EYFS
Picture Books:
- The Wheels on the Bus, by Stella Blackstone, Melanie Williamson and The Amador Family (Barefoot Books)
- Drum Dream Girl, by Margarita Engle and Rafael Lopez (HMH Books)
- Circus Girl, by Jana Novotny Hunter and Joaquín Camp (Child’s Play)
- Molly’s Circus, by Esther Kent (Little Door Books)
- To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia, by Baptiste Paul and Jana Glatt (Barefoot Books)
- ¡Fiesta!: A Festival of Colors, by Duncan Tonatiuh (Abrams)
Poetry:
- All Join In, by Quentin Blake (Red Fox)
KS1
Picture Books:
- The Acrobat Family, by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud (Little Gestalten)
- Once Upon a Rhythm: The Story of Music, by James Carter and Valerio Vidali (Little Tiger Press)
- Nell and the Circus of Dreams, by Nell Gifford and Briony May Smith (Oxford University Press)
- One Sweet Song, by Jyoti Rajan Gopal and Sonia Sánchez (Walker Books)
- Malaika’s Costume, by Nadia L Hohn and Irene Luxbacher (Groundwood Books)
- I Am a Sensible Gibbon, by Will Mabbitt and Claudia Boldt (Hodder Children’s Books)
- Mayowa and the Masquerades, by Lola Shoneyin and Francis Blake (Cassava Republic Press)
- Jump Up! A Story of Carnival, by Ken Wilson-Max (George Padmore Institute)
Novels:
- Claude at the Circus, by Alex T. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books)
Information Books:
- Busy Little Fingers: Music, by Eva Wong Nava and Eleonora Marton (Big Picture Press)
- We All Celebrate!, by Chitra Soundar and Jenny Bloomfield (Tiny Owl)
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist, by Susan Wood and Duncan Tontiuh (Charlesbridge Publishing)
Lower KS2
Picture Books:
- Clown, by Quentin Blake (Red Fox)
- Pokko and the Drum, by Matthew Forsythe (Simon & Schuster)
- Leon and the Place Between, by Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith (Templar)
- The Midnight Fair, by Gideon Sterer and Mariachiara Di Giorgio (Walker Books)
Novels:
- Harper and the Circus of Dreams, by Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson (Scholastic)
- The Big Top Mysteries: The Case of the Vanishing Granny and The Great Clown Conundrum, by Alexander McCall Smith and Sam Usher (Barrington Stoke)
Information Books:
- The Life-Changing Magic of Drumming, by Nandi Bushell and Andrea Stegmaier (Magic Cat Publishing)
- A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals, by Christopher Corr and Claire Grace (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books)
- The Story of Music: A History of Music for Children,
