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Mathematics TEKS Refinement 2006 – K-5 Tarleton State University MTR’s Children’s Literature List 1 GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL REASONING Adler, D. (2000). Shape up! New York: Holiday House. Allington, R. L. (1979). Shapes. Chicago: Raintree. Asch, F. (1983). Mooncake. New York: Scholastic Press. [The rocketship is made up of different shapes.] Atwood, A. (1967). The little circle. New York: Scribner. Axelrod, A. (2000). Pigs on the Ball: Fun With Math and Sports. New York: Aladdin. Bang, M. (1985). The paper crane. New York: Greenwillow. [Reading Rainbow Book] Barrett, J. (1981). I’m too small. You’re too big. New York: Atheneum. Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1972). The line Sophie drew. New York: Scroll. Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1970). The square Ben drew. New York: Scroll. Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1970). The circle Sarah drew. New York: Scroll. Biddle, S. & Biddle, M. (1999). Underwater Origami: Aquatic paper folding for kids. New York: Scholastic Press. Brown, M. (1979). Listen to a shape. New York: F. Watts. Bruna, D. (1984). I know about shapes. Los Angeles: Price Stern. Brunhoff, L. D. (1988). Babar’s little circus star. New York: Random House. Buddle, J. (1987). Fun with sizes and shapes. New York: Hayes /Penworthy. Budney, B. (1954). A kiss is round: Verses. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Burns, M. (1994). The greedy triangle. New York: Scholastic Press. [A Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book] Carle, E. (1974). My very first book of shapes. New York: Harper. Carter, D. (1996). Colors & Shapes. Boston: Little Simon. Coerr, E. (1977). Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York: Dell. Cohlene, T. (1996). Quillworker, a Cheyenne legend. New Jersey: Troll. Cosgrove, S. (1984). Minikin. Los Angeles: Price. Ehlert, L. (1990). Color farm. Philadelphia: Lippincott. Ehlert, L. (1989). Color zoo. New York: Trumpet. Ellis, J. (2004). What’s your angle, Pythagoras. Watertown, MA: Charlebridge. Emberly, E. (1961). The wing on a flea: A book about shapes. Boston: Little, Brown. Falwell, C. (1992). Shape space. New York: Clarion.
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GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL REASONING Adler, D. (2000). Shape up! New York: Holiday House.

Allington, R. L. (1979). Shapes. Chicago: Raintree.

Asch, F. (1983). Mooncake. New York: Scholastic Press. [The rocketship is made up of

different shapes.]

Atwood, A. (1967). The little circle. New York: Scribner.

Axelrod, A. (2000). Pigs on the Ball: Fun With Math and Sports. New York: Aladdin.

Bang, M. (1985). The paper crane. New York: Greenwillow. [Reading Rainbow Book]

Barrett, J. (1981). I’m too small. You’re too big. New York: Atheneum.

Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1972). The line Sophie drew. New York: Scroll.

Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1970). The square Ben drew. New York: Scroll.

Barrett, P. & Barrett, S. (1970). The circle Sarah drew. New York: Scroll.

Biddle, S. & Biddle, M. (1999). Underwater Origami: Aquatic paper folding for kids. New

York: Scholastic Press.

Brown, M. (1979). Listen to a shape. New York: F. Watts.

Bruna, D. (1984). I know about shapes. Los Angeles: Price Stern.

Brunhoff, L. D. (1988). Babar’s little circus star. New York: Random House.

Buddle, J. (1987). Fun with sizes and shapes. New York: Hayes /Penworthy.

Budney, B. (1954). A kiss is round: Verses. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Burns, M. (1994). The greedy triangle. New York: Scholastic Press. [A Marilyn Burns

Brainy Day Book]

Carle, E. (1974). My very first book of shapes. New York: Harper.

Carter, D. (1996). Colors & Shapes. Boston: Little Simon.

Coerr, E. (1977). Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York: Dell.

Cohlene, T. (1996). Quillworker, a Cheyenne legend. New Jersey: Troll.

Cosgrove, S. (1984). Minikin. Los Angeles: Price.

Ehlert, L. (1990). Color farm. Philadelphia: Lippincott.

Ehlert, L. (1989). Color zoo. New York: Trumpet.

Ellis, J. (2004). What’s your angle, Pythagoras. Watertown, MA: Charlebridge.

Emberly, E. (1961). The wing on a flea: A book about shapes. Boston: Little, Brown.

Falwell, C. (1992). Shape space. New York: Clarion.

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Feiss, J. (1974). Shapes. New York: Bradbury.

Fischer, L. E. (1984). Boxes! Boxes! New York: Viking.

