recommended storybooks

Recommended storybooks for interactive practices

Interactive drama practices can apply to any text you are working on in any subject, but here are some of our favorites. They have clear plot structures, exciting characters, and repeatable words and phrases. However, when choosing a book, the most important criteria is that you like it!

Stone Soup; Brown, Marsha; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1947.
Otis; Bynum, Janie; Voyager Books, Harcourt Inc., 2000.
Guji-Guji; Chen, Chih-Yuan ; Kane Miller Book Publishers, 2004.
Ruby in Her Own Time; Emmett, Jonathan; Scholastic, Inc., 2004.
Kitten’s First Full Moon; Henkes, Kevin; HarperCollins, 2004.
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock; Kimmel, Eric A.; Holiday House Books, 1988.
The Story of Ferdinand; Leaf, Munro; Penguin Books, 1936, 1964.
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!; Monk, Lydia; Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.
No Dinner! The Story of the Old Woman and the Pumpkin; Souhami, Jessica; Marshall Cavendish Inc., 2000.
Squash the Spider!; Ward, Nick; David Fickling Books, 2003.
Bear Wants More; Wilson, Karma; Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003.
Owl Moon; Yolen, Jane; Philomel Books, 1987.