Themes by Topic
Oklahoma A.4 The student will read to construct meaning and respond to a wide variety of literary forms.
A.4.4 The student will read and respond to historically and culturally significant works of literature, compare and contrast story elements from tales of different cultures (e.g., compare/contrast adventures of character types, setting, theme).
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Literature Themes: Around the World
- Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
- Literature: "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory
- Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
- Literature: "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
- Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "Poppy" by Avi
- Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
- Literature: "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
- Literature: "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss
- Literature: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
- Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
- Literature: "The Great Turkey Walk" by Kathleen Karr
- Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem
- Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
