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Math in literature? Yes, indeed! Just as narratives and colorful illustrations can help children learn about other aspects of their worlds, so too can picture books be useful in teaching basic mathematical concepts. This book list contains many titles that family literacy educators may find helpful for creaing family math activities.
The books, which should be available at public libraries, are divided into 10 broad categories: addition, counting, estimating, fractions, geometry, graphing, measurement, money, multiplication and division, and number sense. Please let us know how the books work in your programs. Also, please share other titles that belong on the list. Happy reading!
Addition
Carle, Eric. (1979). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Collins.
Giganti, Paul. (1992). Each Orange Had Eight Slices. New York: Greenwillow.
Hong, Lily Toy. (1993). Two of Everything. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.
Merriam, Eve. (1993). 12 Ways to Get to 11. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Counting
Aker, Suzanne. (1990). What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's? New York: Simon and Schuster.
Anno, Mitsumasa. (1982). Anno's Counting Book. New York: Philomel.
Aylesworth, Jim. (1988). One Crow: A Counting Rhyme. Philadelphia: HarperCollins.
Bang, Molly. (1983). Ten, Nine, Eight. New York: Greenwillow.
Bertrand, Lynne. (1992). One Day, Two Dragons. New York: C.N. Potter.
Boon, Emilie. (1987). 1, 2, 3, How Many Animals Can You See? New York: Greenwillow.
Burningham, John. (1980). The Shopping Basket. New York: Crowell.
Carle, Eric. (1984). The Very Busy Spider. New York: Philomel.
Clifton, Lucille. (1992). Everett Anderson's 1-2-3. New York: Holt.
Crews, Donald. (1986). Ten Black Dots. New York: Greenwillow.
Dee, Ruby. (1988). Two Ways to Count to Ten. New York: Holt.
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. (1985). So Many Cats! New York: Clarion.
Dunbar, Joyce. (1990). Ten Little Mice. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
Fleming, Denise. (1992). Count. New York: Holt.
Fowler, Richard. (1987). Mr. Little's Noisy 1 2 3. New York: Grosset and Dunlap.
Hague, Kathleen. (1986). Numbears. New York: Holt.
Hoban, Tana. (1972). Count & See. New York: Macmillan.
Hoban, Tana. (1985). 1, 2, 3. New York: Greenwillow.
Hutchins, Pat. (1982). 1 Hunter. New York: Greenwillow
Inkpen, Mick. (1987). One Bear at Bedtime. New York: Dial.
Kitchen, Bert. (1987). Animal Numbers. New York: Dial.
Mack, Stan. (1974). 10 Bears in My Bed. New York: Pantheon.
Nikola, Lisa. (1991). One, Two, Three Thanksgiving. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.
Peek, Merle. (1981). Roll Over. New York: Clarion.
Potter, Beatrix. (1988). Peter Rabbit's 1 2 3. New York: Warne.
Sendak, Maurice. (1962). One Was Johnny. New York: Harper and Row.
Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper and Row.
Stobbs, William. (1984). 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Tafuri, Nancy. (1986). Who's Counting? New York: Greenwillow.
Wadsworth, Olive. (1985). Over in the Meadow: A Counting Out Rhyme. New York: Viking.
Wahl, John, & Wahl, Stacy. (1976). I Can Count the Petals on a Flower. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Estimating
Giff, Patricia Reilly. (1984). The Candy Corn Contest. New York: Dell.
Podendorf, Illa. (1970). Many Is How Many? Chicago: Children's Press.
Polacco, Patricia. (1990). Thunder Cake. New York: Philomel.
Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper and Row.
Williams, Karen. (1990). Galimoto. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.
Williams, Vera. (1982). A Chair for My Mother. New York: Greenwillow.
Fractions
Emberly, Ed. (1984). Picture Pie. Boston: Little, Brown.
Giganti, Paul. (1988). How Many Snails. New York: Greenwillow.
Golub, Matthew. (1993). The Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats. New York: Tambourine.
Hutchins, Pat. (1986). The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow.
Matthews, Louise. (1979). Gator Pie. New York: Dodd, Mead.
McMillan, Bruce. (1991). Eating Fractions. New York: Scholastic.
