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Acey, M.  (1992).  Garfield Learns About Money: Money Madness!  New York: A Golden Book.  (ISBN:  0-307-15725-3)      Garfield learns the value of a dollar when he is forced to do some housework in order to earn enough money to buy Odie a present. Adams, B.J. (1992).  The Go-Around Dollar.  New York:  Simon & Schuster.  (ISBN:  0-02-700031-1)     Readers are provided with facts about dollars through a fictional narrative about the travel of a single dollar.  Adler, D. A.  (1996).  Fraction Fun.  New York: Holiday House.  (ISBN:  0-8234-1259-8)      This comprehensive fraction book shows the various kinds of fractions. Adler, D.A.  (1999).  How Tall, How Short, How Far Away.  New York:  Holiday House.  (ISBN:  0-8234-1375-6).      This book introduces measuring systems such as the Egyptian system, the inch-pound (customary) system, and the metric system. Adler, I. (1990). Mathematics. New York: Doubleday. (ISBN: 0-385-26142-X). This book brings together numbers, shapes, science, and space.Aker, Suzanne. (1990). What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s?  New York: Simon & Schuster. (ISBN: 0-671-67173-1)     This book shows the various ways that sets of 2, 3, and 4 things occur in daily life.Alexander, P. (1981). The Nelson Children’s Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. (ISBN: 0-8407-5238-5). This is a storybook based on the Holy Bible for children’s understanding and enjoyment. Math facts are abundant in the text.Alexander, R. B. (1998). Number Jugglers Math Game Book. New York: Workman Publishers. (ISBN: 07611 08823)      This book is for kids K-8th grade of all skill level and includes a deck of cards to play games to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and problem solve. Anderson, J. (2003). Smart About Money:   A Rich History. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. (ISBN: 0-448-43205-6).      Bill Green writes a report about money to turn in to his teacher.  This book is full of facts about money, great illustrations of money, and photographs of coins from different places in the world. Anno, M.  (1982).  Anno's Counting House.  New York:  Philomel.  (ISBN:  0-399-20896-8)     One at a time, ten children move themselves and their belongings from their old house to their new house.  Cut-out windows on the houses allow the reader to see the interiors of the houses.  The book can also be read from back to front. Anno, M.  (1982).  Anno's Math Games.  New York:  Philomel.  (ISBN:  0-399-21151-9)      Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce mathematical concepts.Anno, M. (1975). Anno’s Counting Book.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-44675-4)

     Cubes, numerals, and scenery that depicts a corresponding number of everything provide a rich adventure in counting.Anno, M., & Anno, M. (1983). Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar.  New York: Putnam Publishing Group. (ISBN: 0-399-20951-4).      The text and pictures about a jar provide information about the meaning of multiplication and factorials. Axelrod, A. (1996). Pigs on a Blanke t.   New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. (ISBN: 0-689-80505-5)      The Pig family goes to the beach.  Time facts, clocks, and watches are used throughout the book.  A rebus is provided at the end of the book.Axelrod, A. (1998). Pigs on the Ball:   Fun with Math and Sports. New York: Simon & Schuster.      The Pig family goes to play miniature golf.  This allows readers opportunities to learn about shapes, angles, and various geometric concepts. Axelrod, A. (1994). Pigs Will Be Pigs. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. (ISBN: 0-02-765415-X)     The pig family gathered money from all over the house in order to go out to eat. The reader must add, subtract, multiply, and divide using money and a menu.Back Pack Books (2002). Follow the Numbers. New York. (ISBN: 0-7607-4093-3) Students learn to count and write numerals 1 through 10 with wipe off pages.Baker, A.  (1994).  Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-22362-3)      Brown Rabbit opens a present and investigates shapes and colors. Baker, K.  (1994).  Big Fat Hen.  New York:  Red Wagon Books.  (ISBN:  0-15-201331-8).      Count to 10 with a big fat hen using this board book. Baker, K.  (1999).  Quack and Count.  New York:  Harcourt, Brace, and Company.  (ISBN:  0-152-05025-6).      This rhyming book shows 7 ducklings as they illustrate addition situations. For example, 7 ducklings are shown as 4 plus 3 on one page, and 3 plus 4 on another. Bang, M.  (1983).  Ten, Nine, Eight.  New York:  Greenwillow Books.  (ISBN:  0-688-10480-0).      Children can learn numbers from 10 to 1 as they count down toward a little girl’s bedtime. Beaver, J. (2000). You Can Measure. New York: Celebration Press. (ISBN: 0-8215-7825-1) The reader will begin to draw conclusions and understand measurable attributes of objects and how the process of measurement works.Bieber, H. (2003). Busy Bear around the House. Hauppauge, NY: Parklane Publishing. (ISBN: 1-59384-005-5) Busy Bear spends a day at home exploring the world around him.Beil, K.M. (2004). Moove Over! New York: Holiday House. (ISBN: 0-8234-1736-0) A rude cow makes it impossible for a trolley driver to keep track of how many

riders he has on board.Beinstein, P. (2002). Count with Dora. New York: Spotlight/Nick Jr. (ISBN: 06898 48188)      Dora counts fruit for a picnic basket in English and Spanish from one to ten. Berenstain, S., & Berenstain, J. (1992). The Berenstain Bears on Time. Westport, Connecticut: Reader’s Digest Young Families, Inc. (ISBN: 0-89577-733-9) This book starts a 6:59 a.m. at Brother and Sister Bears’ House, and goes until 8:00 a.m. showing each step in the time of their morning.Berenstain, S., & Berenstain, J. (1983). The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble with Money. New York: Random House. (ISBN: 0-394-85917-0).      Brother Bear and Sister Bear learn how to earn and spend money in this cartoon-illustrated book. Birch, D. (1988). The King's Chessboard.  New York: Puffin Books. (ISBN: 0-14-054880-7)     As a reward for a service performed, the king awarded one grain of rice to be doubled 64 times the number of spaces on a chessboard. The end result was proven to be a ridiculous amount.Birdwell, N. (1998). Clifford Counts. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 05903 79283)      Count 1, 2, 3 throughout the book. Blackstone, S. (1998). Bear in a Square. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books. (ISBN: 1-841-48120-3).      A friendly bear shows a square, heart, circle, moon, rectangle, diamond, triangle, zipzag, oval, and star shape as they appear on various pages. Blum, R. (1992). Mathemagic. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. (ISBN: 0-8069-8355-8)      Learn to do calculator tricks, card mysteries, and mind-baffling feats with dice, calendars, coins and more. Boegehold, L.  (1997).  The Gummi Bear Counting Book.  New York:  Lorenz Books.  (ISBN:  1-85967-601-4)     This predictable, rhyming book helps young learners with verbal counting concepts.Bolster, R. (1998). Hershey’s Kisses Counting Board Book. New York: Scholastic Books. (ISBN: 0-439-13521-4) Pictures of Hershey’s kisses are used in this simple counting book from 1 to 10.  Bond, M. (1990). Paddington’s 123. New York: Penguin Group. (ISBN: 0-14-055762-8). Paddington Bear teaches children to count to 20.Bono, M & Strasshofer, C. (2001). Reese’s Pieces Math Fun Addition 1 to 9. Akron, OH: Nibble Me Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57151-610-7)      Add one piece of candy to each page; spin the wheel to see the math problem; then look under the flap to see the answer. Bourke, L. (1995). Eye Count: A Book of Counting Puzzles. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. (ISBN: 0-8118-0732-0) This counting book focuses on the number concepts of 1 through 12. The

pictures are riddles since students decide what the links are among the pictures. Pictures may be homophones (words that sound alike but have different spellings or meanings) or they can be homonyms (words that are spelled alike, but have different meanings). Students can count the eyes as they determine the riddles.Boynton, S. (1996). Hippos Go Berserk. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. (ISBN: 0-689-80818-6). One lonely hippo calls two hippos, two hippos call… the hippos keep showing up. They party and leave in sets.Bradbury, L.  (1993).  Colors and Shapes.  Auburn, Maine: Ladybird Books.  (ISBN:  0-7214-9509-5)     This book provides multiple examples of shapes and colors. Brett, J. (1990). The Mitten. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. (ISBN: 0-399-21920-X). A boy drops a mitten in the snow and animals start crawling one at a time.Briggs, R. (1970). Jim and the Beanstalk.  New York: Putnam & Grosset. (ISBN: 0-698-11577-5)     Jack stole the giant’s gold. Many years later Jim returns and measures the giant for eyeglasses, false teeth, and a wig.Briggs, H., & Tang, G. (2002). The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0439210445) Simple rhymes offer ways to learn multiplication in a common sense approach.Brisson, P. (1993). Benny's Pennies. New York: Doubleday Books for Young Readers. (ISBN: 0-440-41016-9)     Benny has five pennies and spends them one-at-a-time.Brooks, A. (1996). Frogs Jump: A Counting Book.  New York: Scholastic Inc. (ISBN: 0-590-21564-7)     This cumulative counting tale uses watercolor animals by Steven Kellogg. Brosk, B. (1986). The Porky Pig Counting Book.  New York: Merrigold Press. (ISBN: 0-307-03942-0)     Counting experiences are provided as Porky Pig delivers different numbers of items to friend’s doors. Brown, M. (1998). Arthur Counts. New York: Random House. (ISBN: 06798 84629)      Arthur, D.W.,and Buster count objects in this flap book from one to ten. Brown, M.W. (1999). Another Important Book. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-026282-6).      The concept of height is taught in this book, as children’s heights are compared on a wall chart from year to year.  The number illustrations include such things as a five-pointed star with a five-year-old and a pinwheel of six circles with the six-year-old.  Ages 1 through 6 are described, emphasizing number concepts and developmental changes. Bryant, M., & Sweeten, S. (2002). Shape Spotters; All Aboard Math Reader. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (ISBN: 044842858X). Go with Ms. Carey’s class on a scavenger hunt for shapes at school.Buckless, A. (2000). Too Many Cooks. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 04391069666)

     Three kids multiply ingredients to make soup for dinner to surprise their family. Buckley, R.  (1985).  The Greedy Python.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-46284-9)      A greedy python gulps down 10 different animals of 10 different sizes. Bunnell, S., & Earle, S. (1996). Clock and Calendar Skills: Teaching Time to Special Students. Maine: Walch. (ISBN: 0825128110) This introduces calendar skills at a very easy pace with simple illustrations.Burke, J.S. (2000). Triangles. New York: Children’s Press. (ISBN: 0516230050) Photographs and simple text reveal different triangles that can be found in the city.Burns, M. (1997). Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-94459-2)     The seating for a family reunion gets complicated as people rearrange the tables and chairs to seat additional guests.Burns, M. (1995). The $1.00 Word Riddle Book. Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions. (ISBN: 0-941355-02-0)     Each letter of the alphabet is worth a different amount (a = 1 cent, z = 26 cents). Solve each picture riddle and construct $1.00 words.Burns, M. (1994). The Greedy Triangle. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-48991-7)     Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn’t know which side is up.Burns, M. (1975). The I Hate Mathematics Book. Boston: Little. (ISBN: 0-316-11741-2). This book is full of fun ways for kids to learn math.Calmenson, S., & Cole, J.  (1998).  Get Well, Gators!  New York:   HarperCollins Publishers.  (ISBN: 0-6881-4787-9)      This gator story provides springboard opportunities for writing and multiplication activities. Caple, K. (1986). The Purse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. (ISBN: 0-395-62981-0).      Katie spent the dollars and cents she had in her purse.  Children can practice money concepts as they see how much money she spends with each purchase. Carle, E. (1972). Rooster’s Off to See the World. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-42565-X).      The 1 Rooster took 2 cats, then 3 frogs, and 4 turtles, and 5 fish with him to see the world.  When night came, the 5 fish got scared and went home.  Then the 4 turtles, 3 frogs, and 2 cats left in order.  Then Rooster decided not to go, as well. Carle, E. (1977). The Grouchy Ladybug. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-443450-8)     The grouchy ladybug helps children with the concepts of time, size, shape, and manners.Carle, E. (1986). The Secret Birthday Message. New York: Harper & Row Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-443099-5).     Tim received a secret message on his birthday, with codes as geometric shapes.  At the end of his journey was a puppy.

