Book Topics: The Arts
Book Recommendations by Theme are listed here in order to help teachers, book club organizers, and other readers find books organized around a common principle, or big idea. Please see the Main Page List of Themes for more categories, as well as Book Lists by Topic
Dance, Speech, and Drama
Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood - Bollywood films
Amina's Voice - speech contest Finding Perfect - poetry slam A Gift of Magic - dance - ballet Gracefully Grayson - drama The Seventh Wish - Irish dancing Short - drama - The Wizard of Oz Speechless - speech contest Sprinkles and Secrets - acting (commercials) Surviving the Applewhites - musical theatre |
A Time to Dance - Bharatanatyam - Indian Classical dance
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet - drama Unfamous - acting The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy |
Music
Amina's Voice - singing, piano
Bionic - rock band Blackbird Fly - guitar Bud, Not Buddy - 1930s blues band A Crooked Kind of Perfect - organ Echo - harmonica, violin, piano, recorder The First Rule of Punk - band Frosting and Friendship - rock band Garvey's Choice - choir Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - guitar |
Rachel Spinelli Punched Me in the Face - brass
Small Steps - pop star Notes from an Accidental Band Geek - brass The Pros of Cons - percussion The Sweetest Sound - singing, gospel, church choir The Trumpet of the Swan - brass Under a Painted Sky - violin Unidentified Suburban Object - violin |
Visual Arts
Awkward - drawing, comic books
Circa Now - photography Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip - photography The First Rule of Punk - 'zines: journaling/collage The Invention of Hugo Cabret - silent films Masterpiece - drawing The One and Only Ivan - painting |
Piecing Me Together - mixed media collage
Salt to the Sea - art restoration Shooting Kabul - photography A Single Shard - pottery Speak - mixed media Under the Egg - paintings, monuments men The Writing on the Wall - graffiti |
Writing
Anything But Typical
Bad Boy - author memoir Brown Girl Dreaming - author memoir Finding Perfect - Slam Poetry |
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - blogger
Locomotion - poetry One True Way - journalism The Pros of Cons - fan fiction Sahara Special - journaling A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius |