Mathematics Book List

Title

Author

Pub Co

City

Date

ISBN #

Theme

Age

Genre

Own

12 Ways To Get To 11

Merriam, Eve

Il Bernie Karlin

Trumpet

New York

1993

0 - 440 - 83115 - 6

Sums of 11

6

P

X

26 Letters and 99 Cents

Hoban, Tana

Scholastic

New York

1987

0 - 590 - 41831 - 9

Combinations of coins to .99

5 - 6

P

X

A Cloak for The Dreamer

Friedman, Aileen

Scholastic Books

New York

1994

         

A Dozen Dozens

Harriet Ziefert

Il. Chris Demarest

Viking

New York

1998

0 - 14 - 038819 - 2

Number value, dozen, _ dozen

5

C

X

A Million Fish… More or Less

McKissack, Patricia C.

Il. Dena Schutzer

Trumpet

New York

1992

0 - 440 - 83063 - X

Tall tale, number value, estimation

7

F

X

A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy

Holtzman, Caren

Illus. By Betsy Day

Scholastic

New York

1995

0 - 590 - 36598 - 9

Quarter and equivalent coins

6

F

X

A Remainder of One

Pinczes, Elinor J.

Il. Bonnie Mackain

Houghton Mifflin Company

Boston

1995

0 - 395 - 69455 - 8

Division, matrix multiplication

7

P

X

Anno’s Magic Seeds

Anno, Mitsumasa

Philomel Books

New York

1995

0 - 399 - 22538 - 2

Double, + , -

7

P

X

Anno's Math Games II

Anno, Mitsumasa

Philomel Books

New York

1989

0 - 399 - 21615 - 4

Function, measurement, patterns

10

P

X

Benny’s Pennies

Brisson, Pat

Bantam Doubleday

New York

1993

0 - 440 - 41016 - 9

Shops buys five objects for family

5

F

X

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest

Jenkins, Steve

Ticknor & Fields Books for Young Readers

New York

1995

0 - 395 - 86136 - 5

Animal records of size, speed…

8

P,NF

X

Blue Sea

Kalan, Robert

Il. Donald Crews

Trumpet Club

New York

1979

0 - 440 - 84979 - 9

Big, bigger, biggest, little, littler, littlest

5

F

X

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Latham, Jean Lee

Houghton Mifflin Company

Boston

1955

 

Navigation

11

F

X

Color Farm

Ehlert, Lois

Trumpet Club

New York

1990

0 - 440 - 84709 - 5

Shape, color, animals

5

C

X

Counting on Frank

Clement, Rod

Gareth Stevens Children’s Books

Milwaukee, WI

1991

         

Digging to China

Rawlins, Donna

Orchard Books

New York

1988

0 - 531 - 05814 - x

Young girl digs to China

7

F

X

Each Orange Had 8 Slices

Giganti, Paul Jr.

Il. Donald Crews

Trumpet Club

New York

1992

0 - 440 - 84957 - 8

Number value, skip counting, multiples, addition, problem solving

7 +

P

X

Eating Fractions

McMillan, Bruce

Scholastic

New York

1991

0 - 590 - 43771 - 2

Whole, halves, thirds, & fourths

6

C

X

Fraction Action

Leedy, Loreen

Trumpet Club

New York

1994

0 - 440 - 83436 - 8

Fractional parts as equal shares, and parts of a whole

7

C

X

From One to One Hundred

Sloat, Teri

Puffin Books

New York

1991

0 - 14 - 055643 - 5

Counting book from 1,2,3 - 10,20,30 - 100

6

F

X

G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book

Schwartz, David

Illus Marissa Moss

Scholastic Inc.

New York

1998

0 - 439 - 10489 - 0

Informational book

10

NF

X

Geraldine’s Blanket

Keller, Holly

Greenwillow Books

New York

1984

0 - 688 - 07810 - 9

Getting smaller, whole to part

5

F

X

How Big Is A Foot?

Myller, Rolf

Illus. Rolf Mylier

Dell Publishing

New York

1990

 

Standard unit of measurement

6

F

 

How Much is a Million

Schwartz, Davie M.

Il. Steven Kellogg

Scholastic

New York

1985

0 - 590 - 43614 - 7

Number value 1,000,000

6

P

X

If You Made a Million

Schwartz, David M.

Illus. Steven Kellogg

Scholastic

New York

1989

0 - 590 - 43608 - 2

Number value, money, 1,000,000

8

P

X

Inch by Inch

Lionni, Leo

Scholastic

New York

1960

0 - 590 - 47991 - 1

Measurement, inch

6

C

X

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing there is?

Wells, Robert E.

Scholastic

New York

1993

0 - 590 - 48471 - 0

Size of the Universe, really big numbers

9

P

X

Jumping the Broom

Wright, Courtni C.

Holiday House

New York

1994

0 - 8234 - 1042 - 0

Quilt patterns

8

F

X

Math Curse

Scieszka, Jon

Penguin Books

New York

1995

0 - 670 - 86194 - 4

Problem solving

8

P

X

Moira's Birthday

Munsch, Robert

Illus. Michael Martchenko

Annick Press LTD

Toronto, Canada

1987

0 - 920303 - 83 - 8

Birthday party for 200

6

F

X

More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

Sachar, Louis

Scholastic

New York

1994

0 - 590 - 47762 - 5

Puzzles and problems

9

R

X

More Spaghetti I Say!

