PSHE and citizenship through stories
In the School Resources Collection
This listing contains a selection of titles relating to nine broad themes in this
topic. Each group includes titles suitable for KS1 and KS2.
Where to find the stories listed:
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In Child fiction, prefixed CF on the Library catalogue.
In Young fiction, prefixed YF on the Library catalogue.
Within the information books. Feelings and emotions, held at c152.4,
PSHE held at c155.418, and Family life held at c306 are good places to
start.
By keyword searching using the category titles, e g Bullying, families
etc. or by entering the phrase ‘PSHE through stories’, where some
additional titles will be found.
This list is also available online on the School Resources web pages.
Abuse
Ashley, B
Girard, L
Hessell, J
Swindells, R
Wynne-Jones, T
Sally Cinderella KS2
My body is private KS1
What’s wrong with bottoms? KS1
Abomination KS2
The survival game KS2
Behaviour and emotions
Ashley, B
Bayless, M
Beckwith, K
Bloor, T
Blume, J
Bode, A
Boelts, M
Bottner, B
Boxall, E
Bradman, T
Browne, A
Bruce, L
Carle, E
Chichester-Clark, E
Cole, B
Cooper, H
Dale, P
Updated July 2010
Justin and the demon drop-kick KS2
Strike! KS1
Playing war KS1/2
The memory prisoner KS2
The pain and the great one KS1
Could you leave the light on? KS1
Those shoes KS1
Charlene loves to make noise KS1
Francis the scaredy cat KS1
The two Jacks KS2
Silly Billy KS1
Fran’s friend KS1
The bad-tempered ladybird KS1
Amazing Mr Zooty KS1
I love you, Blue Kangaroo KS1
No more teasing KS1
Will and Squill KS1
Princess Smartypants breaks the rules KS1
The bear under the stairs KS1
Big brother, little brother KS1
Damjan, M
Dickinson, M
Dunmore, H
Edwards, M
Emmett, J
Fearnley, J
Fine, A
Fine, E H
Francis, L
Freeman, T
Gantos, J
Gliori, D
Golds, C
Goode, D
Grindley, S
Harrison, J
Harvey, M
Hazen, B S
Hedderwick, M
Hessell, J
Hill, S
Hobbs, L
Hughes, S
Keller, H
Leavy, U
Lewis, K
Lingard, J
Loupy, C
McBratney, S
McCormick, W
McDonald, M
McKee,D
May, P
Meek, A
Meserve, A
Miller, V
Mitchell, R P
Morgan, M
Nimmo, J
Oram, H
Petz, M
Pfister, M
Pitcher, C
Pittar, G
Powell, J
Updated July 2010
The big red squirrel and the little rhinoceros KS1
Danny’s picture KS1
Tara’s treehouse KS2
Papa’s latkes KS1
The best gift of all KS1
Billy Tibbles moves out! KS1
Charm school KS2
Flour babies KS2
Scaredy-cat KS1
Stranger danger KS1
Under the lemon moon KS1
The grumpy day KS1
Nelson KS1
Joey Pigza swallowed the key KS2
Little Bear and the Wish Fish KS1
Clair de Lune KS2
I hear a noise KS1
I don’t want to KS1
What are friends for? KS1
Grizzly dad KS1
Shopping with Dad KS1
The knight who was afraid of the dark KS1
Katie Morag and the tiresome ted KS1
Staying at Sam’s KS1
Beware, beware KS1
Hooray for Horrible Harriet KS1
Dogger KS1
The lion and the unicorn KS1
Lizzie’s invitation KS1