Carle, E. (1987). The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-03029-9)      The caterpillar ate through one apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday, etc.Carle, E. (1993). Today is Monday.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-45908-2)      Different foods are eaten on different days of the week in this cumulative story.  Music is provided in the back of the book to accompany the story.Carter, D. (1998). How Many Bugs in a Box. New York: Little Simon. (ISBN: 06716 49655)     This pop-up book is for counting all kinds of bugs in all kinds of boxes from one to ten.Cassidy, J. (1990). Card Games for Sharks and Others. Palo Alto, CA: Klutz Press. (ISBN: 0-932592-69-4)     Complete instructions (including diagrams, photos, cartoons, blueprints, strategies, etc.) for the best 20 card games are included in this spiral-bound book.Cato, S. (1998). Addition. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57505-320-9) This book demonstrates addition by providing practice problems and everyday examples.Cato, S. (1998). Division. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57505-319-5) A group of children introduce division by using everyday life to demonstrate simple problems.Cato, S. (1998). Measuring. Minneapolis, MA: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57-505-323-3) A group of children show us different ways to measure things including: liquid, length, and weight.Cato, S. (1998). Multiplication. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57505-321-7) A group of children introduce multiplication by using everyday life to demonstrate simple problems.Cato, S. (1998). Subtraction. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. (ISBN: 1-57505-318-7) This book demonstrates subtraction by providing practice problems and everyday examples.Cavanagh, M. C. (2000). Math to Know.  Wilmington, Massachusetts: Great Source Education Group, Inc. (ISBN: 0-669-47153-4)     This desk reference is a must-have. It provides illustrated discussions of K-6 mathematical topics in a well-organized format. Charlesworth, R., & Lind, K. (2003). Math and Science for Young Children. New York: Delmar Learning. (ISBN: 0-7668-322-9) The reader learns the commonalities between math and science through measurements, temperature, time, graphs, patterns, and more.Christelow, E. (1989). Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. New York: Clarion Books. (ISBN: 0-395-55701-1).

     This book provides a retelling to a favorite children’s story.  Children can practice counting five monkeys and then count backward from five, as one monkey after another falls off the bed. Chrisstelow, E. (1991). Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree. New York: Clarion Books. (ISBN: 039598033X)       Five monkeys sit in a tree and tease Mr. Crocodile who snaps them up one at a time. Clarke, J. (2001). 100th Day of School. New York: Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN: 0-439-20630-8).      The 100th day of school is a popular day for celebration in the schools. This book is full of ideas to do before and on that day. Clement, R. (1991). Counting on Frank.  Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing. (ISBN: 0-8368-0358-2)     A little boy calculates things to the ridiculous level. For example, by using the walls in his house, he discovered that the average ball-point pen draws a line 7,000 feet long before the ink runs out. Clemson, D. & W. (1994). My First Math Book. New York: Dorling Kindersley. (ISBN: 15645 84577)       This is a hands-on activity book offering challenges and number puzzles to develop math skills in primary grades. Cobb, V. (1973). The Long and Short of Measurement. New York: Parent’s Magazine Press. (ISBN: 0-8193-0628-2) This book describes various measuring instruments and the principles of measurement.Cole, J.W., & Welch, K. (1988). Shapes of Things to Come.  New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 0-07-064004-1)     This colorful book points out different shapes in the environment. For example, a triangle is a yield sign. Connelly, L. (1995). Let’s Measure It!  Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-006-0)     This photograph book provides practice with linear measurement in inches.Connelly, N.O., & Thornburgh, R.M. (1998). The Cuddly Beasties Shapes Book. China: Paradise Press.  (ISBN: 7-86943-00618-6)     This is a pop-up book about “beasts” who make shapes.Cornell, T. (2001). Math Riddles: Problem Solving Skills. New York: Instructor Books. (ISBN: 043916236X). Mini posters and rebus style math riddles help build math and reading skills.Crews, D. (1986). Ten Black Dots. New York: Greenwillow. (ISBN: 0-688-06067-6)     Crews answers the question: “What can you do with 10 black dots?” in a poetic, counting format.Cristaldi, K. (1996). Even Steven and Odd Todd. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-22715-7).      Activities and games accompany the even and odd adventures of two cousins. Crossley-Holland, K.  (1989).  Under the Sun and Over the Moon.  New York:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons.  (ISBN:  0-399-21946-3)

     This book provides counting adventures in ten mysterious and magical gardens. Cuyler, M.  (2000).  100th Day of Worries.  New York:  Simon & Schuster.  (ISBN:  0-689-82979-5).     Jessica counts by 10’s to 100 as she determines what to bring to school on the 100th day. Dandi. (1995). Circus Counting. Ohio: Landoll, Inc. (ISBN: 1-56987-332-1)     This circus poem counts up to ten and back again. Davidson, A. (1990).  Wheels:   Math Rhymes to Read Together.   Bothell, WA: The Wright Group. (ISBN: 1-55911-612-9)     This book includes 12 poems for working with days of the week, number puzzles, grouping, money, time, tangrams, and multiplication. Decimals. (1999). Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational. (ISBN: 0-7172-9300-9) This book covers many parts of decimals including: adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.Dee, R. (1988). Two Ways to Count to Ten. New York: Henry Holt and Company.  (ISBN: 0-8050-1314-8)     This Liberian folktale illustrates how animals raced to count to ten. The winner skip-counted by twos. Demi. (1997). One Grain of Rice. New York: Scholastic Press. (ISBN: 059093998X)      This mathematical folktale is about a girl named Rani who asked for one grain of rice to double every day for thirty days. It grew to be more than one billion grains. Dennis, J.R. (1971). Fraction Are Parts of Things. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. (ISBN: 069031521X) The simple fractions of halves, thirds, and fourths are explored with activities and illustrations.Dennis, J.  (1993).  I Can Divide.  New York:  Quatro Children's Books Limited.  (ISBN:  0-553-09567-6)

This flip book has fun matching pages with the answers that are just a flipaway.Dennis, J.  (1993).  I Can Multiply.  New York:  Quatro Children's Books Limited.  (ISBN:  0-553-09566-8)      This flip book has fun matching pages with the answers that are just a flipaway.dePaola, T. (1975). The Cloud Book. New York: Holiday House. (ISBN: 0-8234-0259-2) dePaola describes the ten types of clouds with large and bright illustrations.de Regniers, B.S.  (1985).  So Many Cats!  New York:  Clarion Books.  (ISBN:  0-89919-700-0)      Counting verses explain how a family ended up with a dozen cats.deRubertis, B.  (1999).  Count on Pablo.  New York:  The Kane Press.  (ISBN:  1-575-65090-8).      Pablo uses counting by ones and skip (sequence) counting at the farmers’ market. deRubertis, B.  (1999).  Deena’s Lucky Penny.  New York:  The Kane Press. 

(ISBN:  1-57565-091-6).      Deena uses a clever strategy to buy her mother’s birthday present.  She starts with a “lucky” penny.  Deena finds that pennies add up to nickels, nickels add to dimes, and so forth. Dewin, H & Fien, I.M. (2002). Monopoly Jr. Math Madness. New York: Scholastic Inc. (ISBN: 04392 75687)       This book is full of math puzzles. Dunbar, J. (1990). Ten Little Mice. New York: Voyager Books. (ISBN: 0-15-200-770-9).      This little story about 10 mice provides backward counting practice, as well as practice for subtraction by 1. Dividing. (1999). Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational. (ISBN: 0-7172-9299-2) This book covers many parts of division from the introduction to long division as well as many more.DynaMath. (Monthly Issues). New York: Scholastic.      This is a colorful, creative monthly magazine for students with readings and activities that involve current events and famous people.Eaton, D. (1997). Count with Me. New York: Sadlier Oxford, Inc. (ISBN: 0-8215-8928-8) Objects are used for learning numbers and their relationships.Ehlert, L.  (1990).  Fish Eyes:   A Book You Can Count On.   San Diego:  Voyager Books.  (ISBN:  0-15-228051-0)      This is a counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he or she turned into a fish. Elting, M., & Wyler, R. (1992). Math Fun with a Pocket Calculator. New Jersey: Messner. (ISBN: 0671743090) This book comes complete with instructions for playing a variety of games and tricks with a pocket calculator.Emberley, E.E. (1984). Ed Emberley’s Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book. New York: Little, Brown. (ISBN: 0316234265) This book shows how to cut a basic circle into arcs and curves and use the pieces to draw.Emberley, E.  (1961).  The Wing on a Flea:   A Book   About Shapes.   Boston:  Little, Brown & Company.  (ISBN:  0-316-23600-4)     What can be as big as a mountain and yet as small as a bee?  What makes a sail for a sailor as well as a wing on a flea?  Read the book to discover these answers and more.Engelhardt, J., & Ruclis, H. (1958). The Story of Mathematics: Geometry for the Young Scientist. New York: Harvey House. This book has photos and drawings to enhance a student’s understanding of geometry and mathematics.Ernst, L.C.  (1983).  Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt.   New York:  A Mulberry Paperback Book.  (ISBN:  0-688-11505-5).      This book is about a man who mended a quilt and found that he and other men in the community enjoyed quilting.  Many visuals of the various geometric configurations are presented in the book.

