Mathematics Books for Children:
Highly Recommended by the
National Council of Teacher of Mathematics
Located at Livingston Lord Library
Minnesota State University Moorhead
COUNTING - ONE TO TEN
Sugita, Yutaka. Good Night 1, 2, 3. Scroll Press, 1971. Curric. Easy S947g
CHANTS, SONGS, AND RHYMES
Gerstein, Mordicai. Roll Over! Crown, 1984. Curric. Easy G383r
NUMBER IN OTHER CULTURES
Feelings, Muriel. Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book. Dial, 1971. Curric. 390 F295m
COUNTING - ZERO
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting Book. Curric. Easy A615ac
COUNTING - PLACE VALUE
Hoban, Tana. Count and See. Macmillan, 1972. Curric. Easy H6825c
McMillan, Bruce. Counting Wildflowers. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986. Curric. 513 M167c
COUNTING - BAR GRAPHS
Carle, Eric. Rooster's Off to See the World. Picture Book Studio, 1987. Curric. Easy C278ro
COUNTING - PARTITIONS
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting House. Philomel, 1982. Curric. Easy A615ach
COUNTING - OPERATIONS
Chwast, Seymour. The Twelve Circus Rings. HBJ, 1993. Curric. 513.2 C564t
Giganti, Paul. Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book. Greenwillow, 1992. Curric. 513.2 G459e
Pinczes, Elinor. A Remainder of One. Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Curric. Easy P6479r
NUMBER CONCEPTS
Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank. Gareth Stevens, 1991. Curric. 513.5 C626c
Harada, Joyce. It's the 0-1-2-3 Book. Heian International, 1985. Curric. 513.2 H254i
Schwartz, David. How Much Is a Million? Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1985. Curric. 513 S399h
Scieszka, Jon. Math Curse. Viking, 1995. Curric. Easy S416m
NUMBER SYSTEMS
Adler, David. Roman Numerals. Crowell, 1977. Curric. 513 A237r
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
Ash, Russell. Incredible Comparisons. Dorling Kindersley, 1996. Curric. 031 A819i
NUMBER THEORY, PATTERNS, AND RELATIONSHIPS
Anno, Masaichiro. Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar. Philomel, 1983. Curric. 512 A615a
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Magic Seeds. Philomel, 1995. Curric. 513 A615a
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Math Games. Philomel, 1987. Curric. 793.7 A615a
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Math Games II. Philomel, 1989. Curric. 793.7 A615at
Burns, Marilyn. The Brown Paper School Presents: The I Hate Mathematics! Little, Brown, 1975. Curric. 510 B967b
Burns, Marilyn. Math for Smarty Pants. Little, Brown, 1982. Curric. 513 B967m
REASONING - CLASSIFICATION, LOGIC, AND STRATEGY GAMES
Nozaki, Akihiro. Anno's Hat Tricks. Philomel, 1985. Curric. 153.4 N961a
BEGINNING MEASUREMENT
Hoban, Tana. Exactly the Opposite. Greenwillow, 1990. Curric. 428.1 H861e
Hoban, Tana. Is It Larger? Is It Smaller? Curric. 152.1 H681i
Hoban, Tana. Push, Pull, Empty, Full: A Book of Opposites. Macmillan, 1972. Curric. Easy H6825p
MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS AND SYSTEMS
Myller, Rolf. How Big Is a Foot? Atheneum, 1962. Curric. Easy M997h
MEASUREMENT OF TIME - TELLING TIME
Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug. HarperCollins, 1977. Curric. Easy C278g2
MEASUREMENT OF TIME - CONCEPTS
Axelrod, Amy. Pigs on a Blanket. Simon & Schuster, 1996. Curric. Easy A969p
Burns, Marilyn. This Book Is About Time. Little, Brown, 1978. Curric. 529 B967t
MONEY
Hoban, Tana. 26 Letters and 99 Cents. Greenwillow, 1987. Curric. Easy H6825t
McMillan, Bruce. Jelly Beans for Sale. Scholastic, 1996. Curric. 332.4 M167i
Schwartz, David. If You Made a Million. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1989. Curric. 332.024 S399i
BEGINNING SPATIAL CONCEPTS
Hoban, Tana. Over, Under, and Through and Other Spatial Concepts. Macmillan, 1973. Curric. Easy H6875o
SHAPES
Ehlert, Lois. Color Farm. Lippincott, 1990. Curric. Easy E329co
Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo. Lippincott, 1989. Curric. 701.8 E33c
Hoban, Tana. Circles, Triangles, and Squares. Macmillan, 1974. Curric. 513 H681c
Hoban, Tana. Round & Round & Round. Greenwillow, 1983. Curric. 516 H681r
Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Greenwillow, 1986. Curric. 516.2 H681s
GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS AND PROPERTIES
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Math Games III. Philomel, 1991. Curric. 793.7 A615ath
Lasky, Kathryn. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. Joy Street, 1994. Curric. 921 E124h
INCIDENTAL GEOMETRY - DISTORTIONS AND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Baum, Arline. Opt: An Illusionary Tale. Viking, 1987. Curric. Easy B347o
White, Laurence. Optical Illusions. Watts, 1986. Curric. 152.1 W585o
INCIDENTAL GEOMETRY - QUILTING
Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt. Dial, 1985. Curric. Easy F643p
Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Knopf, 1993. Curric. Easy H797s
Paul, Ann Whitford. Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet. HarperCollins, 1991. Curric. Easy P324e
Paul, Ann Whitford. The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork. Browndeer Press, 1996. Curric. 746.46 P324s
Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. Simon & Schuster, 1988. Curric. Easy P762k
For additional information about the books, see The Wonderful World of Mathematics: A Critically Annotated List of Children's Books in Mathematics, 2nd edition. Curric. Ref. 016.51 W872 1998
Books selected by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minnesota, from The Wonderful World of Mathematics: A Critically Annotated List of Children's Books in Mathematics, 2nd edition. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1998. 6/01