Pictionary Word Generator

Books & Stories Pictionary Words

Classic titles, nursery rhymes, story characters and the reading life. 335 words from easy to hard, with a generator locked to the category.

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The potion that says drink me
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    Drawing tips for books & stories

    Draw the cover image everyone remembers: a caterpillar with a hole in an apple, a wild thing with a crown, a hat on a cat. Characters are their one costume detail; nursery rhymes are their scene (an egg on a wall, a cow over a moon). A row of dashes for the word count helps with long titles.

    Who this category suits

    It is the category for teachers, librarians, book clubs and any family with a bedtime-story habit. There are 102 easy words, 120 medium and 113 hard, so it works as a whole-game theme rather than a single round: set the difficulty from the menu above and the pool moves with the table. 14 of the words are grown-up references that only appear with the Adults audience; the rest are safe for everyone. A round idea: Library round: whoever guesses the title must also say one thing that happens in it.

    The full books & stories list

    All 335 words, grouped by difficulty. The letter after each word is its classic card category (P, O, A or D); hover to see the name.

    Easy (102)

    • Where the wild things areD
    • The loraxP
    • Fox in socksD
    • The giving treeD
    • The snowy dayD
    • Tom thumbP
    • Make way for ducklingsD
    • Room on the broomD
    • CorduroyP
    • MadelineP
    • Hey diddle diddleD
    • Little jack hornerD
    • Little boy blueD
    • Jack be nimbleD
    • Georgie porgieD
    • Old mother hubbardD
    • Wee willie winkieD
    • Mary mary quite contraryD
    • Christopher robinP
    • Kanga and rooP
    • Babar the elephantP
    • The pigeon driving the busP
    • Thing one and thing twoP
    • Mr. popper's penguinsD
    • The black stallionD
    • White fangP
    • Hardcover bookO
    • PaperbackO
    • Book bagO
    • Book coverO
    • Reading in the carA
    • MagazineO
    • NewspaperO
    • Bookshop windowO
    • Torn pageO
    • Reading lampO
    • Library stampO
    • Quiet please signO
    • Book return slotO
    • Library ladderO
    • Open bookO
    • The pea under the mattressO
    • Turning the pageA
    • Reading aloudA
    • Checking out a bookA
    • Reading the newspaperA
    • Reading a comicA
    • Reading a menuA
    • Reading a recipeA
    • Reading a letterA
    • Writing a storyA
    • Telling a storyA
    • Fancy nancyP
    • Blowing the house downA
    • Climbing the beanstalkA
    • Letting down her hairA
    • The endD
    • Goodnight moonD
    • The gruffaloP
    • EeyoreP
    • The rainbow fishD
    • Pete the catP
    • Spot the dogP
    • Hop on popD
    • One fish two fishD
    • The little engine that couldD
    • The poky little puppyD
    • Pat the bunnyD
    • Brown bear brown bearD
    • Llama llama red pajamaD
    • Wilbur the pigP
    • The runaway bunnyD
    • Dear zooD
    • Pat-a-cakeD
    • This little piggyD
    • Five little monkeysD
    • Olivia the pigP
    • Rock-a-bye babyD
    • Franklin the turtleP
    • The very busy spiderD
    • Three little kittensD
    • Hush little babyD
    • Maisy mouseP
    • Ten in the bedD
    • Baby sharkD
    • I'm a little teapotD
    • Biscuit the puppyP
    • The grouchy ladybugD
    • Ferdinand the bullP
    • Dog manP
    • Elmer the patchwork elephantP
    • The little red cabooseD
    • Pop-up bookO
    • Reading in a treehouseA
    • Reading to a teddy bearA
    • StorybookO
    • Reading a bedtime storyA
    • Reading to a dogA
    • Reading under the coversA
    • Listening to a storyA
    • Sharing a bookA
    • Tasting the porridgeA

    Medium (120)