Falconer, I. (2002). Olivia Counts. New York: Atheneum Books for young Readers. (ISBN: 06898 50875)       This is a board book where a pig counts different things from one to ten. Faulkner, K. (2001). Ten Little Monkeys:   A Counting Storybook.   New York: Scholastic.  (ISBN: 0-439-26240-2)      This counting book has ten monkey play pieces and a pop-up tree to hang them on as you count. Fey, J.T., & Russell, J. (1971). Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. (ISBN: 0-690-50550-7).      Nonstandard measurements, as well as the history of measurements, are the focus of this book. Fisher, R. (1998). Mastering Essential Math Skills (for grades 6-8). California: Math Essentials. (ISBN: 0-9666211-0-7). The author has developed a highly functional, successful math teaching system that produces amazing results. It motivates students while teaching new skills. Some skills include basic operations, decimals, percentages, angles, circles, solid figures, and graphs.Fleming, D. (1992). Count! New York: Henry Holt and Company. (ISBN: 0-8050-1595-7) Colorful animals display the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.Flourney, V. (1985). The Patchwork Quilt. New York: Dial Books. (ISBN: 0-8037-0097-0)      A grandmother and granddaughter work together on a quilt of geometric fabric scraps.Forsten, C. (1993). Using Calculators is Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0590492330) Using step-by-step instructions students are able to better understand how to use a calculator.Fractions. (1999). Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational. (ISBN: 0-7172-9301-7) In this book, fractions are discussed in length, from the simple to the most difficult.Freymann, S., & Elffers, J. (2000). One Lonely Sea Horse. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. (ISBN: 0-439-110149).      The sea horse finds friends and counts how many she has.  This ocean counting book, from 1 to 10, has sea animals and plants that are made from various natural food items.  For example, the turtle shell is made from a halved pineapple. Friedman, A. (1994). A Cloak for the Dreamer.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-48987-9)     When a tailor asks each of his three sons to make a cloak for the archduke, they each use geometric patterns, but the third son’s design reveals his desire to travel the world rather than follow in his father’s footsteps. Friedman, A. (1994). The King’s Commissioners.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-48989-5)     While trying to keep track of his many royal commissioners, the king learns some new ways of counting.Fry, J. & East, J. (2002).  Building Numbers.  Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (ISBN:  0764154990).

     Preschoolers and kids up to the first grade will enjoy learning fundamentals of addition and subtraction with help from the big, colorful construction machine illustrations that fill the pages of this picture book. Fun Flap Book Subtract io n.    (2002): Allied Publishing Group, Inc.      Turn the flap to reveal the answer to a subtraction problem with pictures and numerals. Gag, W. (2004). Millions of Cats. New York: Putnam Books. (ISBN:

0399233156) A man set out to find the prettiest cat for his wife. He returned with millions of cats from which she could choose.Gallup, J. (2002). Silly 123s.  Philadelphia: Courage Books. (ISBN: 0-7624-1274-7)       A different animal counts several things one to ten and backwards on the last page. Gardner, R. (2003). Far-out Science Projects with Height and Depth: How High is Up? How Low is Down ? Berkely Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers. (ISBN: 0766020169) This book provides many different experiments for determining height and depth.Garne, S.T.  (1992).  One White Sail.  New York:  Green Tiger Press.  (ISBN:  0-671-75579-X)     This is a Caribbean counting book with verse that reads like a lilting Caribbean melody.  Luminous watercolors bring the sun, sand, and sea sparkling to life.Gerth, M. (2000). Ten Little Ladybugs.  Santa Monica, CA: Intervisual Books, Inc. (ISBN: 158117091-2)     This counting book has inverse numerical order and offers three-dimensional ladybugs pasted onto the pages of the book.Gifford, S. (2003). Piece=Part=Portion=Fractions=Decimals=Percents. California: Tricycle Press. (ISBN: 1-582-46-302-3). Step-by-step explanations to fractions and division problems are in this book.Giganti, P. (1992). Each Orange Had 8 Slices.  New York: Mulberry. (ISBN: 0-688-13116-6)     This book vividly illustrates the link between counting and multiplying through the use of illustrated word problems.Giganti, P.  (1988).  How Many Snails?   A Counting Book.   New York:  Mulberry Paperback Book.  (ISBN:  0-688-13639-7)      A young child takes walks to different places and wonders about the amount and variety of things seen on the way.Glass, J. (2000). A Dollar for Penny. New York: Random House Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0-679-88973-6) Penny sets up a lemonade stand to earn money for a birthday card for her mother and she learns about currency.Greene, R.G.  (1997).  When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin Company.  (ISBN:  0-395-78606-1).      Shapes are made from simple lines.  The rhymed text sometimes appears in the shape it describes. Grolier (1999). Fractions. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Education. (ISBN: 0-

7172-9301-7). This book covers fractions on various levels.Guile, G. (1986). I Love to Learn About Sizes, Shapes, and Opposites. New York: Waldman Publishing Corporation. (ISBN: 0-70097-00221-8)     This book illustrates the concepts of big, bigger, biggest, square, big vs. little, rectangle, tall, taller, tallest, tall vs. short, triangle, corners, large, larger, largest, large vs. small, circle, high, higher, highest, high vs. low, fat, fatter, fattest, and fat vs. thin.Guile, G. (1986). I Love to Learn About Time.  New York: Waldman. (ISBN: 0-70097-00221-8)      This book shows the activities of a family and the time that each occurs on the clock.Gutelle, A. (1999). Mathmania.  Columbus, Ohio: Highlights for Children, Inc. (ISBN: 0-87534-933-1)     Puzzles and riddles encourage these problem-solving activities. Harris, N. (2004). How Big Are They? Whitney, Oxfordshire: Orpheus Books. (ISBN: 1-57755-687-9).      This book uses both standard measurement and relative size to illustrate size differences beginning with the size of a red blood cell and progressing to the size of the Sun. Harshman, M. (1993). Only One.  New York: Cobblehill Books. (ISBN: 0-525-65116-0)     At a county fair, there are 500 seeds in 1 pumpkin, 10 cents in 1 dime, 8 horses on 1 merry-go-round, 4 wheels on 1 wagon, and so on.Hayward, L. (1985).  I Can Count to Ten and Back Again. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (ISBN: 0-307-23148-8)     Big Bird helps young learners count items from one to ten that he is gathering to sell. He then sells them as the readers count down from ten.Hayward , L., & Goldsmith, C. (1995). I Can Add Upside Down. New York: Random House. (ISBN: 0-679-86754-6).      Children can practice basic addition with this sticker activity book inspired by the artwork of Dr. Seuss. Hefter, R. (1983). Bears at Work. Connecticut: Optimum Resource, Inc. (ISBN: 0-911787-00-3). A crew of working bears constructs a house for sticky bear from the foundation to interior decoration.Hefter, R. (1983). Bears Away From Home. Connecticut: Optimum Resource Inc. (ISBN: 0-911787-05-4) The Stickybear family travel on vacation to places that the children enjoy.Hefter, R. (1976). Shapes. New York: One Strawberry, Inc. (ISBN: 0-88470-020-8). Bears are in various locations making various shapes.Hefter, R. (1974). The Strawberry Counting Book, One White Crocodile Smile. New York: One Strawberry, Inc. (ISBN: 0-88470-004-6). This author progresses through numbers 1-10 and back down using the pattern similar to “Twelve Days of Christmas” always ending with one white crocodile smile.

Hewitt, S. (2001). Pirates at Sea. North Mankato, MN: Thameside Press. (ISBN: 1930643-54-3) Pirates at sea count to ten and back again.Highland, E., & Harold, E. (1961). The How and Why Wonder Book of Mathematics. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (LCCN: 61001724). This book explains answers to many questions that help with problem solving including characteristics and grouping.Hightower, S. (1997). Twelve Snails to One Lizard. Minneapolis, MN: Simon & Schuster, Inc. (ISBN: 0-689-80452-0).      Animals build a beaver dam using the concepts of inches, feet, and yards. Hirschmann, K. (2002). Sweethearts Math Magic. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 04393 65384)      Count the sweethearts on the pages to find the answer to the problems. There are problems for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Hoban, L. (1981). Arthur’s Funny Money. New York: Harper & Row. (ISBN: 0-06-444048-6).      Arthur and Violet, two chimpanzees, count and add money in order to solve their problems.  This book provides opportunities for paper-and-pencil practice of adding money. Hoban, T. 26 Letters and 99 Cents.  (1987). New York: Mulberry Paperback Books. (ISBN: 0-688-14389-X)     This book very simply illustrates numbers 1 - 99 and money to 99 cents. Flip the book over and it illustrates the 26 letters and objects that begin with each letter.Hoban, T. (1972). Count and See. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. (ISBN: 0-02-744800-2) This book shows pictures of things all around you. With the picture is the numeral, number as word, and a model set.Hoban, T. (1986). Shapes, Shapes, Shapes.  New York: Greenwillow Books. (ISBN: 0-688-05832-9)      This wordless picture book provides visuals of over 11 different geometric shapes.Hoban, T. (1983). So Many Circles, So Many Squares. New York: Greenwillow Books.      This wordless picture book provides many opportunities for children to point out various geometric shapes photographed from real-life objects. Hoberman, M.A. (1998). Miss Mary Mack. New York: Little, Brown and Company. (ISBN: 0-316-36642-0) This book is about Miss Mary Mack and an elephant.Hoberman, M. (1997). One of Each. New York: Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN: 0-590-51437-7).      Oliver the dog made room in his house for Peggoty the cat.  He only had 1 of everything, so he added 1 more of each to make 2. Holl, A. (1967). The Runaway Giant. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Co., Inc. (ISBN: 0-688-51091-4).      The giant bear’s size is compared in halves and fourths.  For example, “he is only a fourth as tall as the balsam tree.”