Harry’s stormy night KS1
Goodnight Harry KS1
Tom and the tree house KS2
Don't worry, Wags KS1
Just you and me KS1
Daddy, will you miss me? KS1
Judy Moody KS2
Three monsters KS1
Billy and the seagulls KS2
I’m special, I’m me! KS1
Don’t kick up a fuss, Gus! KS1
Be gentle KS1
Get into bed! KS1
Hue boy KS1
Brave mouse KS1
The snow spider KS2
The stone mouse KS2
Angry Arthur KS1
The bad mood KS1
The Rainbow fish KS1
The winter dragon KS1
Milly, Molly and Betelgeuse KS1
Blushing Becky KS1
Rayner, C
Rose, G
Rosen, M
Ross, T
Selway, M
Sendak, M
Soros, B
Tibo, G
Tomlinson, J
Ure, J
Velthuijs, M
Vulliamy, C
Waddell, M
Ward, H
Westera, B
Whybrow, I
Wilson, J
Wojtowicz, J
Harris finds his feet KS1
Sylvia and bird KS1
The scary video KS2
Michael Rosen’s sad book KS1
This is our house KS1
I want a friend KS1
I hate Roland Roberts KS1
Where the wild things are KS1
Tenzin’s deer KS1
Shy guy KS1
The owl who was afraid of the dark KS1
Secret meeting KS2
Frog is sad KS1
Ellen and Penguin and the new baby KS1
Rosie’s babies KS1
We love them KS1
Can’t you sleep little bear? KS1
The boat KS1
Sleep tight baboon bear KS1
Harry and the dinosaurs make a splash KS1
Connie and the water babies KS1
The boy who grew flowers KS1
Bullying
Alexander, J
Almond, D
Barkow, H
Bartholomew, J
Blume, J
Bode, A
Browne, A
Byars, B
Cole, B
Cullimore, S
Dalton, A
Fine, A
Gardner, G
Gibbons, A
Gormley, G
Green, R
Green, S
Henkes, K
Hughes, D
Javaherbin, M
Jenkin-Pearce, S
Jones, J
Kay, J
Updated July 2010
Bullies, bigmouths and so-called friends KS2
Finding Fizz KS2
Clay KS2
Ellie’s secret diary KS1
You love Judy Fuller KS2
Blubber KS2
It’s always me they’re after KS1
Willy the wimp KS1
Eighteenth emergency KS2
Hurrah for Ethelyn KS1
Bad Bert the bully KS1
Lilac Peabody and Bella Bright KS2
The angel of Nitshill Road KS2
Inventing Elliot KS2
Chicken KS2
Playing with fire KS2
Shadow of the minotaur KS2
Rocky and the lamb KS1
Cuckoos KS2
A parsnip called Val KS1
Chrysanthemum KS1
Bully KS1
Goal! KS1
Rosie and the pavement bears KS1
Alison and the bully monsters KS1
Strawgirl KS2
Kemp, G
MacPhail, C
Mark, J
Moss, P
Needle, J
Rees, C
Ridley, P
Rosen, M
Ross, T
Sachar, L
Wilhelm, H
Wilson, J
Wynne-Jones, T
The haunted piccolo KS2
Picking on Percy KS2
The coconut quins KS2
Lady long-legs KS2
Taking the cat’s way home KS1
Say something KS1
The bully KS2
The Bailey game KS2
Krindlekrax KS2
I’m number one KS1
Is it because? KS1
The boy who lost his face KS2
Tyrone the horrible KS1
Bad girls KS2
Buried alive! KS2
Monster eyeballs KS1
The dare game KS2
The survival game KS2
Death and dying
Ahlberg, A
Anholt, L
Brown, R
Burningham, J
Caldecott, E
Chichester-Clark, E
Cole, B
Creech, S
Doherty, B
Durant, A
Edwards, M
Golds, C
Goodwin, H
Green, J
Halliday, N
Harris, R
Hill, D
Isherwood, S
Joslin, M
Kay, J
Keller, H
Kelly, T
Kerr, J
LaFleur, S
Limb, S
McGough, R