Rita Golden Gelman

   

1977

 

A monkey asks monkey to play, monkey refuses too busy with spaghetti, second monkey discovers spaghetti and …

     

One Hundred Hungry Ants

Princzes, Elinor J

Houghton Mifflin Co.

Boston

1993

 

How fast to picnic in lines of 1, 2, …10

7

F

 

One, Two, One Pair!

McMillan, Bruce

Scholastic

New York

1991

0 - 590 - 43798 - 2

Number value 1, 2, pair

5

P

X

Opposites

Kightley, Rosalinda

Trumpet

New York

1986

0 - 590 - 06218 - 2

Opposites

5

P

X

Pigs Will Be Pigs

Axelrod, Amy

Four Winds Press

New York

1994

0 - 689 - 81219 - 1

Money hunt, how much did they find and what did they have left after dinner?

7

F

X

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

Morris, Ann

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books

New York

1995

 

28 Illustrations shoes from around world

6

P

 

Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

Sachar, Louis

Scholastic

New York

1989

0 - 590 - 42416 - 5

Puzzles and quizzes

9

R

X

Sports Math Mania

Hopping, Lorraine Jean and Egan, Christopher

Scholastic

New York

1996

1 - 8867 - 49 - 18 - 3

Cool stats & number facts are presented in a question and answer format

9

NF

X

Stay in Line

Slater, Teddy

Illus. Gioia Fiammenghi

Scholastic

New York

1996

0 - 590 - 22713 - 0

Field trip 12 students in different patterns

6

F

X

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

Hopkinson, Deborah

Illus. By James Ransome

Alfred A. Knopf

New York

1993

0 - 679 - 87472 - 0

Spatial relationships, number value, patterns

8

HF

X

Ten Black Dots

Crews, Donald

Scholastic

New York

1986

0 - 590 - 46479 - 5

Number value to 10 1 - 1 correspondence, symbols

5

C

X

Ten For Dinner

Bogart, Jo Ellen

Scholastic Books

New York

1989

         

The 100th Day of School

Medearis, Angela Shelf

Il. Joan Holub

Scholastic

New York

1996

0 - 590 - 25944 - X

Number value 100

6

C

X

The Best Bug Paraade

Murphy, stuart J.

Illus. Holly Keller

Scholastic

New York

1997

0 - 590 - 06263 - 8

Big, bigger, biggest; Small…; long… short…; good, better, best

6

C

X

The Doorbell Rang

Hutchins, Pat

Greenwillow Books

New York

1986

0 - 688 - 09234 - 9

Sharing 12 cookies

6

F

X

The Greedy Triangle

Burns, Marilyn

Illus. By Gordon Silveria

Scholastic

New York

1994

         

The Grouchy Ladybug

Carle, Eric

Harper Trophy

Hong Kong

1977

         

The King’s Chessboard

Birch, David

Illus. By Devis Grebu

Dial Books for Young Readers

New York

1988

0 - 14 - 054880 - 7

Proud King gift of rice double every day for each square on checker board

10

F

X

The Patchwork Quilt

Flournoy, Valerie

Scholastic or Dial

New York

1985

0 - 590 - 89753 - 5

History of families, black experience

6

F

X

The Popcorn Book

De Paola, Tomie

Holiday House

New York

1978

0 - 590 - 40264 - 1

History of popcorn

7

F

X

The Principal’s New Clothes

Calmenson, Stephanie

Scholastic

New York

1989

 

Measurement

5

F

 

The Story of Z

Modesitt, Jeanne

Illus. Lonni Sue Johnson

Saxonville, Mass.:Picture Book Studios

 

1990

         

The Wuggie Norple Story

Pinkwater, Daniel M.

Illus. Tomie de Paola

Trumpet Club

New York

1980

0 - 440 - 84879 - 2

Relative size, bigger, smaller, same

5

P

X

There's a Hole in My Pocket

Gibson, Akimi

Illus. Jeni Bassett

Scholastic

New York

1994

0 - 590 - 27598 - 4

Number value, zero

6

C

X

Thirteen Days of Halloween

Greene, Carol

Children’s Press

Chicago

1983

         

Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes

Maccarone, Grace

Scholastic

New York

1997

 

Retelling of 3 pigs with tangrams

8

F

 

Tops and Bottoms

Stevens, Janet

Scholastic

New York

1995

0 - 590 - 97550 - 1

Trickster, lazy/worker

6

P

X

Twelve Ways to Get to Eleven

Merriam, Eve

Illus. By Bernie Karlin

Simon & Schuster

New York

1993

         

Two Tiny Mice

Baker, Alan

Scholastic

New York

1990

0 - 590 - 46404 - 3

Visualization, number value 2 and relative size

5

P

X

What Comes in 2's, 3's, & 4's?

Aker, Suzanne

Illus. Bernie Karlin

Scholastic

New York

1990

0 - 590 - 47838 - 9

Number value 2, 3, 4

PT

F

X

Which Witch is Which?

Hutchins, Pat

Greenwillow Books

New York

1989

 

Can you tell which twin is which?

7

F

 
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