Hong, L.T. (1993). Two of Everything:   A Chinese Folktale.   Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company. (ISBN: 0-8075-8157-7)     Mr. and Mrs. Haktak have a golden pot that doubles whatever it receives.Hooker, Y. (1981). One Green Frog. New York: Methuen Children’s Books Ltd. (ISBN: 0448210312)      This is a spiral bound book for counting animals one to ten. Hopkins, L.B. (1997). Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems. New York: Scholastic Books. (ISBN: 0-590-63240-X) This book contains 16 poems on various mathematics topics.Horwood, A. (1999). Ladybug, Ladybug: Count With Me. New York: Littlesimon. (ISBN: 0689840748). Objects are used for learning numbers and their relationships.Hulme, J. (1991). Sea Squares.  New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children. (ISBN: 1-56282-520-8)      Children will take a step from basic counting into multiplication with these delightful sea creatures as guides. Numbers 1 - 10 are squared in illustrations of sea creatures. The end of the book provides written information about each of the sea creatures in the story.Hurt, R. & M. (1993). Fun With Addition.  Auburn, Maine: Ladybird Books, Inc. (ISBN: 0-7214-5375-9)     Miniature story problems illustrate addition sentences.Hutchings, A. & R. (1997).  The Gummy Candy Counting Book.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-34127-8)      Learn how to count from 1-12 with gummy bears, worms, fish, berries, and even dinosaurs! The rhyming text and colorful photographs make this book a fun and delicious way to learn.Hutchins, P. (1982). 1 Hunter.  New York: Greenwillow. (ISBN: 0-688-00614-0)      1 Hunter walks through the jungle. He does not see 2 elephants or 3 giraffes or 4 ...Hutchins, P. (1986).  The Doorbell Rang.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-41109-8)      This simple book takes the scenario of sharing cookies among different numbers of children and demonstrates multiplication and division.Jackson , A. (1997). I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. New York: Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN: 0-439-10667-2).     An old lady swallowed a pie, some cider, a roll, a squash, a salad, a turkey, a pot, a cake, and some bread.  Then she declared she was full – for Thanksgiving.  Patterning and relative size concepts such as big, bigger, and biggest are taught.Johnson, A. A. (1993). The Buck Book.  Palo Alto, CA: Klutz Press. (ISBN: 1-878257-51-X)     This book provides ways to fold a dollar bill into extraordinary dollar bill creations. Dollar bill facts and myths are also included.Julius, E. (1995). Arithmetricks: 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide without a Calculator. Canada: John Wiley and Sons. (ISBN: 0471106399). This book demonstrates easy math tricks in an appealing way to children

including basic math skills, applications, illustrations, and tricks.Kalan, R. (1979). Blue Sea.  New York: Greenwillow Books. (ISBN: 0-688-84184-8)     Several fishes of varying size introduce space relationships and size differences. Kates, B. (1992). We’re Different, We’re the Same. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. (ISBN: 0679832270) Jim Henson’s Muppets try to show how people are the same despite of their differences.Kelly, D. (1978). The Clock Book. Racine, WA: Golden Press. (ISBN: 0-33500-92351)      This book shows the times throughout a day that occur in a child’s life.Kenda, M., & Williams, P. (1992). Science Wizardry for Kids. New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (ISBN: 0-8120-4766-4). This book includes over 200 projects for young scientists and mathematicians to perform.Kensler, C. (2003). Secret Treasures and Magical Measures Revealed: Adventures in Measuring. New York: Kaplan. (ISBN: 0743235258) While searching for the remains of the ancient Flung Dynasty, an explorer uses rulers and other itemsKing, A. (1961). Making Fractions. Brookfield, CT: Copper Beech Books. (ISBN: 0-7613-0732-X).      This activity book demonstrates the different ways that fractional parts of a whole can be demonstrated:  fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios. Kirk, D. (1997). Miss Spider’s Tea Party. New York: Callaway & Kirk Company. (ISBN: 0-590-06519-X).      This board book presents counting practice from 1 to 12. Klutz, K. (2005). How to Tell Time. China: Scholastic. (ISBN: 1-59174-086-X) This book is a step-by-step guide for children and their parents to learn how to tell time.Kohn, B.  (1971).  How High is Up?  New York:  G.P. Putnam's Sons.      Relative comparisons are illustrated using realistic examples.Koller, J., & Munsinger, L. (1999). One Monkey Too Many. New York: Harcourt. (ISBN: 0152000). This is a combination counting book and storybook done in playful rhymes with colorful pictures.Kroll, V. (2005). Equal Shmequal. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 1570918929) In order to have fun at a game of tug-a-war, forest animals have to make the sides equal.Laithwaite, E. (1986). The Purpose of Forms. New York: Franklin Watts. (ISBN: 0531101827) Addressing the properties and purposes of shapes, how shapes are made and used, and the concept of symmetry, this book motivates pupils to think about the various shapes they encounter in the natural and manmade world.Leedy, L.  (1995).  2 x 2 Book!   A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories.   New

York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-05886-X).      Multiplication facts up to 5 x 5 are illustrated in this book. Leedy, L. (1994). Fraction Action. New York: Holiday House. (ISBN: 0-8234-1109-5) Miss Prime and her animal students explore fractions.Leedy, L.  (1997).  Measuring Penny.  New York:  Henry Holt and Company.  (ISBN:  0-8050-6572-5).      Lisa measures her dog Penny using different units, such as pounds, inches, dog biscuits, and cotton swabs.  The concepts of hot, cold, and time are also covered. Leedy, L.  (1997).  Missing:   Addition.   New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-63504-2).      This book teaches addition story problems with sums up to 20. Leedy, L.  (2000).  Subtraction Action.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-439-30037-1).      Miss Prime, a hippo, is the teacher in the story.  Her students use the concepts of difference, writing a subtraction equation, regrouping, and three-digit numerals.  Real-life problems are illustrated throughout the book, with answers to problems in the back of the book. Lesieg, T. (1974). Wacky Wednesday. New York: Random House. (ISBN: 0-394-82912-3). A little boy wakes up on a Wednesday and everything is wacky.Lewis, P.O. (1999). P. Bear's New Year's Party. Berkeley: Tricycle Press. (ISBN: 1-58246-002-7)     Animals arrive at the party on the hour for 12 hours. Readers can count, tell time, and see corresponding number words.Linn, M. (2000). Scratches and Scrapes.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-23225-2)      Alexander P. Yam gets bruises, bumps, scratches, and lumps. A band-aid for each day of the week helps him feel better. A package of band-aids is included with the book. Each band-aid is labeled with a day of the week. Lionni, L. (1992). A Busy Year. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0375827374) This book follows two mice through the months of the year and the seasons as they make a friend named Woody, a talking tree.Lionni, L. (1960). Inch by Inch.  New York: Astor-Honor. (Library of Congress' Catalog Card Number: 60-14899)      The inch worm avoids being eaten by measuring things.Littlefield, C.A. (2001). Real-World Math for Hands on Fun! Charlotte, VT: Williamson Publishing. (ISBN: 18855 93511)       This book has mysteries, marvels, illusions, exotic numbers, money, telling time and more. Lobel, A. (2000). One Lighthouse, One Moon. New York: Greenwillow. (ISBN: 0-688-155391).      A cat and people in and around a lighthouse illustrate the concepts of colors, days of the week, months of the year, and numbers to 10. Long, J. (2000). Dazzling Division. New York: Wiley and Sons, Inc. (ISBN: 04713 69837)

     This book contains games and activities such as tic-tac-toe and three-in-a-row bingo. Long, L. (1998). Dealing with Addition. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 0-88106-270-7) This book shows how to use playing cards to teach addition. For example, one problem is “how many combinations of cards add up to seven?”Long, L. (2002). Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents. Canada: John Wiley and Sons. (ISBN: 0471210587). Many fun games and silly illustrations make learning about decimals and percents fun.Long, L. (1996). Domino Addition.  Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (ISBN: 0-88106-872-2)       This book teaches addition (and subtraction) using real dominoes.Long, L. (2000). Marvelous Multiplication. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (ISBN: 0471369829)      This book has games and activities for learning to multiply. Long, L. (2004). Math Smarts: Tips for Learning, Using, and Remembering Math. Wisconsin: Pleasant Company Publications. (ISBN: 1584858753). This book offers advice on how to make learning math skills easier and describes how much we use math in everyday life.Losi, C.A. (1997). The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0590308769) In this cumulative story about ants, the number of ants doubles each time they take some food away from the picnic lunch. The text rhymes and children learn to count and to double (or to multiply by two).Low, J.  (1980).  Mice Twice.  New York:  Macmillan.      Animals eat dinner together and compare their relative sizes.Luce, M. (1969). Polyhedrons: Intersecting Planes. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Company. (ISBN: 0-8225-0577-0) This book introduces the characteristics and the concept of the polyhedron.Maccarone, G.  (1996).  The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares.   New York:  Scholastic, Inc.  (ISBN:  0-590-54344-X).      Goldie Locks sees things that are the shape of a pentagon, triangle, rectangle, and square.  When she runs away from the 3 squares, she is also reminded that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line (to the door). Maccarone, G.  (1997).  Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-39857-2).      This twist on the story of the Three Little Pigs helps to teach basic geometric shapes, using tangrams.  A sturdy cutout tangram is included on the back flap. MacDonald, E. (1999). Dilly-Dally and the Nine Secrets. New York : Dutton Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0-525-46006-3).      Dilly-Dally Duck has nine little secrets in this delightful animal mother and babies counting book. Maestro, B., & Maestro, G. (1988). Dollars and Cents for Harriett. New York: Crown. (ISBN: 0517569582) Harriet the elephant wants a toy that costs five dollars. When she looks in her

piggybank, she finds that she has 100 pennies. The book shows how Harriet earns the other four dollars in different coins.Maganzini, C. (1997). Cool Math. New York: Price Stern Sloan. (ISBN: 0843178574)      This book contains math tricks, amazing activities, cool calculations, awesome math factoids and more. Maifair, L.L.  (1989).  Sesame Street:   I Can’t Wait Until Christmas.   Racine, WI:  A Sesame Street/Golden Press Book.  (ISBN:  0-307-00456-2)      Big Bird and friends count down four weeks, two weeks, one week, and finally, one day to Christmas. Mansk, A. (2003). You Can Measure. New York: Sadlier-Oxford. (ISBN: 08215-78251). With this book you can draw conclusions and understand measurable attributes of objects and the processes of measurement.Martin, B., Jr. (1995). Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd. (ISBN: 0-8050-4790-5) Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.Martin, B., & Carle, E.  (1991).  Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?  New York:  Henry Holt and Company.  (ISBN:  0-8050-5388-3).      Children can work with patterns and sequencing as they determine which animals are pictured, in which order, and what sounds they each make. Martin, M.J., Dennis, J., Heard, J., & Lesser, T.A.  (1993).  The Search for The Mystery Planet.  Virginia: Time Life for Children.  (ISBN: 0-8094-9982-7)     This space math theme provides opportunities for developing problem solving skills. Martin, M.J., Dennis, J., & Peterson, C.M.  (1993).  Alice in Numberland.  Virginia: Time Life for Children.  (ISBN:  0-8094-9978-9)      Alice and her bird Max journey through Numberland solving mathematical challenges. Martin, M.J., Dennis, J., & Peterson, C.M.  (1992).  How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie?  Virginia: Time Life for Children.  (ISBN: 0-8094-9950-9)      Stories, poems, games, and activities (all focusing on food) introduce number awareness, addition, subtraction, and estimation. Martin, M.J., Dennis, J., & Peterson, C.M. (1992). The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes.  Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life for Children. (ISBN: 0-8094-9954-1)      A trip to the zoo is the topic of this book filled with problem solving riddles, poems, and games. Mathews, L.  (1979).  Gator Pie.  Littleton, MA:  Sundance Publishing. (ISBN:  0-7608-0005-7)      Two alligators consider dividing their pie into halves, thirds, fourths, eights, and hundredths. Mathews, L. (1980). The Great Take-Away. New York: Dodd, Mead. (ISBN 039607846X) With rhymes and colorful illustrations, this book shows examples of subtraction as a lazy pig steals from his more industrious neighbors. Word problems are used

