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Before I signed up for a CSA I'm quite sure I've never eaten a squash, to my mind they were decoration with the exception of pumpkin pie which I still don't really care for.  Can anyone recommend a book or site that has some good recipes for varying types of squash for a household that doesn't have an adventurous sense when it comes to food? 

delicata, Autumn crown, butternut, black futsu, kabocha, acorn, New England (pie but surely this has to be good for other things), and hubbard are just a few that have come my way and I'm really at a loss for prep, I've not liked anything I've tried so far and I don't want to ruin a meal tossing with other veggies and/or meat (yes some of us are that picky)

As a start kaliedra, before you find which cookbooks may help you with your abundance of squash, take a look at the online recipes in the EYB Library. The full recipe is just one click away (click the Recipe Online link) - and you might pick up some ideas for cookbooks as many of the recipes are from cookbooks.

Delicata squash - 138 recipes
Butternut squash - 2,550 recipes
Kabocha squash - 248 recipes
Acorn squash - 265 recipes
Hubbard squash - 6 recipes

EYB does not have specific recipes for the other squashes you mention, but I have some suggestions:

Autumn crown is a cross between a butternut squash and a Crown Prince squash so I think any recipes for butternut squash should work.
Black futsu is a Japanese squash which is best roasted. It is sweet and nutty so can be used in desserts as in this recipe - Roasted black futsu squash with coconut cream 
New England pie squash (or pumpkin) is as its name suggests ideal for pumpkin pie. They are sweeter than other pumpkins so are best in baking and desserts but you could also use them in soups, stews, etc as long as you don't mind the sweeter taste.

Baking recipes using pumpkin - 651 recipes
Desserts using pumpkin - 160 recipes
Soups using pumpkin - 255 recipes 
Stews using pumpkin - 104 recipes 
Curries using pumpkin - 56 recipes

This should help you! That selection of 4,433 recipes is equivalent to 23 cookbooks devoted to winter squashes. I am very jealous of the squash choices you are getting from your CSA - I hope your family will learn to love them.

We love all squash in any form and I think you will find that once you start cooking with it that it is not hard to use and adds a lovely flavor to lots of dishes.  One of our favorite recipes for a fairly quick weeknight meal is Diana Henry's Chicken & Pumpkin with Soy Sauce and Star Anise from A Change of Appetite.  I tried to copy and paste the link here but I am not that good at doing this and didn't have time to look up how to do it again.  So many wonderful ethnic dishes from around the world call for squash/pumpkin so it is easy to find interesting ways to use it.  I also have relied for years on the Epicurious recipe for Butternut Squash Lasagna with herbs, hazelnuts and a cream sauce to impress guests and satisfy any vegetarians in the group.  

My favorite way to prepare winter squash is roasting it and I think that is probably one of your best bets for picky eaters. Roasting vegetables almost always makes them better in my opinion! A favorite cookbook of mine is The Roasted Vegetable -- there are only 11 squash recipes and those call for butternut, acorn, and delicata. The book is definitely great for all kinds of other vegetables too though and has great information about roasting in general -- to throw in my two cents!

I added the links for you. It's easy to do. Highlight the text you want to embed a link in, copy it then open another tab to find the book or recipe you want - paste the text you just copied into Books or Recipes search box. Click the title then copy the URL. Go back to the Forum tab where your selected text is still highlighted and click the links icon in the bar above (third from the right). Insert the URL in the top box "Link URL", and also in the Target box select "Open in new window".

Thank you for the suggestions. Once we have power I will see what I can do with this pile of squash :)