1 is One,
Tasha Tudor,
really sweet
artwork
26 Letters and 99
Cents by Tana
Hoban, nice
pictures,
combinations of
coins add up to 99
cents. Toban's books
are good for very
young children.
3 Pandas Planting:
Counting Down to
Help the Earth
by Megan Halsey
A Carton of OOPS!
by Judy Bradbury
A Number of Dragons
Loreen Leedy - Ten
dragons count down
to one
A Shaker's Dozen
Kathleen
Thorne-Thomsen,
Counting book up to
12, nice pics
A String of Beads
by Margarette S.
Reid and Ashley
Wolff
Actual Size by
Steve Jenkins; also
Hottest, Coldest,
Highest, Deepest
and
Biggest, Strongest,
Fastest
Alfie the Alligator:
A Teaching Rhyme
About Comparing
Numbers
by Sandy Turley
Am I Big or Little?
a very sweet story
about a child
comparing size
Animal Architects F
National Geographic
1987 Patterns in
nature. Awesome
photos for *seeing*
math in nature
Animal Babies: A
Counting Book YY
by Daniel Moreton
Animal Numbers
YY Kitchen, Bert
1987 Counting &
number recog to 100
Animal Records -
Amazing Book of
Mammal Records
(Animal Records)
Arctic Fives Arrive
Pinczes, Elinor J -
Skip counting by
fives
Benjamin's 365
Birthdays
by Judi Barrett,
days of the year,
young book
Boom Chicka Rock
,
by J. Archambault,
same author of
Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom
Bunny Money, Y
Rosemary Wells, very
cute, my youngest
had a bit of trouble
keeping count w/$15
Can You Count Ten
Toes? by Denis
Roche, counting in
10 languages
Charlie Needs a
Cloak
Chicken Little Count
to Ten, Margaret
Friskey
Chrysanthemum by
Kevin Henkes,
there's a lot more
math in this than
meets the eye.
Clocks and More
Clocks
by Pat Hutchins, for
younger children,
fun story about
trying to
synchronize clocks
in a house
Contrary Mary Y
Jeram, Anita 1995
Opposites,
orientation, fun
story
Count Your Way
Through Ireland
by Jim
Haskins/Kathleen
Benson, there is a
whole series of
these books covering
many countries
Counting Kisses
by Karen Katz
Counting on Frank
F By Rod Clement,
unusual
illustrations,
relative
sizes/amounts
Cyberchase F PBS
show, hugely popular
and valuable 30
minutes - ages 4 to
10 ish? Some fun but
heavy duty math!
Each Orange Had 8
Slices Paul
Giganti, Jr -
Counting book with
skip counting and
grouping ideas
Eating Fractions
Bruce McMillan, nice
illustrations, for
younger kids
Even Steven and Odd
Todd (Hello Math
Reader, Level 3)
by Kathryn Cristaldi
EyeLike Numbers
(Eyelike)
by Play Bac Edu-Team
Far North in the
Arctic: Counting
Alaska's Animals
by Cory Cooper
Hansen
Fish Eyes F Y
Ehlert, Lois
Counting and adding
by 1, peekaboo,
great artwork, for
younger kids
Five Minutes' Peace
- a favorite reader
for the youngest in
our family, parents
can relate to Mrs.
Large's quest for
just 5 minutes of
peace with three
young ones in the
house :o)
Five Silly Fishermen
(Step into Reading,
Step: 2) by
Roberta Edwards
Fortunately,
Charlip, Remy,
Opposites,
prediction. Fun
story to readaloud
Four Stories for
Four Seasons
Tomie dePaola
Frederick, Leo
Leonni, classic
picture book on
seasons
Frogs Jump: A
Counting Book
F, Brooks, Alan /
Kellogg, Steven 1996
illustrated,
humorous and clever
puns increase the
wide of age appeal
Fun With Math with
Games and Puzzles by
Lakshmi Hewavisenti-
I have found 2 of
these, there is an
entire series,
Amazon has 3:
Problem Solving
Shapes and Solids
Counting
Ginger & Pickles,
Classic Tale by
Beatrix Potter,
ideas of credit and
borrowing, running a
business
Hanukkah, A Counting
Book in English,
Hebrew & Yiddish
by Emily Sper
Harlequin
Charlip,
Remy/Supree, Burton
1973 Parts to whole.
Beautiful
illustrations
Hello Math
Readers:
More or Less a Mess
Keenan, Sorting and
categorizing, L. 2 ;
Hooray For Me!