    • Where's waldoP
    • Horton hears a whoD
    • The wind in the willowsD
    • The velveteen rabbitD
    • The little princeP
    • Pippi longstockingP
    • HeidiP
    • The boxcar childrenD
    • Amelia bedeliaP
    • Frog and toadP
    • The berenstain bearsP
    • Arthur the aardvarkP
    • Flat stanleyP
    • The magic tree houseD
    • Nancy drewP
    • The hardy boysP
    • Little house on the prairieD
    • Anne of green gablesP
    • Little womenD
    • Tom sawyerP
    • Huckleberry finnP
    • Long john silverP
    • Robinson crusoeP
    • Oliver twistP
    • Pride and prejudiceD
    • Gulliver's travelsD
    • The borrowersD
    • Harold and the purple crayonD
    • The paper bag princessD
    • Click clack mooD
    • The day the crayons quitD
    • Dragons love tacosD
    • The stinky cheese manD
    • Junie b. jonesP
    • Ramona quimbyP
    • How to eat fried wormsD
    • The mouse and the motorcycleD
    • Calvin and hobbesP
    • TintinP
    • AsterixP
    • The jabberwockP
    • Tweedledee and tweedledumP
    • The dormouse in the teapotP
    • Through the looking glassD
    • Dr. watsonP
    • Hercule poirotP
    • Bilbo bagginsP
    • SmaugP
    • Captain ahabP
    • Tiny timP
    • Dr. seussP
    • Roald dahlP
    • The brothers grimmP
    • AesopP
    • Jane austenP
    • Charles dickensP
    • Agatha christieP
    • Hans christian andersenP
    • Beatrix potterP
    • Lewis carrollP
    • Jules verneP
    • Rudyard kiplingP
    • J.r.r. tolkienP
    • C.s. lewisP
    • Shel silversteinP
    • The narratorP
    • The authorP
    • The illustratorP
    • The poetP
    • Stone soupD
    • The enormous turnipD
    • The magic porridge potD
    • The fox and the crowD
    • Belling the catD
    • The dog and its reflectionD
    • The milkmaid and her pailD
    • Town mouse and country mouseD
    • The owl and the pussycatD
    • Peter piperD
    • She sells seashellsD
    • Sing a song of sixpenceD
    • There was a crooked manD
    • Simple simonD
    • Jack spratD
    • It's raining it's pouringD
    • This old manD
    • Mr. toadP
    • A pocket full of posiesO
    • Dog-eared pageO
    • Library due dateO
    • Book clubD
    • Reading in the bathA
    • Reading in a hammockA
    • Reading on the beachA
    • Reading on the trainA
    • Reading brailleA
    • Writing in the marginsA
    • Highlighting a passageA
    • Book signingA
    • Little free libraryO
    • BookmobileO
    • The card catalogO
    • Clip-on book lightO
    • Dust jacketO
    • Table of contentsO
    • Title pageO
    • The last pageO
    • Falling asleep with a bookA
    • Losing your placeA
    • Cracking open a new bookA
    • Book falling on your faceA
    • Doing all the voicesA
    • Comic hidden in a textbookA
    • Chapter oneD
    • The happy endingD
    • The prologueD
    • The epilogueD
    • WhodunitD
    • Choose your own adventureD
    • The plot thickensD

    Hard (113)

