Themes by Topic
Oklahoma A.4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of and appreciation for various forms (genres) of literature.
A.4.1.a Identify the defining characteristics of a variety of literary genres and forms (e.g. contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, modern fantasy, poetry, drama, legends, myths, biography, autobiographies, and traditional stories such as fairy tales and fables).
- Author Study: Lois Ehlert
- Folktales: Fables
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Literature: "A Taste of Blackberries" by Doris Buchanan Smith
- Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
- Literature: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Dear America Book: West to a Land of Plenty" by Jim Murphy
- Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory
- Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
- Literature: "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
- Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson
- Literature: "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
- Literature: "Frog and Toad are Friends" by Arnold Lobel
- Literature: "Gooney Bird Greene" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Henry and Ribsy" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Holes" by Louis Sachar
- Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
- Literature: "Koala Lou" by Mem Fox
- Literature: "Loser" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "Poppy" by Avi
- Literature: "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
- Literature: "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar
- Literature: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
- Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
- Literature: "The Great Turkey Walk" by Kathleen Karr
- Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
- Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem
- Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "The Report Card" by Andrew Clements
- Literature: "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka
- Literature: "The War with Grandpa" by Robert Kimmel Smith
- Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars
- Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
- Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: Mystery Books
- Literature: Realistic Fiction and Fantasy Genres for Children
- Writing: Biographies