Charlip, Remy.
Relationships,
nesting ideas
How High Can a
Dinosaur Count?:
...and Other Math
Mysteries
by Valerie Fisher
How Many Can You
See? Hannah
Reidy / Emma Dodd.
Introduces counting
concepts as well as
numbering words such
as "twice," "many,"
and "few."
How Many Feet? How
Many Tails? Hello
Math Reader L. 2
by Marilyn Burns,
math riddles and
activities
How Many Hippos?: A
Mix-And-Match
Counting Book
Horizontally split
pages permit the
reader to mix and
match numbered
objects and
illustrated
activities, creating
stories while
learning to count.
How Many Snails? A
Counting Book
Paul Giganti, Jr. -
counting items by
attributes, more
advanced than most
basic counting books
I Love Math Series -
Out of print, but
still available . .
lots of math
concepts
I Love Math Series:
Play Ball - Sports
Math - Sports
theme, many math
concepts explored in
one book.
I Love Math Series:
Pterodactyl Tunnel:
Amusement Park Math
Math puzzles,
activities and
stories with a
dinosaur theme.
I Love Math Series:
The Case of the
Missing Zebra
Stripes Math
thru a trip to the
zoo
I Love Math Series:
The Mystery of the
Sunken Treasure: Sea
Math
I Love Math Series:
Alice in Numberland
(Fantasy Math)
Original stories,
poems, riddles,
games, and hands-on
activities
reflecting Alice's
adventures in
Numberland, where
she finds
mathematical
challenges
throughout the
magical landscape
I Love Math Series:
From Head to Toe,
Body Math
multi-math concepts
explored with
anatomy
I Love Math Series:
Look Both Ways: City
Math
Time Life, 1992 Math
in Life –
multi-concept
stories and
activities
I Love Math Series:
How Do Octopi Eat
Pizza Pie?: Pizza
Math
Time Life, many math
concepts including a
nice introduction to
early fractions and
functions, my kids
love this one
I Love Math:
Right In Your
Backyard, Nature
Math Time Life
series
I Love Math Series -
Zoo Math: Case of
Missing Zebra
Stripes, Time
Life 1992 Math in
nature, my kids
really like this
If You Give A Mouse
A Cookie z
Numeroff, Laura
Joffe/Bond, Felicia
1985
Cause/effect/circular
reasoning looping to
beginning. Wide
appeal
In the Small, Small
Pond, Y Fleming,
Denise 1993 Size
and perspective,
Caldecott Honor
In the Tall, Tall
Grass, Y
Fleming, Denise
1993 Size and
perspective
Inch by Inch
Leo Lionni
It's About Time! by
Dina Anastasio
Joseph Who Loved the
Sabbath F Hirsh,
Marilyn 1986
Comparable value (in
the story, all the
greedy man's wealth
is converted into
one jewel that he
then loses). Jewish
culture.
Let's Count Y by
Tana Hoben
Little Quack by
Lauren Thompson,
combinations of 5
(counting up and
down as ducks go in
water)
Math Man by Teri
Daniels, grocery
store math story
Math Monsters F Y
(video series, I
snuck it in, my 4 -
6 y/o girls love
these 30 minute
series we check out
from our library)
MathStart Readers by
Stuart Murphy:
Every Buddy Counts,
Counting, L. 1;
Seaweed Soup,
Matching Sets, L. 1;
A Pair of Socks,
Matching Sets, L. 1;
One...
Two...Three...Sassafras!,
Number Order, L. 1;
Rabbit's Pajama
Party,
Sequencing, L. 1;
The Greatest Gymnast
of All,
Opposites, L. 1;
Just Enough Carrots
Comparing
quantities, L. 1;
3 Little
Firefighters,
Sorting, L. 1;
Bug Dance,
Directions, L. 1;
Beep Beep Vroom
Vroom!, Patterns
/ Sorting, L. 1; All
MS L. 1 are basic
concepts
Mice Twice (Stories
to Go!)