Maddern, E
Michael, J
Newman, M
Updated July 2010
My brother’s ghost KS2
Seven for a secret KS1
Greyfriars Bobby KS1
Granpa KS1
How Kirsty Jenkins stole the elephant KS1
Up in heaven KS1
Drop dead KS1
Chasing Redbird KS2/3
The golden bird KS2
Always and forever KS1
Papa’s latkes KS1
Clair de Lune KS2
The boy who fell down exit 43 KS2
Taking flight KS2
The lonely tree KS1
Goodbye, Mousie KS1
See ya, Simon KS2
My Grandad KS1
Remembering Grandad KS1
The goodbye boat KS1
Strawgirl KS2
Goodbye Max KS1
The thing with Finn KS2
Goodbye Mog KS1
Love Aubrey KS2/3
Come back Grandma KS1
The kite and Caitlin KS1
Death in a nut KS1
Leaving home KS2
Steve: a story about death KS2
Oneyfulu, I
Rivett, R
Rosen, M
Santucci, B
Smith, P
Varley, S
Waddell, M
Wallace-Brodeur, R
Wood, N
Saying goodbye KS1
Are you sad little bear? KS1
Lovely old Roly KS2
Michael Rosen’s sad book KS2
Anna’s corn KS1
Janna and the kings KS1
Badger’s parting gifts KS1
Grandma’s Bill KS1
Goodbye, Mitch KS1
Old Coyote KS1
Disability and special needs
Ahlberg, A
Anderson, R
Andreae, G
Briggs, R
Campos, M
Childs, R
Choldenko, G
Collins, P
Dahl, R
Dalton, A
DeBear, K
Edwards, B
Elder, J
Ely, L
Fine, A
Foreman, M
Glass, L
Gantos, J
Gleitzman, M
Green, J
Goodhart, P
Hest, A
Hoopman, K
Horgan, D
Hudson, C
Jarman, J
Kebbe, J
Kemp, G
Lakin, P
Lears, L
Masters, A
May, S
Updated July 2010
My brother’s ghost KS2
Best friends KS2
Jessy and the bridesmaid’s dress KS1
Jessy runs away KS1
Giraffes can’t dance KS1
Jim and the beanstalk KS1
Victoria’s day KS1
Moving the goalposts KS2
Al Capone shines my shoes KS2
Home run KS1
The vicar of Nibbleswicke KS1
Ferris Fleet, the wheelchair wizard KS2
Be quiet, Marina! KS1
My brother Sammy KS1
Autistic planet KS1/2
Looking after Louis KS2
How to write really badly KS2
The stone menagerie KS2
Seal surfer KS1
The year the gypsies came KS3
What would Joey do? KS2
Blabber mouth KS2
I’m special KS1
Flow KS2
Ginny’s egg KS2
Baby Duck and the new eyeglasses KS1
Blue bottle mystery KS2
Charlie’s eye KS2
Dan and Diesel KS1
Ghost writer KS2
The bottle-top king KS2
Seriously weird KS2
The turbulent term of Tyke Tiler KS2
Dad and me in the morning KS1
Ben has something to say KS1
Ian's walk KS1
Spinner KS2
Dazzer plays on KS2
Morpurgo, M
Naido, B
Niner, H
Ripley, M
Roberts, M
Smiley, S
Strom, M D
Sullivan, J
Waddell, M
Wilkins, V
Willis, J
Wilson, J
The ghost of Grania O’Malley KS2
Long way home KS2
Letang and Julie save the day KS1
I can’t stop KS1/2
Private and confidential KS1
Night riders KS2
Man of the match KS2
Rainbow Joe and me KS2
Two left feet KS1
My great Grandpa KS1
Are we there yet? KS1
Boots for a bridesmaid KS1
Dave and the tooth fairy KS1
Dumb creatures KS2
Susan laughs KS1
Sleepovers KS2
Take a good look KS2
Families
(eg. Adoption and fostering, family breakdowns and divorce, single parents,
step families, sibling rivalry, etc.)