Fischer, L. E. (1987). Look around: A book about shapes. New York: Viking.

Fite, J. (1995). Learning About Shapes. New York: Silver Burdett.

Friedman, A. (1995). Cloak for the Dreamer. New York: Scholastic Press.

Gardner, B. (1980). The turn about, think about, look about book. New York: Wm.

Morrow.

Geddes, A. (1997). Shapes. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel.

Gilchrist, G. (1988). Tiny dinos: The shapes we’re in. New York: Warnerr.

Greene, R. (2001). When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Geometrics. New York: Grosset Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1991). Designs for coloring: More geometrics. New York: Grosset Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1992). Designs for coloring: Optical Art. New York: Grosset Dunlap.

Hewitt, S. (1996). Take Off with Shapes. England: Evans Brothers Ltd.

Hill, E. (1986). Spot looks at shapes. New York: Putnam.

Hoban, T. (1982). A, B, See! New York: Greenwillow.

Hoban, T. (1974). Circles, triangles, and squares. New York: MacMillan.

Hoban, T. (2000). Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres. New York: HarperCollins.

Hoban, T. (1987). Dots, spots, speckles, and stripes. New York: Trumpet.

Hoban, T. (1983). Round and round and round. New York: Greenwillow.

Hoban, T. (1986). Shapes, shapes, shapes. New York: Greenwillow.

Hoban, T. (1970). Shapes and things. New York: MacMillan.

Hoban, T. (1998). So many circles, so many squares. New York: Harper Collins.

Hooker, Y. (1982). Round in a circle. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Hooker, Y. (1982). Wheels go round. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Hulme, J. & Schwartz, C. (2004). Wild Fibonacci: Nature’s secret code revealed.

Berkeley, CA: Tricycle.

Hutchins, P. (1971). Changes, changes. New York: MacMillan.

Inkpen, M. (1989). The Blue Balloon. Boston: Little, Brown.

Jackson, P. (2000). Amazing paper tricks that really work. New York: Scholastic Press.

Johnston, T. & dePaola, T. (1985). The quilt story. New York: Scholastic Press.

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Joyce, W. (1985). George shrinks. New York: Harper & Row.

Juster, N. (1963). The dot and the line. New York: Random House.

Kightley, R. (1986). Shapes. Boston: Little, Brown.

King, A. (1998). Exploring Shapes. United Kingdom: Copper Beech.

Kingsley, E. P. (1977). Big Bird & Little Bird’s big and little book. New York: Golden.

Kohn, B. (1971). Everything has a shape and everything has a size. Englewood Cliffs,

NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Lamut, S. (1997). Halloween Shapes (My Turn Books). New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Lerner, S. (1970). Square is a shape: A book about shapes. Minneapolis: Lerner.

Lowery, L. F. (1969). Look & see. New York: Henry Holt.

MacCarone, G. (1996). The silly story of Goldie Locks and the three pigs, one wolf, and

seven magic shapes. New York: Cartwheel.

MacDonald, S. (1994). Sea shapes. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

McDermot, G. (1974). Arrow to the sun. New York: Puffin.

Moncure, J. B. (1983). Word bird’s shapes. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Morris, N. (1991). Rummage sale: A fun book of shapes and colors. Minneapolis:

Carolrhoda.

Moscovich, I. (2000). Mindgames: Probability games and other activities. New York:

Hall.

Muir, D. (1994). Optical Illusions. London: Chrysalis.

Neuschwander, C. (2000). Sir cumference and the dragon of Pi: A math adventure.

Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Neuschwander, C. (1997). Sir cumference and the first round table: A math adventure.

Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Neuschwander, C. (2001). Sir cumference and the great knight of angleland.

Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Neuschwander, C. (2006). Sir cumference and the isle of immeter. Watertwon, MA:

Charlesbridge.

Neuschwander, C. (2003). Sir cumference and the sword in the cone. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge.

Newth, P. (1981). Roly goes exploring. New York: Philomel.

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Pallotta, J. (2002). Twizzlers: Shapes and patterns. New York: Cartwheel.

Pallotta, J. (2004). Icky bug shapes. New York: Scholastic Press.

Peek, M. (1985). Mary wore her red dress and Henry wore his green sneakers. New

York: Clarion.

Pilegard, V. (2000). The warlord’s puzzle. Gretna, LA: Pelican.

Podendorf, I. (1970). Shapes: sides, curves, & corners. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Porter, A. W. (1974). Shape and form. Worcester, MA: Davis Publishing.

