Counting Books
Anno, Mitsumasa Anno’s Counting Book Juv PZ7.A58 A53
Introduces counting and number systems by showing mathematical relationships in
nature.
Anno, Mitsumasa Anno’s Counting House Juv PZ7.A58 A6 1982
One by one, ten children move from their old house into their new house
will all their possessions. Die-cut windows reveal the interiors of the houses
and the book can also be read from back to front.
Giganti, Paul Jr. How Many Snails? Juv PZ7.G37 H69
Questions are asked and corresponding pictures are there to count out the
answers to the questions.
Haskins, Jim Count Your Way Through the Arab World Juv DS36.7.H38
1987
Uses Arabic numerals from one to ten to introduce concepts about Arab
countries and Arab culture.
Haskins, Jim Count Your Way Through India Juv DS407.H28 1990
An introduction to the land and people of India accompanied by instructions on
how to read and pronounce the numbers one through ten in Hindi.
Hoban, Tana 26 Letters and 99 cents Juv 115.H57
Coins show how to make each number with cents. Then, take a stroll through a
picture dictionary with all of the letters of the alphabet.
Jonas, Ann Splash! Juv PZ7.J664 S6
Splash, splash the animals take a swim in the pond. Try and keep track as they
come and go and keep track of "how many are in my pond".
Morozumi, Atsuko One Gorilla Juv PZ8.9.L3 M82 1990
Animals, fish and birds are counted off one by one but don’t forget the
one gorilla.
Moss, Lloyd Zin! Zin! Zin! : a Violin Juv PZ8.3.M84 Z5 1995
Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.
Ryan, Pam Munoz and Jerry Pallotta The Crayon Counting Book Juv
QA113.R93
Open the world of bright colors while learning to count by two (both odd and
even) using a box of crayons.
Walton, Rick How Many How Many How Many Juv QA113.W35
Nursery rhymes, sports, seasons, months, etc. are used to create connections
between familiar objects and ideas and the numbers (i.e. months in a year).
Yolen, Jane An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball Juv PZ8.3.Y76In
All the invited animals, from one little mouse to ten little porcupines, busily
prepare to attend the Butterfly Ball.
Measurement
D'Amico, Joan The Math Chef: over 60 recipes for kids TX652.5.D34
1997
Relates math and cookery by presenting math concepts and reinforcing them with
recipes. Provides practice in converting from English to metric system,
multiplying quantities, measuring area, estimating, and more.
Lionni, Leo Inch by Inch Juv PZ7.L66 L5 1995
To keep from being eaten, and inchworm measures a robin’s tails, a
flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak, a heron’s legs and a
nightingale’s song.
Myller, Rolf How Big Is A Foot? Juv PZ7.M995 H7
Thrown in jail because the bed he made for the Queen is too small, an
apprentice comes up with a more accurate way of measuring size.
Size Perception
Barry, David The Rajah’s Rice: A Mathematical Folktale from India
Juv PZ8.1.B295 R34
When Chandra, the official bather of the Rajah’s elephants, saves them
from serious illness, she exacts from the Rajah a reward more costly than he
realizes.
Most, Bernard The Littlest Dinosaurs Juv QE862.D5 M695
Don't forget the littlest dinosaurs when you think of the big ones! Dinosaurs
thirteen feet and under are given the center stage for a few moments - did you
know that there was a dinosaur that was the size of a teddy bear?
Pittman, Helena Clare A Grain of Rice Juv PZ8.P714 G7 1986
A clever Chinese peasant named Pong Lo outwits the Emperor and turns a single
grain of rice into a fortune.
Schwartz, David M. How Much is a Million? JuvQA141.3.S45
1993
Text and pictures make is possible the conceptualization of a million, a
billion and a trillion.
Wells, Robert E. Is A Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Juv
BF 299.S5 W455 1993
Illustrates the concept of big, bigger, and biggest by comparing the physical
measurements of such large things as a blue whale, a mountain, a star, and the
universe.
Wells, Robert E. What’s Smaller Than A Pygmy Shrew? Juv
QC793.3.N83 W45 1995
Illustrates the concept of smaller by comparing a pygmy shrew with insects,
microrganisms, molecules and atoms.
Basic Addition/Multiplication/Fractions etc.
Axelrod, Amy Pigs Will Be Pigs Juv PZ7.A96115 P5 1994
The hungry Pig family learns about money and buying power as they turn the
house upside down looking for enough money to buy dinner at the local
restaurant.
Burns, Marilyn Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! Juv PZ7.B937 S6
1997
The seating for a family reunion gets complicated as people rearrange the
tables and chairs to seat additional guests.
Gisler, David Addition Annie Juv PZ8.3.G4246 A3 1991
Addition Annie counts everything around her, from tree and knees to little
peas. A Rookie Reader with only 30 vocabulary word and written by a fifth
grader.
Hulme, Joy N. Sea Sums Juv QA115.H85
Take a journey through the coral reef of the underwater and add up the amount
of animals that are floating alone in the ocean.
Hutchins, Pat The Doorbell Rang Juv PZ7.H96 D6
Each time the doorbell rings, more people come to enjoy Ma's wonderful cookies.
How many does each person get as the crowd gets larger and larger? Keep
recalculating the amount of cookies per person.
Jennison, Christopher Baseball Math: Grandslam Activities and Projects for Grades
4-8 Juv QA107.5.J45 B38 1995
Design your own league, pick your own team, balance the team's budget and learn
about the addition, multiplcation, and decimals it takes to make it happen.
Murphy, Stuart J. Give Me Half! Juv QA117.M87 1996
Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother
and sister who do not want to share their food.
Murphy, Stuart J. Lemonade For Sale Juv QA90.M87 1998
The Elm Street Kids' Club decides to sell lemonade to earn money to fix up
their clubhouse and they use a graph to keep track of their sales.
Murphy, Stuart J. Ready, Set, Hop! Juv QA115.M874 1996
Explains equation building as two frogs count their hops to a rock, a log, a
pond.
Neuschwander, Cindy Sir Cumference and the First Round Table Juv
QA445.5.N48 1997
Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by the knight's
wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table.
Scieszka, Jon Math Curse Juv PZ7.S41267 M38 1995
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a
math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse
Stienecker, David FractionsJuv QA117.S75 1996
Activities and illustrations to explain the concept of fractions.
Viorst, Judith Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Juv
PZ7.V56 A44
Alexander and his money become quickly parted, but he soon realizes what can be
done with a dollar.
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