Abercrombie, B
Allen, J
Althea
Ashley, B
Banks, L
Barker, D
Bawden, N
Beckwith, K
Bedford, D
Binch, C
Bradman, T
Breslin, T
Brian, J
Chichester Clark, E
Chambers, C
Clarke, G
Cooper, H
Creech, S
Cresswell, H
Curtis, J
Ellis, D
Fensham, E
French, V
Updated July 2010
Charlie Anderson KS1
Something rare and special KS2
My new family KS1
The trouble with Donovan Croft KS2
Angela and Diabola KS2
Adam and the Arkonauts KS2
The finding KS2
Playing war KS1
Ella’s games KS1
Since Dad left KS1
The princess and the castle KS1
Wait and see KS1
The perfect baby KS1
Whispers in the graveyard KS2
Moving on KS2
My baby sister KS1
Adam was here KS2
Along came Eric KS1
Little monster did it! KS1
Bloomability KS2/3
Chasing Redbird KS2/3
Heartbeat KS2
Ordinary Jack KS2
Tell me again about the night I was born KS1
Looking for X KS2
Helicopter man KS2
Wicked chickens KS2
Fine, A
Garland, S
Girard, L
Gleitzman
Gliori, D
Goodhart, P
Graham, B
Gray, K
Grindley, S
Hendry, D
Hest, A
Hoffman, M
Jobling, C
Johnson, P
Kemp, J
Langston, L
Leavey, P
Lightfoot, K
McNaughton, C
Mark, J
Matthews, L
Morpurgo, M
Newberry, L
Nimmo, J
Pichon, L
Pittar, G
Pullman, P
Roy, J
Rushton, R
Simon, N
Steptoe, J
Stimson, J
Stones, R
Sykes, J
Vulliamy, C
Waddell, M
Westall, R
Wilson, J
Whybrow, I
Woodson, J
Updated July 2010
Goggle-eyes KS2
The granny project KS2
Madame Doubtfire KS2
Step by wicked step KS2
Having a picnic KS1
At Daddy’s on Saturdays KS1
Bumface KS2/3
My little brother KS1
Ginny’s egg KS2
Brand new baby KS1
Dimity Dumpty KS1
My mum goes to work KS1
Ever so, ever so KS1
Spilled water KS2
Sam Sticks and Delilah KS2
You’re the boss, Baby Duck KS1
Grace and family KS1
My daddy KS1
Rescuing dad KS2
I very really miss you KS1
Mile-high apple pie KS1
Help wanted: Wednesdays only KS2
Every second Friday KS1
We’re off to look for aliens KS1
Taking the cat’s way home KS1
A dog for life KS2
Long way home KS2
Catcall KS2
Jupiter boots KS2
My big brother, Boris KS1
Milly, Molly & different dads KS1
I was a rat! KS2
Playing it cool KS2
Looking for Billie KS2
All families are special KS1
Mufaro’s beautiful daughters KS1/2
Big panda, little panda KS1
Children don’t divorce KS1
Little Tiger’s big surprise KS1
Ellen and Penguin and the new baby KS1
When the teddy bears came KS1
David and the kittens KS1
Candyfloss KS2
Clean break KS2
Double act KS2
Lola Rose KS2
Story of Tracy Beaker KS2
Suitcase kid KS2
Baby for Grace KS1
Our Gracie Aunt KS2
Gender
Baguley, E
Boyce, F C
Bradman, T
Cole, B
Corbalis, J
Dupasquier, P
Fierstein, H
Fine, A
Funke, C
Garland, S
Gliori, D
Haan, L
Hoffman, M
Jungman, A
Kemp, G
Kingsland, R
Leeson, R
Lively, P
Offen, H
Paola, T d
Pratchett, T
Ryan, M
Smith, D
Steptoe, J
Still, C
Strong, J
Tzannes, R. & Paul, K.