Reed, G. (1984). Learn shapes and colors with the Munch Bunch. New York: Rand

McNally.

Rogers, P. (1989). The shapes game. New York: Henry Holt & Co.

Ross, C.S. (1993). Circles. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub (T).

Roy, R. (1986). Big and small, short and tall. New York: Clarion Books/Tickner & Fields.

Russell, S. P. (1965). Lines and shapes. New York: Henry Walck.

Russo, M. (1986). The line up book. New York: Greenwillow.

Seuss, Dr. (1973). The shape of me and other stuff. New York: Beginner Books.

Shaw, C. G. (1963). It looked like spilt milk. New York: Harper.

Simon, S. (1991). The optical illusion book (Reprint). New York: HarperTrophy.

Sitomer, M. & Sitomer, H. (1974). Spirals. New York: Crowell.

Small, J. (1989). Paper John. United States: New York: Sunburst.

Sycamore, E. (2000). Safari Origami. Floral Park, NY: CB Products.

Thompson, E. (1988). Big Bird’s square meal: Stories about shapes and colors. New

York: Western Publishing.

Tompert, A. (1990). Grandfather Tang’s story: A tale told with tangrams. New York

Crown Books, Random House.

Van Fleet, M. (1998). Spotted Yellow Frogs (1st ed). New York: Dial.

Wegman, W. (1995). Square, Triangle, Circle (Board ed.). New York: Hyperion.

Weisner, D. (1999). June 29,1999. New York: Clarion Books.

Wildsmith, B. (1981). Animal shapes. London, England: Oxford University Press.

Worth, B. (1988). Muppet Babies shape machine. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Wylie, J. & Wylie, D. (1983). A big fish story. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Wylie, J. & Wylie, D. (1982). A fishy shape story. Chicago: Children’s Press.

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Yorke, J. (Ed.). (1990). My first look at shapes. New York: Random House.

Zokeisha. (1990). Shapes all around. New York: Smithmark.

Zolotow, C. (1976). One, step, two… New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

MEASUREMENT

Area Burstein, J. (2004). Calculating area: Space rocket! Milwaukee, WI: Weekly Reader

Early Learning.

Gabriel, N. (2002). Sam’s sneaker squares. New York: Kane Press.

George, L. (2004). Teotihuacan: designing an ancient Mexican city: calculating

perimeters and areas of squares and rectangles. New York: PowerKids Press.

Murphy, S. (2002). Bigger, better, best! New York: HarperCollins.

Smoothey, M. & Evans, T. (1993). Area and volume. New York: Marshall Cavendish.

Cooking The following list of books either have specific recipes included in the book or

easily lead to a cooking activity.

Accorsi, W. (1992). Friendship’s first Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic Press.

Aeschliman, B (1985). Step by step microwave cooking for boys and girls. Nashville,

TN: Ideals Publishing. [Cookbook]

Aliki. (1974). Green grass and white milk. New York: Crowell. [Nonfiction]

Althea. (1981). Where does food come from? Windermere, FL: Rourke. [Nonfiction]

Ancona, G. (1982). Bananas. New York: Clarion. [Nonfiction]

Asch, F. (1981). Bread and honey. New York: Parent Magazine Press.

Asch, F. (1983). Mooncake. New York: Scholastic Press.

Asch, F. (1979). Popcorn. New York: Parents Magazine Press.

Axelrod, A. (1999). Pigs go to Market. New York: Aladdin.

Axelrod, A. (1999). Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking. New York: Aladdin.

Balian, L. (1985). A garden for a groundhog. Nashville, TN: Abingdon.

Barrett, J. (1978). Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. New York: Scholastic Press.

Barton, B. (1991). The three bears. New York: Trumpet.

Bell, S. (1990). The gingerbread man. New York: Western Publishing.

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Better Homes and Gardens step-by-step kids’ cookbook. (1984). Iowa: Meredith.

[Cookbook]

Bjork, C. (1991). Elliot’s extraordinary cookbook. Stockholm: R & S Books [Cookbook

with about 70 recipes]

Blaine, M. (1975). The terrible thing that happened at my house. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Blundell, T. (1992). Beware of boys. New York: Greenwillow. [Humorous measurements

and cooking fun]

Bogart, J. E. (1989). 10 for dinner. New York: Scholastic Press.

Brett, J. (1987). Goldilocks and the three bears. New York: Dodd.

Brimax. (1983). The gingerbread man. London, England: Brimax.

Brown, M. (1947). Stone soup. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Bunting, E. (1977). The big cheese. New York: McMillan.

Burningham, J. (1980). The shopping basket. New York: Crowell.