    • Around the world in 80 daysD
    • The count of monte cristoD
    • The hunchback of notre dameD
    • Dr. jekyll and mr. hydeD
    • The invisible manD
    • The war of the worldsD
    • The call of the wildD
    • Watership downD
    • The odysseyD
    • Romeo and julietP
    • Hamlet holding a skullP
    • A midsummer night's dreamD
    • The ravenP
    • The tell-tale heartD
    • The legend of sleepy hollowD
    • The hound of the baskervillesD
    • Mr. darcyP
    • Jane eyreP
    • Miss havishamP
    • Miss marpleP
    • Captain nemoP
    • Old man and the seaD
    • The swiss family robinsonD
    • The phantom tollboothD
    • A wrinkle in timeD
    • Where the red fern growsD
    • A series of unfortunate eventsD
    • Lemony snicketP
    • The book with no picturesD
    • The tiger who came to teaD
    • Oh the places you'll goD
    • The twelve dancing princessesD
    • The brave little tailorD
    • RumpelstiltskinP
    • The walrus and the carpenterP
    • Blackbirds baked in a pieO
    • The north wind and the sunD
    • The grand old duke of yorkD
    • Androcles and the lionD
    • The fox and the storkD
    • The dog in the mangerD
    • The fisherman and his wifeD
    • Oliver asking for moreA
    • Gulliver tied down by tiny peopleA
    • Violet turning into a blueberryA
    • Augustus gloopP
    • The artful dodgerP
    • Marley's ghostP
    • Homer the poetP
    • A.a. milneP
    • Eric carleP
    • A plot holeD
    • ForeshadowingD
    • The unreliable narratorD
    • Page-turnerD
    • Reading between the linesA
    • The butler did itD
    • A tearjerkerD
    • A bedtime story that never endsD
    • Falling asleep on page oneA
    • Rereading the same lineA
    • "just one more chapter"D
    • The book was betterD
    • The book you never got backD
    • The shushing librarianP
    • Sniffing a new bookA
    • A stack of unread booksO
    • Shelf sorted by colorO
    • Reading two books at onceA
    • A paper cut from a pageD
    • The bookmark that fell outO
    • Reading the last page firstA
    • Skipping the boring chapterA
    • Book under the wobbly tableO
    • A book held together with tapeO
    • The dedication pageO
    • A footnoteO
    • A pen nameD
    • A ghostwriterP
    • The rejection letterO
    • The white rabbit's pocket watchO
    • Painting the roses redA
    • The potion that says drink meO
    • Growing too big for the roomA
    • The chocolate riverO
    • The golden ticketO
    • The everlasting gobstopperO
    • The great glass elevatorO
    • The trunchbullP
    • The bfg's dream jarsO
    • Matilda's chalk trickA
    • The twits' upside-down roomD
    • The giant peach rollingA
    • The lost boysP
    • Thinking happy thoughtsA
    • The second star to the rightD
    • Sherlock's pipe and hatO
    • The tin man's oil canO
    • The cowardly lion's medalO
    • The man behind the curtainP
    • The flying houseO
    • A doorstop of a bookO
    • The secret bookcase doorO
    • The bookshop catP
    • An author on a book tourP
    • Crying at the last pageA
    • A bookmark made of a receiptO
    • The illustrated map at the frontO
    • The encyclopedia salesmanP
    • The acknowledgments nobody readsD
    • A hollowed-out book safeO
    • Dropping the book in the bathA
    • The boy who wouldn't grow upP

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    Frequently asked questions

    What are good books & stories Pictionary words?

    Easy ones first: goodnight moon, where the wild things are, the gruffalo, the lorax, eeyore. Then medium: where's waldo, horton hears a who, the wind in the willows, the velveteen rabbit. And when the table is warmed up: around the world in 80 days, the count of monte cristo, the hunchback of notre dame. The full list on this page has 335.

    How do you draw books in Pictionary?

    Draw the cover image everyone remembers: a caterpillar with a hole in an apple, a wild thing with a crown, a hat on a cat. Characters are their one costume detail; nursery rhymes are their scene (an egg on a wall, a cow over a moon). A row of dashes for the word count helps with long titles.

    Are the books words safe for kids?

    Yes with the Kids or Everyone audience: 221 of the words are available to children, and the 14 grown-up references in this category (marked in the generator’s Adults audience) never appear for them.

    How many books words are there?

    335: 102 easy, 120 medium and 113 hard. The generator above draws from all of them and never repeats one within a session.

    Can I print this list?

    Yes. The printable page lays out any category as cut-out cards, or press Copy list under the generator after a game.