Book list

Children reading in drama class

Here is an extensive list of books we cover. If you can't find something your class are reading, let us know and we can discuss creating a workshop for you.

Foundation

  • Flotsam by David Wiesner
  • Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne
  • Jack & the Beanstalk
  • Laura's Star by Klaus Baumgart
  • The Enormous Turnip by Aleksandr Afanas'ev
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
  • The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles
  • The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson
  • The Snail & the Whale by Julia Donaldson
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
  • What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson

Key Stage One

  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • Angry Arthur by Hiawwyn Oram & Satoshi Kitamura
  • Beware of the Storybook Wolves by Lauren Child
  • Boy by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen
  • Dirty Bertie by David Roberts
  • Flotsam by David Wiesner
  • George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
  • Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne
  • How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
  • Jack & the Beanstalk
  • James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  • Matilda by Roald Dahl
  • The BFG by Roald Dahl
  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda Armitage
  • The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
  • The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
  • The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • The Twits by Roald Dahl
  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  • The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  • Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Key Stage Two

  • An Adventure with Dickens
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • Arthur & the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton
  • Boy by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
  • Clockwork by Philip Pullman
  • Flotsam by David Weisner
  • George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace
  • Leon & the Place Between by Angela McAllister
  • Matilda by Roald Dahl
  • Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
  • Skellig by David Almond
  • Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
  • Street Child by Berlie Doherty
  • Strict by Michael Rosen
  • The Arrival by David Twohy
  • The BFG by Roald Dahl
  • The Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen
  • The Borrowers by Mary Norton
  • The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  • The Time Travelling Cat by Julia Jarman
  • The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
  • The Twits by Roald Dahl
  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  • Traditional Tales
  • Who Let the Gods Out? By Maz Evans
  • Wonder by R. J. Palacio

William Shakespeare

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Macbeth
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Tempest
  • Twelfth Night