Burns, M. (1997). Spaghetti and Meatballs for All (1st ed.). New York: Scholastic Press.

Carle, E. (1992). La chenille affamee: The very hungry caterpillar ( French ed.). New

York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1989). La oruga muy hambrienta: The very hungry caterpillar (Spanish ed.).

New York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1990). Pancakes, pancakes! New York: Scholastic Press.

Carle, E. (1993). Today is Monday. New York: Scholastic Press.

Carle, E. (1969). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Philomel.

Carrick, D. (1985). Milk. New York: Greenwillow.

Chittren, I. (1972). Clabber biscuits. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn

Chocolate, D. M. N. (1992). My first Kwanzaa book. New York: Scholastic Press.

Coats, L. J. (1993). Alphabet garden. New York: MacMillan.

Cobb, V. (1994). More science experiments you can eat. New York: Scholastic Press.

Cobb, V. (1984). Science experiments you can eat. New York: Scholastic Press

Cocca-Liffler, M. (1990). Wednesday is spaghetti day. New York: Scholastic Press.

Cole, J. (1991). Who put pepper in the pot? New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

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Corwin, J. H. (1986). Birthday fun. New York: Messner. [International cookbook and

other birthday ideas]

Corwin, J. H. (1985). Cookie fun. New York: Messner. [Cookbook]

Cowley, J. (1990). A monster sandwich. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Cowley, J. (1990). I want ice cream. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Cowley, J. (1990). The monster’s party. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Cowley, J. (1990). What’s for lunch? Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Coyle, R. (1988). My first baking book. New York: Workman. [Cookbook]

Coyle, R. (1988). My first cookbook. New York: Workman. [Cookbook]

Craig, H. (1985). Jam. New York: Trumpet.

Crocker, B. (1965). Betty Crocker’s new boys and girls cookbook. New York: Golden

Press [Cookbook]

Croll, C. (1979). Too many babas. New York: Harper & Row. [“Too many cooks can ruin

the broth!”]

Dalgliesh, A. (1990). The Thanksgiving story. New York: Scholastic Press.

Davis, J. (1992). Any cat can cook: Garfield learns about cooking. New York: Western

Publishing.

De Paola, T. (1978). Pancakes for breakfast (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt.

De Paola, T. (1978). The popcorn book. New York: Holiday House. [Recipe included]

De Villiers, S. (1985). Breads and biscuits. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

De Villiers, S. (1985). Cookies, cakes, and candies. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

De Villiers, S. (1985). Drinks and desserts. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

De Villiers, S. (1985). Getting ready to cook. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

De Villiers, S. (1985). One dish meals. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

De Villiers, S. (1985). Vegetables and salads. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. [Cookbook]

Difiori, L. (1989). Bear’s pizza shop. New York: Western Publishing.

Dobrian, A. (1977). Peter Rabbit’s natural foods cookbook. New York: F. Warner.

Domanske, J. (1973). The little red hen. New York: MacMillan.

Doolley, N. (1991). Everybody cooks rice. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. [Recipes included]

Douglass, B. (1985). The chocolate chip cookie contest. New York: Lothrop.

Ehlert, L. (1989). Eating the alphabet. New York: Harcourt. [Nonfiction]

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Ehlert, L. (1987). Growing vegetable soup. New York: Harcourt.

Emerson, A. (Ed.). (1980). Peter Rabbit’s cookery book. New York: F. Warner

[Cookbook]

Ernst, L. C. (1991). Miss Penny and Mr. Grubbs. New York: Bradbury.

Ets, M. H. & Labastida, A. (1959). Nine days to Christmas: A story of Mexico. New York:

Viking Press. [Caldecott Award Winner]

Freudberg, J. & Geiss, T. (1980). Vegetable soup. New York: Western Publishing.

Galdone, P. (1975). The gingerbread boy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Galdone, P. (1976). The magic porridge pot. New York: Seabury.

Gelman, R. G. (1980). The biggest sandwich ever. New York: Scholastic Press.

Gelman, R. G. (1977). More spaghetti, I say! New York: Scholastic Press.

Gibbons, G. (1985). The milk makers. New York: MacMillan.

Gibbons, G. (1983). Thanksgiving day. New York: Scholastic Press.

Gibbons, G. (1980). The too-great bread bake book. New York: F. Warner.

Gold Medal (1987). Alph-Bakery: Children’s cookbook. Minneapolis, MN: General Mills.

[A recipe for every letter of the alphabet. Can be ordered from General Mills, Inc.]