F Y Low, Joseph 1980
Size and
perspective, a great
story
Missing Math: A
Number Mystery
by Loreen Leedy,
nice book on why we
need numbers and
math, we like just
about everything
this author produces
Moja Means One,
Swahili Counting
Book Muriel
Feelings, Caldecott
Honor
Mother, Mother, I
Feel Sick; Send for
the Doctor, Quick,
Quick, Quick
F by Remy Charlip,
funny book, all
illustrations are in
shadow cutouts
Mouse By Mouse
F by Julia Noonan,
enjoyed by my
younger kids for
years after they
were beyond counting
concepts
Mouse Count by
Ellen Stoll Walsh,
more than just a
counting book,
combos of 10 as the
number of mice in
the jar increases,
the mice out of the
jar decrease
Mouse Trail Y Davis,
Mary Octavia
Davis/Dutz 1965
Counting, following
directions, oop but
nice book if you can
find it
Mr. Archimedes' Bath
(Picture Puffin)
by Allen, Pamela
Much Bigger Than
Martin by Steven
Kellogg, Soft math,
visual story
My Even Day
about, well, an
unusual day
involving even
numbered items /
events
Nine Animals and the
Well
by Rumford, James
Number Art: Thirteen
123s From Around the
World by Leonard
Fisher - beautiful
book on the history
of how our number
digits came to look
the way they do.
Ocean Counting: Odd
Numbers
F by Jerry Pallotta
– lovely book
Once Upon a Dime: A
Math Adventure
One Bright Penny
Geraldine
McCaughrean, fun
story about value of
work
One Fine Day,
Hogrogian, Nonny
1971
Cause/effect/relationship
chains
One Green Mesquite
Tree by Gisela,
Jernigan. Introduces
the numbers 1-20 in
rhymed text and
illustrations
describing various
plants and animals
of the desert.
One Hundred Is A
Family by Pat
Munoz Ryan -
Combinations that
make 10, counting up
by 10s to make 100.
One Hundred Shoes by
Charles Ghigna, easy
reader
One Hungry Monster
Y O'Keefe, Susan
Heyboer/Munsinger,
Lynn 1989 Counting
and addition
One Lighthouse One
Moon by Anita
Lobel, concepts of
number of days in a
week, months in a
year, counting
progression,
beautiful artwork,
for younger readers
One Lonely Sea Horse
Y by Joost Elffers
One Odd Day
by Doris Fisher,
similar to One Even
Day, but of course,
with odd items and
events
One, Two, Skip A
Few! First Number
Rhymes by
Roberta Arenson
Only One
F Y Harshman, Marc.
Beautiful
"collagraph"
artwork; about sets,
read in a playful
mode & have child
predict the set
Over in the Meadow,
An Old Counting
Rhyme There are
many versions of
this, a young
favorite
Picture Pie 2 Ed
Emberley - Drawing
and stencil book,
designs out of
common geometric
shapes
Pigs From 1 to 10 F
Arthur Geisert, "I
Spy" idea but with
beautiful brown-tone
illustrations, not
as busy as I Spy
Pigs In The Corner,
Fun with Math and
Dance by Amy
Axelrod, following
directions
Pigs in the Pantry,
Fun with Math and
"Pig Math" by Amy
Axelrod Cooking
Measuring and
following directions
Pigs Will Be Pigs:
Fun With"Pig Math"
by Amy Axelrod Math
and Money
Quilt Counting
by Lesa
Cline-Ransome
Rabbit and Hare
Divide an Apple
Harriet Ziefert
Red Light, Green
Light Y by
Margaret Wise Brown
Round Trip
by Ann Jonas, a very
unusual book in
perspective
Seven at One Blow
by Jay Williams
Seven Blind Mice
Y Young, Ed 1992
Caldecott Honor
Counting and
perspective
Seven Diving Ducks
by Margaret Friskey
Seven Silly Eaters
by Mary Ann Hoberman
Sheep Asleep by
Gloria Rothstein
Six Crows by Leo
Lionni
Six-Dinner Sid
F Y Moore, Inga 1991
Counting – Sid leads
six lives, fun
story, visualizizing
relation of 6 to 6
vs. 1 to 6.