Pomerantz, Charlotte. (1984). The Half Birthday Party. New York: Clarion.
Watson, Clyde. (1972). Tom Fox and the Apple Pie. New York: Crowell.
Geometry
Emberly, Ed. (1961). The Wing on a Flea. Boston: Little Brown.
Goble, Paul. (1983). Star Boy. New York: Bradbury.
Hoban, Tana. (1971). Look Again. New York: Macmillan.
Hoban, Tana. (1981). Take Another Look. New York: Greenwillow.
Hoban, Tana. (1986). Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. New York: Greenwillow.
Hoban, Tana. (1988). Look, Look, Look. New York: Greenwillow.
Jonas, Ann. (1984). The Quilt. New York: Greenwillow.
McMillan, Bruce. (1993). Mouse Views What the Class Pet Saw. New York: Holiday House.
Podendorf, Illa. (1970). Shapes, Sides, Curves, and Corners. Chicago: Children's Press.
Testa, Fulvio. (1983). If You Look Around You. New York: Dial.
Tonpert, Ann. (1990). Grandfather Tang's Story. New York: Crown.
Graphing
Kasza, Keiko. (1987). The Wolf's Chicken Stew. New York: Putnam.
Measurement
Carrick, Carol. (1983). Patrick's Dinosaurs. New York: Clarion.
Kellogg, Steven. (1976). Much Bigger Than Martin. New York: Dial.
Lionni, Leo. (1960). Inch by Inch. New York: Aston-Honor.
Low, Joseph. (1980). Mice Twice. New York: Atheneum.
Morimoto, Junko. (1988). The Inch Boy. New York: Puffin.
Myller, Rolf. (1991). How Big Is a Foot? New York: Dell.
Porte, Barbara Ann. (1993). Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee. New York: Greenwillow.
Russo, Marisabina. (1986). The Line Up Book. New York: Greenwillow.
Money
Axelrod, Amy. (1994). Pigs Will Be Pigs. New York: Four Winds Press.
Brown, Marc. (1990). Arthur's Pet Business. Boston: Joy Street.
Hoban, Lillian. (1981). Arthur's Funny Money. New York: Harper & Row.
Hoban, Tana. (1987). 26 Letters and 99 Cents. New York: Greenwillow.
Maestro, Betsy. (1988). Dollars and Cents for Harriet. New York: Crown.
Modell, Frank. (1981). One Zillion Valentines. New York: Greenwillow.
Schwartz, David. (1985). How Much Is a Million? New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.
Schwartz, David. (1989). If You Made a Million. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.
Viorst, Judith. (1978). Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday. New York: Atheneum.
Multiplication and Division
Froman, Robert. (1978). The Greatest Guessing Game. New York: Crowell.
Giganti, Paul. (1992). Each Orange Had Eight Slices. New York: Greenwillow.
Hoban, Tana. (1972). Count and See. New York: Macmillan.
Hulme, Joy. (1991). Sea Squares. New York: Hyperion.
Hutchins, Pat. (1986). The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow.
Matthews, Louise. (1978). Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies. New York: Dodd, Mead.
Pinczes, Elinor. (1993). One Hundred Hungry Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Pittman, Helena Clare. (1986). A Grain of Rice. New York: Hastings.
Srivastavia, Jane Jonas. (1979). Number Families. New York: Crowell.
Number Sense
Crews, Donald. (1986). Ten Black Dots. New York: Greenwillow.
Giganti, Paul. (1988). How Many Snails? New York: Greenwillow.
Hoban, Tana. (1981). More Than One. New York: Greenwillow.
Hort, Lenny. (1991). How Many Stars in the Sky? New York: Tambourine.
Kuskin, Karla. (1986). The Philharmonic Gets Dressed. New York: Harper & Row.
Medearis, Angela Shelf. (1990). Picking Peas For a Day. Austin, TX: State House Press.
Nesbit, E. (1989). Melisande. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
O'Keefe, Susan. (1989). One Hungry Monster. Boston: Joy Street Books.
Pinczes, Elinor. (1993). One Hundred Hungry Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Pittman, Helena Clare. (1986). A Grain of Rice. New York: Hastings.
Schwartz, David. (1985). How Much Is a Million? New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.
Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper & Row.
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