UNITED STATES - SOUTHEAST (includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia)

UNITED STATES - SOUTHWEST (includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas & Utah) University see SCHOOL - UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE Unknown - fear of see FEAR OF UNKNOWN Unlikely friendships see FRIENDSHIP - UNLIKELY Unlikely heroes see HEROES - RELUCTANT AND UNLIKELY Unresolved endings see OPEN ENDINGS Urbanization see ENVIRONMENT - URBANIZATION UTOPIAS VACATIONS VACUUM CLEANERS VALENTINE'S DAY VAMPIRES Vancouver see CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - VANCOUVER VANDALISM VANITY VARIED ENDINGS (used for books that give the reader a choice of two or more endings) see also OPEN ENDINGS VEGETARIANISM Venezuela see also SOUTH AMERICA - VENEZUELA Verse fiction see POETRY - FICTION WRITTEN AS VETERINARIANS Vietnam see ASIA - VIETNAM, HERITAGE - VIETNAMESE Vikings see HISTORY - VIKINGS VIOLENCE see also BULLYING, GANGS, GUNS, TERRORISM, VIOLENCE - DOMESTIC, VANDALISM, WAR AND PEACE

VIOLENCE - DOMESTIC see also ABUSE - PHYSICAL VIRTUAL REALITY VIRTUES VISION QUESTS Visually impaired see SPECIAL NEEDS - VISUALLY IMPAIRED Vocation see CAREERS VOLCANOES VOLUNTEERING



Voting see SCHOOL - ELECTIONS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUFFRAGE Voyages see TRAVELS AND TRAVELLING WALES see also AUTHORS - WELSH WALLS WAR - ATOMIC WEAPONS WAR - PRISONERS OF WAR - RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS WAR AND PEACE see also ARAB-ISRAELI WAR - 1948-1949, ASIA - HISTORY - CAMBODIAN WAR, ASIA - HISTORY - VIETNAM WAR, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, FRIENDSHIP - WITH WAR-TIME ENEMY, GULF WAR 1991, ILLNESS - POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER,

KOREAN WAR, LANDMINE VICTIMS, SCIENCE FICTION - POST-NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST, PACIFICISM, SHORT

STORIES - WAR, WAR - specific topic, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II

WATER see also FANTASY - UNDERWATER WORLDS, FEAR OF WATER, LAKES, RIVERS, SEA STORIES, SPORTS - specific water sports

Wealth see MONEY AND WEALTH Weapons see GUNS, VIOLENCE, WAR - ATOMIC WEAPONS WEASELS WEATHER see DROUGHTS, FLOODS, HURRICANES, RAINBOWS, STORMS, TIDAL WAVES, TORNADOES Weaving see SPINNING AND WEAVING WEB SITES Weblogs see DIARIES AND DIARY FORMAT WEDDINGS see also MARRIAGE - ARRANGED, MARRIAGE - CHILD BRIDE, MARRIAGE - MAIL-ORDER BRIDE, PARENTS - REMARRIAGE

WEIGHT CONTROL see also ILLNESS - EATING DISORDERS Weight problems see OVERWEIGHT CHARACTERS, WEIGHT CONTROL WEREWOLVES West Indies see CARIBBEAN WESTERN STORIES see also COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS, RANCHES, RODEOS, RUSTLERS AND RUSTLING WETLANDS (used for bogs, swamps, and marshes) see also LAKES, RIVERS WHALES see also WHALING WHALING Wheelchairs see SPECIAL NEEDS - WHEELCHAIRS WILD CATS see also COUGARS, LIONS, TIGERS Wild children see FERAL CHILDREN Wild fires see FIRES - WILD WILDERNESS SURVIVAL Wildlife conservation see ENVIRONMENT - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE RESCUE WILLS WINTER see also SNOW, WINTER SOLSTICE WINTER SOLSTICE WISDOM WISHES see also GENIES WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT see also CURSES AND ENCHANTMENTS, HISTORICAL FICTION - UNITED STATES - SALEM WITCH TRIALS, WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT - HUMOUR, WIZARDS

WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT - HUMOUR WITNESS PROTECTION PLANS WIZARDS WOLVERINES WOLVES WOMEN'S RIGHTS see also WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUFFRAGE WORDLESS BOOKS WORDS AND WORD PLAY see also PALINDROMES, RIDDLES WORKING TEENS for workers below legal employment age see LABOUR CONDITIONS - CHILD LABOUR WORLD WAR I see also WORLD WAR I - specific country or topic WORLD WAR I - CANADA WORLD WAR I - ENGLAND



WORLD WAR I - FRANCE WORLD WAR I - ITALY WORLD WAR I - SCOTLAND WORLD WAR I - UNITED STATES WORLD WAR II see WORLD WAR II - specific country or topic WORLD WAR II - AUSTRALIA WORLD WAR II - AUSTRIA WORLD WAR II - CANADA see also WORLD WAR II - CANADA - specific topic WORLD WAR II - CANADA - EVACUEES TO WORLD WAR II - CANADA - ITALIAN INTERNMENT WORLD WAR II - CANADA - JAPANESE INTERNMENT WORLD WAR II - CARIBBEAN WORLD WAR II - CHANNEL ISLANDS WORLD WAR II - CHINA WORLD WAR II - CZECHOSLOVAKIA WORLD WAR II - DENMARK WORLD WAR II - ENGLAND see also WORLD WAR II - ENGLAND - EVACUEES WORLD WAR II - ENGLAND - EVACUEES WORLD WAR II - EUROPE see also WORLD WAR II - specific European country WORLD WAR II - EVACUEES see also WORLD WAR II - specific country - EVACUEES, WORLD WAR II - GERMANY - KINDERTRANSPORT WORLD WAR II - FRANCE see also WORLD WAR II - FRANCE - GERMAN OCCUPATION WORLD WAR II - FRANCE - GERMAN OCCUPATION WORLD WAR II - GERMAN - POINT-OF-VIEW WORLD WAR II - GERMANY see also WORLD WAR II - GERMAN POINT OF VIEW WORLD WAR II - GERMANY - KINDERTRANSPORT WORLD WAR II - GREECE WORLD WAR II - HUNGARY WORLD WAR II - ITALY WORLD WAR II - JAPAN WORLD WAR II - KOREA WORLD WAR II - NETHERLANDS see also WORLD WAR II - NETHERLANDS - NAZI SUPPORTERS WORLD WAR II - NETHERLANDS - NAZI SUPPORTERS WORLD WAR II - NEW ZEALAND WORLD WAR II - NORWAY WORLD WAR II - POLAND WORLD WAR II - RESCUE OF JEWS see also WORLD WAR II - GERMANY - KINDERTRANSPORT WORLD WAR II - ROMANIA WORLD WAR II - RUSSIA WORLD WAR II - SCOTLAND WORLD WAR II - SLOVAKIA WORLD WAR II - SOUTH PACIFIC WORLD WAR II - UKRAINE WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES see also WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES - specific topic WORLD WAR II - UNITED STATES - JAPANESE INTERNMENT WORMS WORRYING Wrestling see SPORTS - WRESTLING WRITERS AND WRITING see also AUTHORS, CAREERS - JOURNALISM, CAREERS - WRITERS, CREATIVE WRITING - INSPIRATION FOR, POETS AND POETRY, POWER - OF PRINTED WORD

WRITING - LEARNING CURSIVE Wrongful convictions see PRISON AND PRISONERS - WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Yellow fever see ILLNESS - YELLOW FEVER YETI Youngest child see FAMILIES - YOUNGEST CHILD YUGOSLAV WAR, 1991-1995 Yukon see CANADA - YUKON Zanzibar see AFRICA - TANZANIA Zimbabwe see AFRICA - ZIMBABWE ZOMBIES Zoologists see CAREERS - ZOOLOGISTS ZOOS

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