So Big! My First
Measuring Book F Y
Falkner, Keith - My
4 to 6 y/olds love
this, built in
height& length
measuring device;
there's a time
version that is also
good but not as
engaging
Sold! A Mothematics
Adventure
(that isn't a typo)
by Nathan Zimelman
Calculators aren't
much protection at
an auction with a
pesky moth.
Some Things Go
Together
Charlotte Zolotow.
Relationships and
matching
Something From
Nothing
F Gilman, Phoebe
1992 Size &
perspective, very
sweet story of
growing up, Jewish
culture
Splash F by Jonas,
Ann, Beautiful
artwork
Spotted Yellow
Frogs: Fold-out Fun
w/ Patterns, Colors,
3-D Shapes, Animals
by Matthew Van Fleet
Squarehead by
Harriet Ziefert
Storytime Mathtime:
Math Explorations in
Children's
Literature (Grades
1-3) 0866517324
Sven's Bridge
Lobel, Anita 1965
Distance, clearance.
Beautiful
illustrations ,
younger readers
Swan Harbor: A
Nature Counting Book
by Laura Rankin
Tea for Ten by
Lena Anderson
Ten by Vladimir
Radunsky -
illustrations are a
bit bizarre, but it
IS a book about 10
Ten Friends by
Bruce Goldstone -
various ways to
combine numbers to
amount to 10, nice
book
Ten In The Bed z
by Anne Geddes
Ten Little Monsters
(Kingfisher)
Ten Little Mummies:
An Egyptian Counting
Book
Ten Little Rabbits
Y Grossman,
Virginia/Long,
Sylvia 1991 Picture
Book, Counting
Ten Monkey Jamboree
by Dianne Ochiltree
Ten Sly Piranhas
F Wise,
William/Chess,
Victoria 1993
Subtraction. A huge
favorite among my
kids, fun for me to
read!
That's Good, That's
Bad z Lexau,
Joan M./Aliki
1963 Opposites,
prediction. Fun
story to readaloud
The April Rabbits
by David Cleveland.
Something happens on
each of the 30 days
of April. Black and
white illustrations.
The Big Squirrel and
the Little
Rhinoceros Y
Damjan, Mischa/de
Beer, Hans 1991 Size
and perspective, a
favorite story for
years with my
younger kids
The Boy with Square
Eyes F, Snape,
Juliet & Charles,
1988, Boy has
“televisionitis” and
sees in squares,
hard to find but a
fun book
The Completed
Hickory Dickory Dock
(Aladdin Picture
Books)
by Jim Aylesworth,
really nice
beginning book on
telling time
The Emperor and the
Kite z Jane
Yolen, ordinal
vocabulary and size,
fable, nice story
The Five Chinese
Brothers by
Clair Huchet Bishop
The Goat in the Rug
F Blood, Charles &
Link, Martin/Parker
1976 Geometry,
patterns. Navajo
weaving story
The House that Math
Built - House
Math, I Love Math
Series
The Iguana Brothers:
A Tale of Two
Lizards by Tony
Johnston, Mark
Teague
The King With Six
Friends by Jay
Williams
The Money Tree
(Collections for
young scholars)
F
Stewart,
Sarah/Small, David
1991 Concept of
monetary value.
Great story
The Monster Money
Book Leedy,
Loreen
The Mystery of the
Farmer's Three Fives,
Y Friskey, Margaret
1963 Cute story,
"few/more" combos of
5
The Numbers Y
Felix, Monique 1993
Counting, number
recognition
The Right Number of
Elephants Y
Sheppard, Jeff/Bond,
Felicia 1990 Picture
Book Counting
The Search for the
Mystery Planet
Space Math, I Love
Math Series, Math
and astronomy topics
The Seeing Stick
by Jane Yolen,
"soft" math, but
ideas of profiles
The Seven Chinese
Brothers Y Mahy,
Margaret/Tseng, Jean
& Mou-sien 1990
Cause/ effect/
relationship chains
The Seven Silly
Eaters by Mary
Ann Hoberman
The Shape of Things
Y by Dayle Ann
Dodds, younger book
on geometric shapes
The Spider Weaver :
A Legend Of Kente
Cloth Margaret
Musgrove, geometric
patterns in nature
and weaving, African
folk tale
The Tale of Three
Trees, A Traditional
Folktale by
Angela Elwell Hunt
Tallest, Shortest,
Longest, Greenest,
Brownest Animal in
the Jungle!
