Themes by Topic
Oklahoma A.4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of and appreciation for various forms (genres) of literature.
A.4.1.a Recognize characteristics of literary genres and forms (e.g., contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, modern fantasy, poetry, drama, and traditional stories such as fairy tales, fables, myths, and legends).
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- Literature: "A Boy at War" by Harry Mazer
- Literature: "A Taste of Blackberries" by Doris Buchanan Smith
- Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
- Literature: "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
- 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: "Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic" by Ellen Emerson White
- Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson
- Literature: "Freak the Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
- Literature: "Frog and Toad are Friends" by Arnold Lobel
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh
- Literature: "Holes" by Louis Sachar
- Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
- Literature: "Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
- 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: "Stepping on the Cracks" by Mary Downing Hahn
- 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 Family Under the Bridge" by Natalie Savage Carlson
- Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraws
- Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
- Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem
- Literature: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
- Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
- Literature: "The War with Grandpa" by Robert Kimmel Smith
- Literature: "The Watsons Go to Birmingham --1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Literature: "Thunder Rolling in the Mountains" by Scott O'Dell
- 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
- Teaching Tips: Nonfiction Reading Strategies
