Best Creative Writing Books for Class 5th

CBSE Class 5 Published on 19 February 2022

What is creative writing? Have you ever thought about this? Why is creative writing for kids important? These questions you might have heard from everyone but there is no absolute answer to this. Creative writing is the art of writing content that gains the reader’s attention instantly. There are various names and jobs associated with this creative writing. Journalist, Narrative Craft, Character Development, Content Writer, Poetry, Prose etc are some of the names and jobs associated with creative writing. 


But before this, it is important to know that creative writing skills are developed among the students right from classes 3 and 4. There are several free creative writing books, tools and techniques that the students can undertake to take up creative writing courses and jobs in the future. Let us take a look at some creative writing books.


Best Creative Writing Books for Beginners


In order to inculcate the habit of creative writing among their children, parents take help from these books. These books are provided to the students so that they can begin to learn and understand creative writing. 


  1. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
  2. Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
  3. On Writing by Stephen King
  4. Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
  5. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
  6. Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande


These are the best creative writing textbooks for beginners through which they can practice and learn the art of writing. Now you must be wondering how you can start to write creatively. Follow the below mentioned rules carefully in order to begin creative writing.



  1. Spark a reader’s interest i.e. include an introductory line that gains attention of the readers.


  1. Put a character in the setting. It is upon the writer as to how the character progresses in the story.


  1. Introduce the main character.


  1. Start with your favourite emotion i.e. love, action, mystery, horror etc.


  1. Make such content that hooks the readers into reading.


  1. Make the story dynamic.


Well, these are some of the ways through which you can creatively write a story. Some of the points can also be employed while writing a blog or an article/ essay. It is important to know how you can write creative stuff. Students of classes 4 and 5 make their own stories. So, these points are helpful for them to write.  


Creative Writing Books for Grade 3


The art of creative writing is developed among the students from the primary classes. Thus, the teachers as well the parents must know the correct set of books to give to the students. 


  1. Creative Writing: Jumbo Creative Writing Workbook
  2. Scholars Hub English Composition and Creative Writing
  3. Creative Writing: A Beginners Manual
  4. Creative Writing for Class 3
  5. Books Creative Writing
  6. Creative Writing: A Beginner
  7. Roald Dahl Creative Writing with the Twits
  8. Supporting Writing Skills Book


These are some of the creative writing books for grade 3. Well, there is not much of a difference between classes 3rd and 4th. So, you can also consider them as creative writing books for grade 4 as well. 


Now, what are the creative writing books for 8 year olds? This question is often asked by the students as to what books they must buy in order to begin creative writing. Below is the list of the books that you can buy online to begin your writing practice. 


  1. Problem Solving Ages 8 – 10
  2. Creative Thinking: Problem Solving
  3. Usborne Art Activity book
  4. Scholars Hub English Composition and Creative Writing
  5. My House Teacher Creative Writing
  6. How to write your best story ever


Creative writing is an art and one can master this art by practicing. Children have a strong imagination power. So, in order to bring out that imagination, creative writing is necessary. If students are good writers, no wonder they can become authors, publishers, character developers, script writers and much more. 


We as elders just need to encourage them. And we can do this by developing their writing habits by giving them creative writing books. Some of the best creative writing textbooks are mentioned above which will help the students in learning the art of creative writing. Thus, if we take one step from our side, these students can achieve a lot more than we can imagine. 


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