throughout as the lazy pig proceeds to rob baby rattles, party gifts, necklaces, and pocketbooks until he is caught robbing the Piggy Bank.Math Trailblazers.  Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. (ISBN: 0-7872-0760-8)     Science and language arts are integrated in this activity book for first graders. Matthew, L.  (1978).  Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-44766-1).      Bunnies are used to illustrate multiplication facts from 1 x 1 to 12 x 12. McGrath, B. B. (2000). Kellogg's Froot Loops Counting Fun Book. Italy: Harper Festival. (ISBN: 0-694-01506-7)     Count along with Toucan Sam as he leads the way through a bright and colorful jungle where die-cut openings await delicious Kellogg's Froot Loops.McGrath, B.B. (1998). More M & M’s Math. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (ISBN: 0-88106-994-9)     Rhyming text and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills and concepts such as estimating, graph interpretation, division, multiplication, factoring and problem solving.McGrath, B.B. (2000). Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Counting Fun Book. New York: Harper Festival. (ISBN: 0-694-01504-0). The goldfish crackers can be inserted into the slots on the pages of this board book to practice counting concepts to 10.McGrath, B.B. (2000). Skittles Riddles Math. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 1-57091-413-3)      Learn negative numbers, quantity, comparison, number sentences, and fractions with fun riddles. McGrath, B.B. (1999). The Baseball Counting Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 0-88106-333-9) This book teaches many things about the game of baseball while focusing on the number concepts of one through twenty.McGrath, B.B. (1998). The Cheerios Counting Book. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-68357-8)      Text and illustrations of the familiar O-shaped cereal help the reader count to ten and add groups of ten.McGrath, B.B. (1994).  The M & M’s Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book .   Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 0-88106-853-5)     This is a step-by-step book using M & M candies to: (a) identify color, (b) count up to 12, (c) multiply and divide by placing the candies into sets, (d) construct geometrical shapes such as a square, circle, and triangle, and then (e) subtract down to zero.McMillan, B. (1991). Eating Fractions. New York: Scholastic Publishing. (ISBN: 0-590-43770-4)      Food is cut into halves, thirds, and fourths to illustrate how parts make a whole.McNamara, M. & Gordon, M. (2003).  The Counting Race (Robin Hill School Series).  Simon & Schuster Children’s.  (ISBN:  0689855397).      When Mrs. Connor challenges her first grade students to count to ten in less than one second, they work together and find a way to count that will beat the clock.

Mepham, M., & Poskitt, K. (2005). Sudolcy. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0439-84570-X). This book of intriguing number puzzles and illustrations cover various skills including critical thinking patterns and symmetry.Merriam, E. (1993). 12 Ways to Get to 11.  New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. (ISBN: 0-689-80892-5)     The part-part-whole concept is demonstrated as 12 combinations of numbers each conclude in a sum of 11. Merttens, R. (1989). Numbers, Time, and Money. New York: Penguin Books. (ISBN: 0-14-090062-4).      This booklet provides the child with extra practice on concepts such as subtraction, time, money, and measurement concepts. Mitchell, R. (1997). The Talking Cloth. New York: Orchard Books. (ISBN: 0-531-30004-8).      Amber learns what the colors and symbols of the Ashanti people mean as she examines a cloth from Ghana.  Children will learn the use of cultural patterns and symbols. Moon, N. (2002). Mouse Tells the Time.  London: Pavilion Children’s Books. (ISBN: 1-84365-000-2)     Mouse asks his animal friends how to tell time and they give him various, nonstandard ways. Mother Mouse tells him that she will teach him how to tell time when he wakes up tomorrow. Morris, A. (1995). Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. New York: Mulberry Books. (ISBN: 0-688-16166-9).      Shoes are shown in photographs from all over the world.  These can be counted in sets of two, or can provide counting practice up to two. Mosley, F. (1998). Exploring Volume and Capacity. London: BEAM. (ISBN: 174099618) This book explores ways to measure capacity and volume.Munsch, R. (1987). Moira’s Birthday. Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd. (ISBN: 0-920303-83-8).      Moira wanted to invite grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, and kindergarten to her birthday party.  This resulted in needing 200 pizzas and 200 cakes. Murphy, S.J. (2001). Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-446731-7).      Captain Invincible flies his spaceship and comes upon three-dimensional shapes such as cubes, cylinders, and pyramids. Murphy, S.J. (2003). Coyotes All Around.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-051531-7).      The clever coyote rounds numbers and estimates.  The other coyotes count groups and add them to get a total of how many animals there are in the area. Murphy, S.J. (2001). Dinosaur Deals. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-446251-X).      Two brothers trade dinosaur cards and learn about trading fair and how things can be different, yet equivalent.  For example, 2 pterosaur cards = 4 stegosaurus cards. Murphy, S.J. (1997). Elevator Magic. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

(ISBN: 0-06-446709-0).      Ben rides the elevator and does subtraction on his way down from the 10th floor.  For example, his dad is on the first floor, and he is on the fourth floor.  So, 4 – 1 = 3; there are three floors between the first floor and the fourth floor. Murphy, S.J.  (1997).  Just Enough Carrots.  New York:  Harper Collins Publishers.  (ISBN:  0-06-446711-2)       As a little rabbit and his mother walk through the grocery store, they compare the amounts of carrots, peanuts, and worms they have in their cart to other carts. Concepts include more, fewer, and same. Murphy, S.J.  (1997).  Lemonade for Sale.  New York:  HarperCollins.  (ISBN:  0064467155)      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, S.J.  Game Time!  HarperCollins.  (ISBN:  0060280247).      Keep an eye on the clock as the Huskies and the Falcons gear up for their championship soccer match. Weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds—it’s all game time! Murphy, S. (2000). Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-22241-9)      Kangaroo and his pals are participating in field day. They divide to see how many are in each group for each race. Murphy, S.J. (2001). Probably Pistachio. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-446734-1)      The concepts of probability are taught as “certain,” “more likely,” “less likely,” and “impossible.” Murphy, S. (2002). Racing Around. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. (ISBN: 00644 62447)      This is a book for perimeter. Mike wants to race a 15-kilometer bike race but his brother and sister say he’s too young. Murphy, S. (2002). Safari Park. New York: Harper Collins Publishing. (ISBN: 00644 62528)      Five cousins have 20 tickets for the park. Use algebra to figure out how many rides they can try when each ride takes a different number of tickets.Murphy, S.J.  (2001).  Shark Swimathon.   New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.  (ISBN:  0-06-446735-X)      Children can do two-digit subtraction to determine how many laps the sharks have left. Murphy, S.J.  (2004).  Treasure Map.   New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.  (ISBN:  0-06-446738-4).      Five cousins have 20 tickets for the park. Use algebra to figure out how many rides they can try when each ride takes a different number of tickets.     Children use their mapping skills to determine where the buried treasure is located. Murphy, S. (1996). The Best Bug Parade. New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc. (ISBN: 0-06-025871-3).

While in a parade various sized bugs compare their sizes in length, width, and height.Murphy, S.  (2003).  The Sundae Scoop.  New York:  HarperCollins.  (ISBN:  0-06-028924-4).      Children can decide how any different types of combinations of ice cream they can have when they have 6 ingredients from which to choose. Murphy, S.J. & Alley, R.W.  Animals on Board.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467163).      Ride along with trucker Jill and her dog as they add up the animals passing by on other trucks. But these are no ordinary animals, and they’re bound for a surprise destination! Lively illustrations by R.W. Alley make adding truckloads of fun. Murphy, S.J. & Buller, J.  Ready, Set, Hop!  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467023).      Frog friends, Matty and Moe, are off with a “Ready, Set, Hop!” They both made it to the rock, but who’s in the lead? If Matty hopped 5 hops and Moe hopped 2 more hops than Matty, then the score is 5 to 7. But then they’re off again. Any child who can add or subtract can build a simple equation, and Matty and Moe make it fun. As readers count along with Stuart J. Murphy and Jon Buller they will sharpen their problem solving skills and find out which frog is the better hopper. Murphy, S.J. & Cravath, L.  Spunky Monkeys on Parade.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467279).      Monkeys ride in 2s, tumble by 3s, and march in 4s—and readers can count them up as the parade goes by! Murphy, S.J. & Cravath, L.  The Penny Pot.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467171).      Follow along and count coins with Jessie and her friends as they are transformed into a clown, a monster, and more at the face painting booth.  With a naughty cat underfoot and festive illustrations by Lynne Cravath, this coin counting story is sure to be a favorite. Murphy, S.J. & Demarest, C.L. (1999).  Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom.  HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN:  0064467287).      As Molly plays with her big brother’s toy cars, readers will see and recognize patterns, an essential first step in learning to reason from the specific to the general.

Murphy, S.J. & Dunbar, F.  Every Buddy Counts. HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467082).      You can start with one little hamster and keep counting past six slinky fish, eight favorite playmates, and more—all the way up to ten cuddly teddy bears.  With buddies, counting is fun! Murphy, S.J. & Ehlert, L.  A Pair of Socks.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467031).      Does a polka-dotted sock match a striped sock?  Young children will learn about matching, an important early math skill, as a lonely striped sock searches the house for its mate.  They may even be inspired to practice this skill in their own sock drawers! Murphy, S.J. & Floca, B.  Let’s Fly a Kite.  HarperCollins.  (ISBN:  0060280344).      It’s not fair!  That’s what Bob and Hannah shout whenever they have to share

anything.  If the two halves of the sandwich or the two sides of the car seat aren’t exactly the same size and shape—watch out!  But when these two squabbling siblings try to fly a kite, they learn that some things can’t be split to be shared—and they learn something about the math concept of symmetry, too. Murphy, S.J. & Greenseid, D.  Get Up and Go!  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  006446704X).      Sleepyheads will wish they had Sammie the dog to hurry them along in their morning routines.  Read along as Sammie builds colorful time lines to keep track of passing time—from a good morning snuggle to an off-to-school hug. Murphy, S.J. & Gorton, J.  Super Sand Castle Saturday.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467201).      One Saturday at the beach, Laura, Juan, and Sarah decide to have a sand castle contest.  As the tide rises, the walls get longer, the towers get taller, and the moats get deeper.  The friends measure their sand castles with spoons, shovels, and bare feet until Larry the lifeguard and his tape measure surprise them all. Murphy, S.J. & Jabar, C.  The Greatest Gymnast of All.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  006446718X).      Zoe zips and zooms around the gym.  She’s on and off the mats, over and under the bar!  She’s the greatest—in gymnastics and at demonstrating opposites. Murphy, S.J. & Karas, G.B.  Elevator Magic.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467090).      When the elevator goes down, the subtraction starts and so does the magic.  Ben sees crazy things every time the door opens.  Ride along as he subtracts his way down to the lobby, and decide for yourself if it’s elevator magic. Murphy, S.J. & Karas, G.B.  Give Me Half!  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467015).      Splitting things in half may seem like an easy thing to do, but when two siblings and a pizza are involved, things can get messy.  Children learn about fractions at school but fractions are also an important part of everyday life outside the classroom.  In this riotous book, Stuart J. Murphy and G. Brian Karas introduce the simplest of fractions, ½. Murphy, S.J. & Miller, E. Circus Shapes.  HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN:  0064467139).      Everyday activities such as sharing a meal, sorting socks, and getting ready for school can be part of learning math.  In the MathStart series, everyday life is the basis for each entertaining story.  Simple math concepts are embedded in each story so that young children intuitively understand them.  Adults can use the creative suggestions for activities in the back of each book to extend learning opportunities with children. Murphy, S.J. & Nash, S.  Henry the Fourth.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467198).      Welcome to neighborhood dog show!  First Maxie speaks.  Second Baxter begs.  Third Daisy rolls over, but will Henry the fourth steal the show?  Learning ordinals with this pack of playful pooches will have readers sitting up and begging for more. Murphy, S.J. & Nash, S.  Monster Musical Chairs.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0060280204).      First there are 5 monsters dancing around the chairs…then 4…then 3…then 2. 

