Junior Level Picture Books


  • Aliki, Na. 1998. Painted Words, Spoken Memories. Harpercollins Publishers. ISBN: 0688156614
  • Boelts, Maribeth. 2009. Those Shoes. Candlewick Press. ISBN: 0763642843
  • Choi, Yangsook. 2003. The Name Jar. Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 0440417996
  • Cooper, Ilene. 2007. The Golden Rule. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN: 081090960X
  • Fern, Eugene. 1991. Pepito’s Story. Yarrow Press. ISBN: 9781878274045
  • Fleischman, Paul. 2002. Weslandia. Candlewick Press. ISBN: 0763610526
  • Muth, John, J. 2003. Stone Soup. Scholastic Press. ISBN: 9780439339094
  • Radunsky, Vladimir. 2008. I Love You, Dude. Harcourt Trade Publishers. ISBN: 9780152051761
  • Raschka, Chris. Yo! Yes? Scholastic Press. ISBN: 0531054691
  • Romain, Trevor. 1998. Cliques Phonies and other Baloney. Monarch Books of Canada. ISBN: 1575420457
  • Seskin, Steve, and Allen Shamblin. 2002. Don’t Laugh at Me. Random House Children’sBooks. ISBN: 1582460582
  • Seuss. 1961. The Sneetches and other Stories. Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 0394800893
  • Smith, David. 2002. If the World were a Village. Kids Can Press. ISBN: 1550747797
  • Steptoe, John. 1987. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. Lothrop, Lee And Shepard Books. ISBN: 0688040462
  • Uegaki, Chieri. 2005. Suki’s Kimono. Kids Can Press. ISBN: 1553377524
  • Yashima, Taro. 1976. Crow Boy. Penguin Young Reader Group. ISBN: 9780140501728
  • List of picture books that include children with disabilities https://childreninthepicture.org.uk/stories.htm


Junior Level Novels


  • Korman, Gordon. 2008. Schooled. Scholastic Press. ISBN: 0545993210
  • Sachar, Louis. 2000. Holes. Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 0440414806
  • Spinelli, Jerry. 1990. Maniac Magee. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN:0316807222.
  • Spinelli, Jerry. 2003. Loser. Harpercollins Publishers. ISBN: 0060540745
  • Spinelli, Jerry. 2004. Stargirl. Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 0440416779
  • Tolan, Stephanie S. 2003. Surviving the Applewhites. Harpercollins Publishers. ISBN: 0064410447


Drama and Dance Resources for Teachers


  • Barton, Bob and David Booth. 2000. Story Works: How Teachers Can Use Shared Stories in the New Curriculum. Pembroke Publishers. ISBN: 1551381257
  • Booth, David. 2000. Story Drama: Reading, writing and roleplaying across the curriculum. Pembroke Publishers. ISBN: 1551380382
  • Booth, David and Neelands, Jonathan (eds.). 1998. Writing in Role: Classroom Projects Connecting Writing and Drama. Caliburn Enterprises Inc. ISBN: 096999673X
  • Booth, David W. and Lundy, Charles J. 1985. Improvisation: Learning Through Drama. Holt Rinehart & Winston. ISBN: 0774712112
  • Cornett, Claudia E. and Katherine L. Smithrim. 2001 The Arts as Meaning Makers: Integrating Literature and Art Throughout the Curriculum. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780130873804
  • Dodson, Ron (editor). 2009. Arts at the Heart. Drama.Focus Arts Consulting Group.
  • Fleming, Michael. 2005. Starting Drama Teaching. David Fulton Publishers. ISBN: 9781853467882.
  • Heller, Paul G. 1997. Drama as a Way of Knowing. Stenhouse Publishers. ISBN: 1571100504.
  • Jackson, Christine. 2007. Treasures for Teaching (Grades 4-8). Toronto District School Board.
  • McGreevy-Nochols and Helene Scheff. 2004. Building Dances. Human Kinetics. ISBN: 0736050892
  • Neelands, Jonothan and Tony Goode. 2000 Structuring Drama Work. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521787297
  • Novelly, Maria C. 1993. Theatre Games for Young Performers. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN: 0916260313
  • Pomer, Janice. 2001 Perpetual Motion. Human Kinetics. ISBN: 9780736033930
  • Spolin, Viola. 1999. Improvisation for the Theater. Northwestern University Press. ISBN: 9780810140080
  • Swartz, Larry. 2002. The New Dramathemes 3rd Edition. Pembroke Publishers. ISBN: 9781551381411
  • Zakkai, Jennifer. 1997. Dance as a Way of Knowing. Stenhouse Publishers. ISBN: 9781571100641


Magazines


  • Swartz, Larry and Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer eds. Orbit: OISE/UT’s Magazine for Schools: Arts in Education, Vol. 32, No.3, 2002