I Count on Books - And You Can, too!
Books can help math come alive!
Many math concepts can be introduced and reinforced by reading stories.
Literature can support learning by presenting math ideas in positive,
meaningful ways.
Book titles have been grouped according to math topics. Enjoy!
Counting & Number Sense:
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
How Much Is A Million? by Schwartz
12 Ways To Get To 11 by Eve Merriam
Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy
At the Edge of the Woods by Cynthia Cotten
Just Enough Carrots by Stuart Murphy
Mice Twice by Joseph Low
Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies by Matthews
Two Ways to Count to Ten by Ruby Dee
Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
One Grain of Rice by Demi
The M&M's Brand Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
More Than One by Miriam Schlein
What Comes In 2's, 3's, 4's?, Suzanne Aker
One Red Rooster by Kathleen Carrol
One Hungry Cat by Joanne Rocklin (math activities by Marilyn Burns)
Two Crazy Pigs by Karen Berman Nagel
One Little Elephant by Colin West
One of Each by Mary Ann Hoberman
How Many Feet? How Many Tails? A Book of Math Riddles by Marilyn Burns
Monster Math by Grace Maccarone
The Baseball Counting Book by Barbara McGrath
Fair Share & Fractions:
Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy
Fraction Fun by David A. Adler
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Give Me Half! by Stuart Murphy
Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy
Pigs in the Pantry by Amy Axelrod
Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti
The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar Fractions Book by Jerry Pallotta
Gator Pie by Louise Mathews
Geometry & Spatial Sense
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
The Quilt by Ann Jonas
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares by Grace Maccarone
(math activities by Marilyn Burns)
Measurement:
How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure
by Cindy Neuschwander
Money:
Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Jelly Beans For Sale by Bruce McMillan
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Let's Find Out About Money by Kathy Barabas
Pigs Will be Pigs: Fun With Math and Money by Amy Axelrod
Patterns and Sequencing
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Why Mosquitos Buzz In Peoples' Ears retold by Vera Aardema
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Little Red Hen, pictures by Lucida Moore
Place Value:
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
How Much Is A Million? by Schwartz
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
The King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman
The 100th Day of School by Angela Sheaf Medearis
Problem Solving and Probability:
Round Trip by Ann Jonas
Sea Square by Jay Hulme
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch
Jesse Bear, What will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
No Fair! by Caren Holtzman & Marilyn Burns
Telling Time:
Time To … by Bruce McMillan
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
What Time Is it? by Judith Grey
Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt
Telling Time With Big Mama Cat, Dan Harper
Just A Minute, Teddy Slater (math activities by Marilyn Burns)
8 O'Cluck by Jill Creighton