But who will be the last monster left?  Who will be the winner?  There’s no livelier introduction to the simplest subtraction than a rip-roaring game of Monster Musical Chairs! Murphy, S.J. & O’Malley, K.  Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do!  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467120).      It’s Kangaroo’s birthday, but no one will play with him:  not the emu, the platypuses, the koalas, or even the dingos.  They all have too many things to do.  What exactly are they doing?  They’re using multiplication to figure out just how many things they have to do to plan a big surprise for Kangaroo! Murphy, S.J. & Remkiewicz, F.  Rabbit’s Pajama Party.  HarperCollins Children’s Books.  (ISBN:  0064467228).      At Rabbit’s pajama party everyone is eating pizza, telling scary stories, and curling up in their sleeping bags.  And what these friends do first, next, and last demonstrates the math concepts of sequencing—the logical order of events. Murphy, S.J., & Schindler, S.D. (1997). Betcha! Philadelphia: S.D. Schindler. (ISBN: 0-06-446707-4)      Two boys estimate things all over town. Their thinking strategies are shown in gray print. Murphy, S.J. & Smith, C.B. Dave’s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467295).      Josh is the best collector on the block. And now he has something new to collect—rocks! Soon Josh and his best friend, Amy, have so many rocks they need to organize their collection. But how? Young collectors will be fascinated by all there is to know about rocks and about classifying—sorting and organizing objects by attributes like color, shape, or size. Murphy, S.J. & Speirs, J. A Fair Bear Share. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467147).      Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie is the best—but do these bear cubs have enough ingredients to bake one? Regrouping their berries, nuts, and seeds by tens and ones reveals that one cub has not done her fair bear share. John Speirs’ irresistible bear cubs make this lesson in regrouping one children will enjoy. Murphy, S.J. & Ulrich, G. Divide and Ride. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467104).      Scream down the Dare-Devil Coaster and whirl around in the Twin Spin cars! Join in the carnival fun as 11 friends divide up to fit on the 2-to-a-seat roller coaster and the 4-to-a-cup teacups ride. Making new friends and practicing predivision skills have never been so exciting! Murphy, S.J. & Westcott, N.B. The Best Vacation Ever. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467066).      This busy family needs a vacation, but they don’t know where to go. Mom and Dad want peace and quiet. Grandma wants to go somewhere hot. Fluffer wants to go somewhere that pets can go, too! The pig-tailed narrator gathers all this data and makes a chart to help determine the perfect vacation destination. Learning math is fun when a vacation is the answer! Murphy, S.J. & Wickstrom, S. Room for Ripley. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467244).      Carlos pours cups, pints, and quarts of water into his fish bowl, getting ready for

his new puppy, Ripley. Readers can learn about capacity as they see just how much water it takes to make room for Ripley! Murphy, S.J. & Winborn, M. Pepper’s Journal: A Kitten’s First Year. HarperCollins Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0064467236).      After 7 days, Pepper opens his eyes. After 2 months, Pepper can leave his mother and come home with Lisa and Joey. After 3 months, he needs a checkup at the vet’s. In her journal Lisa writes down all the important events of Pepper’s first year—and readers will learn all about days, weeks, months, and years as they find out just how much fun a new kitten can be. My Big Book of ...Numbers. (2001). Columbus: McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing. (ISBN: 1-58845-277-8)     This is a board book for counting one to ten. My First Spanish Number Board Book. (2002). New York: Dorling Kindersley. (ISBN: 07894 85915)     This is a bilingual wordbook and counting book for numbers one through ten. Myller, R. (1990). How Big is a Foot? New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell. (ISBN: 0-440-40495-9)      In making a bed for the queen, they find that a standard “foot” measurement is necessary.Nagda, A.W., & Bickel, C.  (2002).  Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger.  New York:  Henry Holt & Company.  (ISBN:  080507161X)    Through photographs, narrative, and graphs, young readers follow T.J. as he grows from a tiny newborn into a five-hundred-pound adult.  A heartwarming story about one tiger's fight for survival that also introduces a basic math skill. Nayer, J. (1992). Rhymes to Count On.  New York: McClanahan Book Company, Inc. (ISBN: 1-56293-104-0)     These illustrated rhymes promote counting. Nechaev, M.W.  (2003).  Graphing.  Milwaukee:  Gareth Stevens Audio.  (ISBN:  0836841115)      This little book teaches graphing through wonderful photographs. Neuschwander, C. (1998). Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-590-30012-1)     Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.Neuschwander, C. (1999). Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 1-57091-164-9)     When Sir Cumference drinks a potion that turns him into a dragon, his son Radius searches for the magic number known as pi which will restore him to his former shape.Neuschwander, C. (1997). Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 1-57091-152-5)      Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by the knight’s wife, Lady Di of Ameter, and son, Radius, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table.Nilsen, A. (2001). I Can Multiply. New York: Kingfisher. (ISBN: 0753454149)      This is a book containing three decks of flip cards: simple multiplications, count

groups of numbers for total, and figure out the missing number in a sequence. Nolan, H., & Walker, T.  (1995).  How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1000?  Tonawanda, NY:  Kids Can Press.  (ISBN:  1-55074-816-5)      The number 1,000 can be a little or a lot.  It all depends on who's counting and what's being counted. Novelli, J. (2003). Teaching with Favorite I Spy Books. USA: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0439331668). Skill building activities that reinforce math and science concepts are included in this book.O’Connor, J.  (1986).  The Teeny Tiny Woman.  New York:  Random House.  (ISBN:  0-394-88320-9).      The concept of “tiny,” as a relative size concept, is the math focus of this book. O’Keefe, S. H. (1989). One Hungry Monster: A Counting Book in Rhyme.  New York: Scholastic Inc. (ISBN: 0-590-45576-1)     Ten hungry monsters provide a counting tale in rhyme. Pallotta, J. (2002). Apple Fractions. New York: Scholastic Books. (ISBN: 0-439-38901-1) This book describes the different types of apples and uses them to introduce fractions.Pallotta, J. (2003). One Hundred Ways to Get to 100. New York: Scholastic Books. (ISBN: 0-439-38913-5) This book teaches counting to 10, counting by ones, twos, fours, fives, tens, twenties, twenty-fives, fifties, hundreds, the addition combinations for sums of 100, the subtraction sentences from 100, and the division sentences with quotients of 100. Pallotta, J. (2000). Reese’s Pieces:   Count by Fives.   New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-13520-6)      This book teaches counting by fives to one hundred.Pallotta, J.  (2001).  The Hershey's   Kisses Addition Book.   New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-439-24173-1)      Clowns use Hershey's kisses to add.Pallotta, J.  (2003).  The Hershey’s Kisses Multiplication and Division.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-439-56009-8)      Hershey’s kisses are used to demonstrate the relationship between multiplication and division. Pallotta, J. (1999). The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Fractions Book.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-13519-2 )      This book uses the Hershey's candy bar to teach fractional parts of a whole. Fractional parts of a set are introduced as ingredients in the candy bar.Pallotta, J.  (1998).  The Butterfly Counting Book.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-04938-0)     You can count by twos using odd numbers - and learn about butterflies from around the world, too!  Pallotta, J. (2002).  The Hershey's Multiplication Book. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-2512-4)

     Hershey’s candy bars are used to demonstrate multiplication. Pallotta, J. (1992). The Icky Bug Counting Book.  Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (ISBN: 0-88106-496-3)      Bugs are illustrated on each page in order to provide a pictorial representation for counting to 26.Pallotta, J. (2001). Twizzlers Percentages Book. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-15430-8) A group of math aliens land to teach earthlings about percentages using Twizzlers.Patilla, P. & Pichon, L. (2001).  Starting off with Adding and Subtracting.  Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (ISBN:  0764116584).      This title familiarizes children with groups of countable things—birds, flowers, goldfish, and other objects. Then they learn to add and subtract units from each colorful group. Patilla, P. & Pichon, L. (2001).  Starting Off with Shapes.  Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (ISBN:  0764116592).      Both two- and three-dimensional shapes are shown in the forms of familiar and colorful objects. Kids learn the components of shapes: sides, faces, angles, and bases. Paul, A.W. (1991). Eight Hands Round. A Patchwork Alphabet. New York: HarperCollins. (ISBN: 0-06-024689-8)     The names of Early-American patchwork patterns are used for the letters in this alphabet book. A sea of geometric shapes are tessellated to make the various patterns.Peacock, G. (1994). Heat. New York: Thomson Learning. (ISBN: 1568470754) This book discusses principles behind heat with a variety of experiments.Perez, L.K. & Casilla, R. (2002).  First Day in Grapes.  Lee & Low Books, Inc. (ISBN:  1584300450).      When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self-confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Pfister, M.  (2004).  Rainbow Fish.  New York:  North-South Books, Inc.  (ISBN:  0-7358-1653-0).      This simple counting board book have 10 sea creatures, providing counting practice from 1 to 10. Pfister, M. (2002). Rainbow Fish 1,2,3. New York: North/South Books, Inc. (ISBN: 0-7358-1716-2)      Help Rainbow Fish count scales and other sea creatures on his adventure. Pienkowski, J.  (1989).  Eggs for Tea.  New York:  Doubleday.  (ISBN:  0-385-41343-2)      Cooking one egg at a time from the group of eggs illustrates subtraction.Pinczes, E.J. (1993). One Hundred Hungry Ants.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (ISBN: 0-39561-165)      One hundred hungry ants head toward a picnic to eat, but stop to change their line formations, showing different divisions of 100, and causing them to lose both time and food in the end.