F Falkner, Keith
The Terrible Tiger
z Prelutsky,
Jack/Lobel, Arnold
Volume, size,
prediction.
Wonderful rhyme
The
Very Kind Rich Lady
and Her One Hundred
Dogs, The
by Chinlun Lee – In
the story the lady
names (as will you)
all 100 dogs, this
has been a favorite
here for years
The Wing on a Flea,
Y Ed Emberley,
Beautiful book
The Wonderful Tree,
A Story of Seasons,
beautiful book by
Adelaide Holl
There Was An Old
Lady Who Swallowed a
Fly, Taback,
Simms 1997 Volume,
size, prediction,
chain of
relationships.
Caldecott Honor, for
the youngest
readers. Related
book that is VERY
fun:
I Know An Old Lady
Who Swallowed a Pie,
by Alison Jackson
Thirteen
F by Remy Charlip.
Thirteen picture
stories of a magic
show, a sea
disaster, and other
dramas develop
separately but
simultaneously.
Thirteen Moons on
Turtle's Back, A
Native American Year
Of Moons by
Joseph Bruchac, 13
cycles of the moon
represent the
changing seasons and
the passage of time.
This Is The House
That Jack Built
Underhill, Liz 1987
Addition/accumulation/sequence
Three: An Emberley
Family Sketchbook
Ed, Rebecca &
Michael Emberley
Tic-Tac-Toe, Three
in a Row Judith
Bauer Stamper, Hello
Math L. 1
Triangle for Adaora:
An African Book of
Shapes
by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Triangle, Square,
Circle Y William
Wegman, Young shape
book but fun (guy
with the dogs)
Twice Upon A Time F
by Irwin Shapiro,
really nice story
line, older book,
twice as much is not
always twice as good
:o). Proportions.
Two Hundred Rabbits
Lonzo Anderson and
Two of Everything: A
Chinese Folktale
F Ulytoy Hong,
Chinese Folktale,
very cute, about
doubling
Two Tiny Mice Y
Baker, Alan 1993 For
the very young,
beautiful
illustrations, mice
in pairs
What Comes in 2's,
3's & 4's?
by Aker, Suzanne
What Shape Is It?
(Looking at Nature)
by Bobbie Kalman.
Geometry in nature
What's a Pair?
What's a Dozen?
Y Stephen Swinburne,
nice pictures, clean
and simple
When Sheep Cannot
Sleep by Satoshi
Kitamura
Who Invited You?
by Candace Fleming,
funny counting book,
Bayou / Cajun feel,
illustrations almost
like Pippi
Longstocking
Who Is the Beast?
by Keith Baker
Who Put the Pepper
in the Pot? F Cole,
Joanna/Alley, R.W.
1989 Measurement,
great story
Who Sank the Boat?
Animals test
Archimedes ideas on
bouyancy, fun story
Who Took the
Farmer's Hat?
F Y Nodset, Joan
L./Siebel, Fritz
1963 Perception.
Classic children's
story.
Why I Will Never
Ever Ever Ever Have
Enough Time to
Finish This Book
Charlip, Remy/Muth,
Jon J 2000
Perspective, time,
nesting; wide age
appeal
Winnie The Pooh's 1
2 3 YY Shepard,
Ernest 1996 For the
very young, counting
World of Numbers, A
Trip Through Numbers
by Eileen Doolittle,
Starr Ockenga
Yellow Umbrella (New
York Times Best
Illustrated Books
(Awards)) by Jae
Soo Liu, very
unusual book with CD
- listen to the
music identifying
mathematical
progressions
Young Math:
Number
target="blank" Ideas
Through Pictures
Charosh, Mannis
1974 Odd/even,square/triangular
numbers. Unusual
presentation of
number concepts,
dated but very
useful for me.
Young Math:
Odds and Evens
by Thomas C. O'Brien
Zin! Zin! Zin! A
Violin by Lloyd
Moss, number
vocabulary (solo,
duet, trio up to
octet) - Caldecott
Honor
Tikki Tikki Tembo
F Mosel,
Arlene/Lent, Blair
1968 Time,
comparison of size,
classic tale,
Reading Rainbow, yes
I consider this
math!