Stories from the Sea: Shipwrecks

Enter the dangerous world of shipwrecks, full of lifeboats, lifebuoys and lifejackets – and plenty of inspiration for great story-writing. 

Stories from the Sea supports teachers to develop children’s skills in writing by inspiring them to explore our local and national maritime past through world-class museum collections of objects, paintings and manuscripts, intriguing stories and unforgettable characters. 

Shipwrecks films

Shipwrecks activities

See other resources packs in Stories from the Sea

Exploration resource: Enter the exciting world of exploration

Pirates resource: Enter the dangerous world of shipwrecks

Shipwrecks booklist

• The lighthouse keeper's lunch – Ronda Armitage

• A boy and a bear in a boat – Dave Shelton

• The boy who swam with piranhas – David Almond

• The wreck of the Zanzibar – Michael Morpurgo

• Kensuke's Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

• Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson

• Avoid sailing on the Titanic – David Stewart and Antram

• Dear America: voyage on the great Titanic (the diary of Margaret Anne Brady) – Ellen Emerson White

• Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe

• The Black Stallion – Walter Farley

• The Tempest – William Shakespeare

• The Coral Island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean – R.M. Ballantyne

• Boy Overboard – Morris Gleitzman

• The Lighthouse that Ran Away – Roger McGough