Pinczes, E.J. (1995). A Remainder of One. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (ISBN: 0395694558)      Twenty-five bugs are marching in a parade and one doesn’t fit in so he rearranges the lines until he finds a place for himself. Pluckrose, H. (1995). Time.  Chicago: Childrens Press. (ISBN: 0-516-45459-5)      This comprehensive photograph book covers the concepts of seconds, minutes, hours, days, digital and analog clocks, long ago, seasons, and day vs. night.Polacco, P. (1988). The Keeping Quilt. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.  (ISBN: 0-671-64963-9)     A family from Russia came to America and made a geometric quilt to serve as a reminder of their heritage. Pollack, P. (2002). Chickens on the Move. New York: The Kane Press. (ISBN: 0-439-49200-9).      Three children make a rectangular chicken coop that measure 3 feet on two sides and 9 feet on the opposing sides.  Other farm and yard perimeter problems are presented throughout the book, with simple, yet colorful illustrations of the mathematics involved. Powell, P. (2000). Monster Math. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-20859-9)      Count monsters as they arrive for a party and as they leave. Pterodactyl Tunnel.  (1993).  Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life for Children.  (ISBN: 0-8094-9990-8)     This amusement park math book promotes problem solving through riddles and puzzles. Randall, R. P. (1987). Opposites.  Auburn, Maine: Ladybird Books, Inc. (ISBN: 0-7214-9556-7)     A jumbo elephant and a tiny mouse provide a journey through a discovery of many other opposites. Reasoner, C. (1997).  Shapes for Lunch.  New York:  Price Stern Sloan, Inc.  (ISBN:  0-8431-7910-4)      Various shapes are portrayed in photographs of foods. Reichmeier, B. (1987). Play-Along and Counting Songs.  New York: Random House. (ISBN: 0-394-88810-3)     Counting songs with hand movements and rhythmic activities are provided in this book. Reid, M.S. (1997). A String of Beads. New York: Dutton Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0-525-45721-6).      Geometric shapes, the history of beads, and patterning activities are the focuses of this book. Reid, M.S. (1990). The Button Box.  New York: Dutton Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0-525-44590-0)      A boy sorts and classifies his grandmother’s buttons from her large button box.Reinach, J. (1977). Elephant Eats the Profits. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (ISBN: 0-03-021426-2). Elephant’s enormous appetite almost puts her out of business as manager of the Sweet Pickles supermarket.Rey, H.A. (2001). Curious George’s 1 to 10 and Back Again. Boston: Houghton

Mifflin. (ISBN: 06181 20742)      Curious George counts objects one to ten and then back. Richards, K. (2000). It’s About Time, Max! New York: The Kane Press. (ISBN: 1-57565-088-6).      Max loses his digital watch and finds that he must learn how to tell time on an analog watch, so that he will not be late! Rizzo, F. (1982). Shapes.  New York: Modern Publishing. (ISBN: 0-87449-021-9)      This board book shows a puppy’s encounters with real-life objects that exhibit basic shapes. Rockwell, A. (2001). Welcome to Kindergarten. Ontario: Walker Publishing Co. (ISBN: 0-8027-8745-2). Tim visits his future kindergarten classroom and finds out what he will be learning. Some of his new skills include calendar skills, counting, and telling time.Rogers, K. (1990). Arnold Gets an A.   Minneapolis, MN: Simon & Schuster, Inc. (ISBN: 0-382-29802-0).      Arnold is afraid of fractions, but his friends use different things to represent fractions to him – thus, he understands.  For example, 4 friends shared a piece of jelly toast by dividing it into equal fourths. Rogers, K. (1991). Fun with Money:   Book One. Simon & Schuster. (ISBN: 0-382-29832-2).      This booklet provides the child with extra practice on money concepts such as counting coins, and counting bills, and making change. Rogers, P.  (1989).  The Shapes Game.  New York:  Henry Holt and Company.  (ISBN:  0-8050-1280-X)      Here is a dazzling way to introduce very young children to nine of the shapes around them.  Fun-to-say riddles and pictures that are kaleidoscopes of brilliant colors take toddlers from simple squares and circles through triangles, ovals, crescents and rectangles to diamonds, spirals and stars.Ross, C.S. (1993). Circles: Fun Ideas for Getting A-Round in Math. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley. (ISBN: 0201622688) This book uses a variety of activities to introduce the many types of circles and spheres we encounter in everyday life.Roth, C. (1999). Ten Dirty Pigs. New York: North/South Books. (ISBN: 0-7358-15690)      This book is an upside-down, turn around book, where dirty pigs get a bath. Turn the book around and see them get out clean. Ruchlis H., & Engelhardt, J. (1958). The Story of Mathematics: Geometry for the Young Scientist. New York: Harvey House. (LCCN: 58-13926). This book illustrates various geometrical concepts and their histories.Russo, M. (1986). The Line up Book. New York: Greenwillow Books. (ISBN: 0-688-060204) A little boy named Sam lines up blocks, books, toys, boats, cars, trucks, and himself all from his room to the kitchen.Ryan, P.M., Pallotta, J. (1996). The Crayon Counting Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. (ISBN: 0-88106-953-1)      Rhyming text and illustrations use crayons of different colors to teach counting,

first by even numbers and then by odd.Sachar, L.  (1989).  Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School.   New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-590-42416-5)      This book includes math puzzles and brainteasers called “sideways arithmetic” with logical answers explained. Sadlier, W. (2006). I See Shapes. New York: Sadlier Oxford, Inc. This book covers classifying, analyzing characteristics, and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and relationships.Sadlier, W. (1991). What is the Weather Today? (Rookie Read-about Science). New York: Sadlier Oxford, Inc. (ISBN: 0 56-04918-6) Students learn differences in Celsius and Fahrenheit.Santomero, A.C. (1998). The Shape Detectives. New York: Simon Spotlight. (ISBN: 0-689-81747-9) Steve and Blue look through and outside the house for shapes.Saul, C.P. (1998).  Barn Cat.  Boston:  Little, Brown, and Company.  (ISBN:  0-316-76113-3).      This book provides good counting practice from 1 to 10 as Barn Cat counts the things in site. Saunders, H.  (2000).  When Are We Ever Gonna Have to Use This?  Palo Alto, CA:  Dale Seymour Publications.  (ISBN:  1-57232-364-7)      This book provides a chart with different occupations and the mathematics used in them. Scarry, R. (1986).  Fun with Numbers:   Kindergarten.   Random House, Inc. (ISBN:  0394876660).      What better way to learn about reading and math than with the help of Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and the rest of the Scarry merry menagerie!  Each book is chock-full of exercises, puzzles, games, and activities that will keep young children engaged while providing hours of fun. Schlein, M.  (1996).  More Than One.   New York:  Scholastic, Inc.  (ISBN:  0-590-10734-8).      This book shows that 1 can mean 1 item, but it can also mean 1 set of items.  For example, 1 pair of shoes equals 2 shoes. Schnetzler, P., & Harris, J. (1996). Ten Little Dinosaurs. Riverside, NJ: Accord. (ISBN: 0939251744) Rhyming verses describe the antics of ten different dinosaurs, including pachycephalosaurus, archaeopteryx, supersaurus, and triceratops. Two wiggling eyeballs show through die cut holes on pages featuring each dinosaur.Schwartz, D.M.  (2003).  Millions to Measure.   New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.  (ISBN:  0-439-63338-9)      Customary and metric measurements are illustrated and discussed. Schwartz, D.M. (1989).  If You Made a Million. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. (ISBN: 0-688-07017-5)      The author describes earning money, interest (paid & earned) and taxes.Schwartz, D.M. (1985).  How Much is a Million?  New York: Mulberry Paperback Book. (ISBN: 0-688-0933-5)

      This book demonstrates in three simple ways how much a million, billion, and trillion are. For example, “If you wanted to count from one to one million...it would take you about 23 days.” In the back of the book is a detailed explanation of how each of these three ways was calculated.Scieszka, J., Smith, L. (1995).  Math Curse.  New York: Viking.  (ISBN:  0-670-86194-4)      The math curse is actually the NCTM’s goal of thinking mathematically. A little boy gets the math curse and begins to see mathematics in everything. At the end of the book he gets the science curse.Seiter, C. (1995). Everyday Math for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc. (ISBN: 1-56884-248-1). This book gives tips and tricks to make math less painful. This guide shows you how to tackle everyday math challenges with confidence.Sergeant, B. (2005). Can You Guess? New York: Children’s Press. (ISBN: 0516246690) Young readers learn to estimate using things they can find at the zoo.Sendak, M. (1962). One Was Johnny:   A Counting Book. New York: HarperTrophy Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-443251-3).      One-by-one animals and people enter Johnny’s room. One-by-one they leave. This book helps with counting forward to 10 and backward from 10. Seuss, Dr. (1988).  One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. New York: Beginner Books. (ISBN: 0-394-80013-3)      Count the fish in this book that encourages children to read. Seuss, Dr. (1998). I Can Add Upside Down!  Random House, Inc. (ISBN:  0679890874).      How many Yots are in blue pots, how many Yots are in green pots, and how many Yots are there in all?  Kids practice their basic number skills by counting and beginning to add. Seuss, Dr. (1998).  Oh, the Things You Can Count from 1-10:   Learn About Counting.  Random House, Inc. (ISBN:  0679890858).      From there to her, from here to there, things to count are everywhere.  Kids practice counting and writing numbers. Seuss, Dr. (1938). The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins. New York: Random House. (ISBN: 0-8149-0889-6). Seuss counts hats and ends up with 500.Seuss, Dr. (1993).  The Shape of Me and Other Stuff.  New York:  Random House.  (ISBN:  0-679-88631-1).      Two children notice that everything has a different shape. Shapes. (1999). Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational. (ISBN: 0-7172-9302-5) This book discusses many different shapes including: angles and triangles.Sharman, L. (1994). The Amazing Book of Shapes. New York: Dorling Kindersle. (ISBN: 1-56458-514-X). The author teacher us about shapes, patterns, tangrams, and tessellations.Sheppard, J.  (1990).  The Right Number of Elephants.  New York:  HarperCollins.  (ISBN:  0-06-443299-8).