Waddell, M
Watson,K
Wilkins, V
Zolotow, C
Meggie Moon KS1
Desirable KS2
Sam the girl detective KS2
Prince Cinders KS1
Princess Smartypants KS1
The trouble with mum KS1
Wrestling princess and other stories KS1
Dear Daddy KS1
The sissy duckling KS1
Bill’s new frock KS2
The princess knight KS1
Pass it, Polly KS1
Mr. Bear babysits KS1
King and King KS1
Amazing Grace KS1
Cinderella and the hot air balloon KS1
The turbulent term of Tyke Tiler KS2
The case of the sheik’s missing shake maker KS2
Smart girls forever KS2
Fanny and the monsters KS2
SOS for Rita KS1
Oliver Button is a sissy KS1/2
Only you can save mankind KS2
Millie Morgan, pirate KS1
Frances Fairweather, demon striker KS2
Mufaro’s beautiful daughters KS1
The tractor princess KS2
The karate princess KS2
Professor Puffendorf’s secret potions KS1
The tough princess KS1
Spacegirl pukes KS1
Boots for a bridesmaid KS1
William’s doll KS1/2
Illness and injury
Doherty, B
Gleitzman, M
Hafner, M
Herold, A
Horgan, D
Jordan, M
Matthews, L S
Morpurgo, M
Paton Walsh, J
Powling, C
Strachan, I
Zephaniah, B
Updated July 2010
Children of winter KS2
Two weeks with the queen KS2
Mums don’t get sick KS1
Hold my hand, Grandpa KS1
Charlie’s eye KS2
Losing Uncle Tim KS2
A dog for life KS2
Cool! KS2
Parcel of patterns KS2
Harry with spots on KS2
The boy in the bubble KS2
Face KS2
Racial / multicultural
Altman, L
Atinuke
Ashley, B
Ashley, B & Mitchell, D
Bradman, T
Brown, E
Browne, E
Choi, Y
Farmer, A
Gavin, J
Gilmore, R
Gower, C
Gray, N & Foreman, M
Hamanaka, S
Hoffman, M
Hopkinson, D
Joosse, B
Kay, J
Kiuchukov, H
Kitamura, S
Laird, E
Lees, S
Lindbergh, R
McKee, D
Martin, S I
Mendez, P
Menotti, G
Miller, W
Mitchell, P
Mitchell, R P
Morley, B
Morpurgo, M
Onyefulu, O
Pal, E
Pinkney S L
Pirotta, S. & Cooper, H
Rahaman, V
Rai, B
Rochelle, B
Rockwell, A
Rodman, M A
Roy, J
Stauffacher, S
Updated July 2010
The legend of Freedom Hill KS1
Anna Hibiscus KS2
I forgot! said Troy KS1
A present for Paul KS1
Give me shelter KS2/3
British front KS2
Handa's surprising day KS2
The name jar KS1
Siddharth and Rinki KS1
Grandpa Chatterji KS2
Kamla and Kate KS2
Gift for Gita KS1
Lights for Gita KS1
Roses for Gita KS1
Long-Long's New Year KS1
I’ll take you to Mrs. Cole KS1
All the colours of the earth KS1
Amazing Grace KS1
Grace and family KS1
An angel just like me KS1
Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt KS1
Papa, do you love me? KS1
Strawgirl KS2
My name was Hussein KS1
Millie's marvellous hat KS1
Secret friends KS2
Runaway Jack KS1
Nobody owns the sky KS1
Elmer and Rose KS1
Jupiter Williams KS2
Black snowman KS1
Amahl and the night visitors KS1
The bus ride KS1
Petar’s song KS1
Hue boy KS1
The silence seeker KS1/2
The kites are flying KS1/2
Chinye KS1
Azad’s camel KS1/2
Shades of black KS1
Solomon’s secret KS1
Divali Rose KS1
What’s your problem? KS2
When Joe Louis won the title KS1
Only passing through KS1/2
Yankee girl KS2
Playing it cool KS2
Bessie Smith and the night riders KS2
Teague, K
Vaughan, M
Williams, B
Winter, S
Updated July 2010
Anna goes to school KS1
The secret to freedom KS1
Lin Yi’s lantern KS1
A baby just like me KS1