MakeBelieve Arts - Drama in Literacy Book List
MakeBelieve Arts uses the following texts to teach a variety of learning objectives,
focusing on character, plot, story structure, atmosphere and setting. Workshops can
also explore themes and ideas raised in the books or topics from across the curriculum.
Foundation
Book Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Stage
Giraffes Can’t
Dance
Giles Andreae
Farmer Duck
Martin Waddell
It’s the Bear
Jez Alborough
Where’s My Teddy?
Jez Alborough
Peace at Last
Jill Murphy
Little Red Hen
Brown Bear Brown
Bear
Where the Wild
Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The Three Billy
Goat’s Gruff
Goldilocks and the
Three Bears
MakeBelieve Arts – Drama in Literacy Book List 1
Foundation
Book Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Stage
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Little Red Riding
Hood
The Hare and the
Tortoise
Aesop
The Shopping
Basket
John Burningham
Not Now Bernard
David McKee
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
Ruby
Maggie Glen
The Stonecutter
Japanese
Traditional Tale
Katie Morag
Delivers the Mail
Mairi Hedderwick
Little Red
Lynn Roberts
Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman
Bill’s New Frock
Anne Fine
Beauty and the
Beast
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
MakeBelieve Arts – Drama in Literacy Book List 2
Foundation
Book Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Stage
The Ice Palace
Robert Swindells
Creation Myths
The Jabberwocky
The Children of
Winter
Berlie Doherty
Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s
Stone
J.K. Rowling
The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket
Good Night Mr Tom
Michelle Magorian
Room 13
Robert Swindells
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