Children’s / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing arts

OMG, Madison Parker is back for the deliciously mean follow up to The Fame Game.

A heartfelt and funny story about a shy eleven-year-old who learns to manage her anxiety through improv classesand discovers her activist voice.

Agripping historical fiction friendship story that will grab everyone by the heartstrings and never let go.

Having lost their parents in an earthquake, Anna and her siblings live with their prim uncle and feeble aunt.

Young actress Ruby Parker takes on her biggest, bravest challenge yet - in her return to Hollywood!

Multii-talented teen starlet Ruby Parker makes her debut in the theatre - but how will she cope with the demands of being in a musical?

From the family that brought you the Lena in the Spotlight series and the popular For Girls Like You magazine comes Ashton's Dancing Dreams, book two in the Daniels Sisters series.

In her first ever book, Trinitee Stokesbest known as Judy Cooper from Disney Channel's K.

Every child who loves to dance will surely get a ';kick' out of Candace Center Stage, the heartwarming and hilarious tale of a girl who joyfully embraces the song and dance in her heart even when she doesn't quite fit in at ballet class.

"e;Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,"e; grumbled Jo - and with these immortal words, literature's most beloved sisterhood was born.

• Foreword by Paul Newman

• Completely revised and updated version of a beloved theater classic

• Replaces Kids Take the Stage, ISBN 0-8230-7742-X

• Clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running



The classic Kids Take the Stage is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books of all time.

Ten stunning Shakespeare retellings from the master storyteller, with an introduction by Benedict CumberbatchFeaturing re-tellings of ten of Shakespeare's plays, and beautifully written with Michael Morpurgo's warm, accessible and inimitable style, this wonderful collection offers a new generation of readers the chance to discover the magic of Shakespeare - the perfect introduction to the Bard and an unmissable book for children.

Peppa and George are going to Ireland for an Irish-dancing festival!

The next amazing book in THE DREAM TEAM series!

Inspired by the much-loved classic Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, Into the Spotlight is a magical new story from bestselling author and acclaimed performer Carrie Hope Fletcher.

'Heart-warming and hilarious, this is a book you need on your shelves in these bleak times.

Are you mad about ballet?

The third book in Clare Balding's brilliant series!

After their amazing first competition, 12-year-old Harper is loving life in her new group, the DanceStarz.

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials.

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials.

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials.

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials.

Get ready to do your best dad dancing and celebrate Father's Day withthis joyful rhyming picture book.

The third book in the No.

With an introduction by Dame Judi Dench.

Join James as he escapes from his horrible aunts and sets off inside the peach on his wonderful adventures.

Roald Dahl's much-loved story about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory is turned into a play for children to act.

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.

A collection of six fun-to-perform playlets based on Roald Dahl's bestselling story.

Everybody loves the BFG.

FANTASTIC MR FOX by Roald Dahl - a short dramatization by Sally Reid - perfect for schools - of Dahl's immensely popular story for younger readers in which clever Mr Fox outwits the three nasty farmers: Boggis.

A collection of short plays for schools and drama groups, adapted from Roald Dahl's brilliant story, Danny the Champion of the WorldCould you be Danny, or his dad, or even red-faced Mr Victor Hazell?

Summer will never be the same again for Cedar.

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams.

The young action-packed, funny K-Pop chapter book series that fans of Lottie Brooks and K-Pop Demon Hunters have been waiting for!

From New York Times bestselling author and former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes the first book in a middle grade series about a girl who must balance her ballet aspirations with her magical destiny.

National Theatre Connections 2026 draws together eight new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.

"e;The strength of David Auburn's plays lies in part in the fact that his characters are ambiguous, their fates not assured, not least because they are unclear about themselves.