     Count elephants from 10 to 1 in this comical backward counting book. Shimek, W. (1969). Patterns, What Are They? Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company. (ISBN: 0-8225-0581-0) This book concentrates on patterns in mathematics, but shows the reader that a pattern consistently produces the same results each time.Siede, G., Preis, D., & Schwager, I. (1993).  Counting. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd. (ISBN: 1-56173-908-1)      Colorful photographs provide multiple opportunities to count and identify colors, ordinal numbers, and patterns. Sierra, J. (1997).  Counting Crocodiles. New York: Voyager Books Harcourt, Inc. (ISBN: 0152163565)      A monkey counts crocodiles across a sea to a banana tree. Sierra, J. (2004). What Time is it Mr. Crocodile?   New York: Gulliver Books. (ISBN: 0-152-16445-6).      Mr. Crocodile plans his day with things to do from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sitomer, M., & Sitomer, H. (1970). What is Symmetry? New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. (ISBN: 0690876130) In ways that are easy for children to understand, this book explores the concepts of line, point, and plane symmetry.Skinner, D. (2001). Tightwad Tod. New York: The Kane Press. (ISBN: 1-57565-109-2).      Tod is challenged to spend $20 in one day.  He learns to bargain-hunt and keep track of his money.  Miniature pictures of the money he spends provide the reader with a pictorial lesson on money equivalencies. Sloat, T. (1998). There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout. New York: Henry Holt and Company. (ISBN: 0-8050-6900-3).      An old lady swallowed a trout, salmon, an otter, seal, porpoise, walrus, whale, and the ocean.  Patterning and relative size concepts such as big, bigger, and biggest are taught. Spangler, D. (1997). Math for Real Kids. Tucson: Goodyear Books. (ISBN: 1596470119). There are many problem solving whole numbers, decimals, probability, basic operations, measurement, geometry, and proportion activities organized into quick referencing concepts.Srivastava, J.J. (1980). Space, Shapes, and Sizes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. (ISBN: 069003962X) This book uses bears, dogs, lions, pigs, and rabbits to illustrate simple experiments for children to help them learn more about volume.Steer, D. (2001).  Super Snappy 123. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press. (ISBN: 07613 14474)      This is a hunt-and-find, pop-up book with rhymes where animals count one to ten. Stevens, J. (1995).  Tops and Bottoms. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co.      After the race between Tortoise and Hare, they go into business together.  Problem-solving activities emerge from attempting to share (divide) the profits. Stevenson, J. (1994). The Mud Flat Olympics. New York: Greenwillow Books.

(ISBN: 0-688-12823-4) Animals are having Olympic games. Some contests include the deepest hole, longest hole, widest hole, and etc.Stewart, R. (1996).  Math Blaster Adventures & Activities:   Danger in the Dark Nebula. Prima Publishing. (ISBN: 0-7615-0730-2)      The Blaster Pals find Spot in an exciting adventure with problems that children can solve. Stickland, P. (1997). Ten Terrible Dinosaurs. New York: Dutton Children’s Books. (ISBN: 0-525-45905-7).      Count backward from 10 dinosaurs in this children’s book that focuses on backward counting and subtraction by one. Tafuri, N. (1999). Snowy Flowy Blowy.  New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-26770-6).      This book teaches seasons and months of the year through simple pictures and one word on each page that ends in a “y”.  For example, “flowery” is the one word that appears on the page for May. Tafuri, N. (1986). Who’s Counting? New York: Greenwillow Books. (ISBN: 0-688-06130-3)      This animal counting book provides counting practice from 1 to 10. Tang, G. (2003). Math Appeal. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0439210461) Rhyming anecdotes present opportunities for simple math activities and hints for solving.Tang, G. (2004). Math Fables. New York: Scholastic Press. (ISBN: 0439453992). A series of rhymes introduces counting and grouping using animals.Tang, G.  (2002).  Math for All Seasons.   New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-439-21041-0)      Tang’s math riddles teach children addition problem solving skills. Tang, G. (2005). Math Potatoes. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-44390-3). Make math and problem solving a part of every child’s life. This book includes riddles to make math fun with a creative approach.Tang, G. (2001). The Grapes of Math. New York: Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN: 0-439-21033-X) Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems including addition with regrouping, patterns, and symmetry. Strategies for solving various math problems including patterns, symmetry, and regrouping are introduced through illustrated riddles.Thompson, L.  (2003).  Little Quack.  New York:  Scholastic.  (ISBN:  0-439-65288-X)      Mother Duck’s five ducklings jump into the pond one-at-a-time.  Counting and addition are related both pictorially and symbolically. Toft, K.M., & Sheather, A.  (1998).  One Less Fish.  Watertown, MA:  Charlesbridge Publishing.  (ISBN:  0-88106-323-1).      This book begins with 12 fish, with something happening to one fish at a time, providing practice with backward counting, as well as subtraction by 1.  The science

concepts and ecological perspectives provide an added benefit to using the book. Tompert, A. (1990). Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. (ISBN: 0-517-57487-X)      Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.Trapani , I. (2001). How MuCs That Doggie in the Window? Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 1-58089-031-8).      The days of the week and money concepts are the focus of this book, which is about a kind boy without enough money to buy the dog he wants. Trinca, R., & Argent, K. (1985). One Woolly Wombat . Brooklyn, NY: Kane/Miller Book Publishers. (ISBN: 0-916291-10-3) This book has funny illustrations showing fourteen Australian animals. It teaches counting to fourteen using rhymes.Tudor, T. (2000). 1 is for One. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. (ISBN: 0-689-85142-1)      This traditional counting book provides counting practice from 1 to 15. Viorst, J. (1978). Alexander, Who Used to be Rick Last Sunday. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Children. (ISBN: 0-689-30602-4)     Alexander spends his money very easily but learns that a dollar can be spent in many ways.Vischer, P. (1997).  How Many Veggies? Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc. (ISBN: 0-8499-1488-4)      Bob the Tomato is taking a trip in a boat. Some friends join him. Count along, and see how many more veggies join him.    Vischer, P. (1998).  Time for Tom. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc. (ISBN: 0-8499-1534-1)       Go along with Tom for 24 hours to see what he does during the day in this rhyming storybook. Walpole, B. (1995). Size. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Gareth Stevens. (ISBN: 0-8368-1361-8) This book explores various ways of measuring area, volume, and mass. It also discusses the elements of size.Walsh, E.S.  (1991).  Mouse Count.  New York:  Voyager Books.  (ISBN:  0-15-200223-5)      A hungry snake finds ten little mice and counts them into a jar for dinner.  One, two, three...But the mice are clever as well as "little, warm, and tasty," and they soon outwit the snake and "uncount" themselves - ten, nine, eight...Ware, W. (1999). The Silly Swamp of Shapes. Franklin, TN: Dalmatian Press. (ISBN: 1-57759-2700) In a swamp, animals introduce shapes by using their bodies.Walton, R.  (2000).  One More Bunny.   New York:  Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books.  (ISBN:  0-688-16847-7).      Bunnies playing at the playground help children learn simple addition.  For example, the sum of 6 is shown as 3 + 3, 4 + 2, and 5 + 1. Walton, R., & Miglio, P. (1998). So Many Bunnies:   A Bedtime ABC and

Counting Book. New York: Scholastic. (ISBN: 0-439-07775-3)      Old Mother Rabbit lived in a shoe and had 26 children (each beginning with a different name from the alphabet).Watson, P. (1985).  Casey’s Shapes to Share.  Hasbro Bradley, Inc.     Casey, the robot, teaches various shapes. Wells, R.E. (1993). Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company. (ISBN: 0-8075-3656-3)     This is a book that compares the size of a blue whale with other things that we know on Earth. The tale eventually ends in a comparison and better understanding of the relative size of the entire universe. Wells, R. (2001).  How Many?   How Much? New York: Puffin Books. (ISBN: 0-14-056806-9)      This early childhood math book provides practice with counting, matching, shapes, colors, numerals on a telephone, numerals on an inch ruler, days of the week on a calendar, measurement with feet (nonstandard and standard), money, fractions, tall and short, one-to-one correspondence, many versus few, patterning, numeral recognition, and sets of 5. Weiss, M.E. (1977). Solomon Grundy, Born on Oneday. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. (ISBN 0690012756) “Solomon Grundy, born on Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took sick on Thursday, buried on Sunday.” Did this nursery rhyme really all happen in one week, or can it be explained another way?Weiss, I. (1972).  Zero to Zillions.   New York: Scholastic Book Services.      This number magic book contains problem-solving activities on: (a) the origin of numbers, (b) names for numbers, magic squares, tricks with numbers, cross-number puzzles, numbers series, and games with numbers.Williams, R.L. (1995).  Little Number Stories:   Addition. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-007-9)      This photograph book illustrates real-life addition situations.Williams, R.L. (1995).  Little Number Stories:   Subtraction. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-008-7)      This photograph book illustrates real-life subtraction situations.Williams, R.L. (1995). Lunch with Cat and Dog. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 0916119920) This book is about what a cat and dog eat as they are having lunch.Williams, R.L. (1995). Spiders, Spiders Everywhere! Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 0916119955) In this book different spiders are found in many places.Williams, R.L. (1995). The Bugs Go Marching. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 0916119912) Many different bugs go marching in this book. Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning.Williams, R. L. (2001).  The Coin Counting Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. (ISBN: 0-88106-326-6) 

     Learn how to add up coins we carry in our pockets every day. Williams, R.L. (1995).  The Crayola Counting Book. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-115-6)      This book is especially helpful for counting and can be used to focus on grouping strategies.  For example, pages 10 and 11 show 10 groups of 10 crayons. Williams, R.L. (1995). The Magic Money Box. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-009-5)      This photograph book illustrates differing coin amounts.Williams, R.L. (1995).  The Skip Count Song. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-916119-99-8)      This photograph book provides a song for skip counting by twos, fives, and tens.Williams, R.L. (1995).  The Time Song. Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press. (ISBN: 1-57471-004-4)       This photograph book provides a song for singing about the measurement of time.Willis, S.  (1999).  Whiz Kids Tell Me How Much it Weighs?  New York:  Franklin Watts (ISBN:  0-531-15977-9).      This informational book offers questions about weight, how and why things are weighed, and units of measurements used.   Wise, W.  (1993).  Ten Sly Piranhas.  New York: Scholastic Inc.  (ISBN:  0-590-48123-1)     As piranhas sometimes feed on each other, so goes this reverse counting story about ten piranhas. Wyler, R., & Elting, M. (1992). Math Fun with Money Puzzlers. New York: J. Messner. (ISBN: 0671743147) Through puzzles, tricks, games, and jokes, money skills are introduced.Wyler, R., & Elting, M. (1992). Math Fun with Tricky Lines and Shapes. New York: J. Messner. (ISBN: 0671743163) This book presents mathematical recreation exploring geometrical concepts.Wyler, R., & Hing, M.E. (1992). Math Fun with Money Puzzlers. NewYork: J. Messner. (ISBN: 0671743147). This is an activity book using math to introduce money skills through puzzles, tricks, games, and jokes.Yolen, J. (1976).  An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball:   A Counting Rhyme.   New York:  Parents’ Magazine Press.  (ISBN:  1-563-97692-7).      From 1 little mouse to 10 little porcupines, all the animals provide counting practice for young children in this rhymed book. Zakarin, D.M. (2002).  Countdown to Grandma's House. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (ISBN: 0-44-42813-X)     A little girl counts down from ten the days to her visit to grandma’s house.Zimmerman, H. (1990). Alphonse Knows Zero is Not Enough. Cartersville, GA: Oxford. (ISBN: 00-19-540797) It’s Halloween and Alphonse has a big bowl of candy ready for the trick-or-treaters. His mouse assistant starts counting to be sure there are enough candies, but as the numbers get larger, the bowl gets emptier.