Greenberg, J. (1985). Jewish holiday. New York: Watts. [Recipes included]

Greene, K. (1992). Once upon a recipe. New Hope, PA: New Hope. [Recipes for

healthy snacks that are correlated to children’s literature.]

Gregory, O. B. (1982). Milk. Windermere, FL: Rourke. [Nonfiction]

Guthrie, D. (1990). Mrs. Gigglebelly is coming for tea. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hausherr, R. (1994). What food is this? New York: Scholastic Press.

Herman, G. (1990). Ice cream soup. New York: Random House.

Hennessy, B. G. (1990). Jake baked the cake. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hillart, M. (1978). The cookie house. Cleveland: Modern Curriculum Press.

Hoban, L. (1972). Arthur’s Christmas. New York: Harper & Row.

Hurd, T. (1986). The pea patch jig. New York: Crown.

Hutchings, A. & Hutchings, R. (1994). Picking apples and pumpkins. New York:

Scholastic Press.

Hutchins, P. (1989). Don’t forget the bacon. New York: HarperTrophy.

Hutchings, P. (1986). The doorbell rang. New York: Scholastic Press.

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Jenkins, K. (1992). Kinder-krunchies. Martinez, CA: Karen Jenkins. [Distributed

exclusively by Discovery Toys. Recipes for every letter of the alphabet plus more]

Kalman, B. (1986). The food we eat. Toronto, NY: Crabtree. [Nonfiction]

Kaplan, M. (1969). The gingerbread man story and song. (1969). Burbank: CA: The

Walt Disney Co.

Kelley, T. (1986). Let’s eat! New York: E. P. Dutton. [Nonfiction]

Kellogg, S. (1988). Johnny Appleseed. New York: Morrow.

Kesseler, L. P. (1969). Soup for the king. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Khalsa, D. K. (1989). How pizza came to Queens. New York: C. N. Potter.

Knights, R. (1982). The alphabet in the kitchen. Windermere, FL: Rourke.

Krementz, J. (1985). The fun of cooking. New York: Knopf.

Langerman, J. (1992). No carrots for Harry! New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [Learning to

like vegetables]

Lobel, A. (1981). On market street. New York: Greenwillow.

Low, A. (1993). The popcorn shop. New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello Reader!, level 3]

MacGregor, C. (1982). The fairy tale cookbook. New York: MacMillan. [Cookbook]

McCloskey, R. (1948). Blueberries for Sal. New York: Viking Press.

McFarland, C. (1990). Cows in the parlor. New York: Antheneum. [Nonfiction]

McGill, M. & Carofili, J. (1974). Look who’s cooking. Chicago: Follett. [Cookbook]

McGovern, A. (1968). Stone soup. New York: Scholastic Press.

McGrath, B. B. (1994). The M & M’s Brand chocolate candy counting book. Watertown,

MA: Charlesbridge.

McMillan, B. (1991). Eating fractions. New York: Scholastic Press. [Nonfiction]

Marshall, J. (1988). Goldilocks and the three bears. New York: Dial.

Marshall, J. (1990). Hansell and Gretel. New York: Dial.

Melser, J. (1990). The chocolate cake. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Melser, J. (1990). Who’s going to lick the bowl? Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Mitgutsch, A. (1981). From beet to sugar. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

[Nonfiction] Mitgutsch, A. (1981). From blossom to honey. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

[Nonfiction]

Mitgutsch, A. (1981). From grass to butter. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. [Nonfiction]

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Moncure, J. B. (1985). What was it before it was bread? Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

[Nonfiction]

Moncure, J. B. (1985). What was it before it was orange juice? Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

[Nonfiction]

Moore, E. (1973). The cookie book. New York: Seabury. [Cookbook]

Muntean, M. (1987). The runaway soup and other stories. New York: Western

Publishing.

Nelson, J. (1993). Neighborhood soup. Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.

Meveins, D. (1981). Holiday cookbook for boys and girls. Mahwah, NJ: Watermill Press.

[Cookbook].

Numeroff, L. J. (1991). If you give a moose a muffin. New York: Harper-Collins.

Numeroff, L. J. (1985). If you give a mouse a cookie. New York: Scholastic Press.

Oechsli, H. (1985). In my garden: A child’s gardening book. New York: MacMillan.

[Nonfiction]

O’Connor, J. (1985). The Care Bear’s party cookbook. New York: Random House.

[Cookbook]

Pallotta, J. & Thompson, B. (1992). The victory garden alphabet book. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge.

Parker, N. W. (1983). Love from Aunt Betty. New York: Dodd.

Patent, D. H. (1982). A picture book of cows. New York: Holiday House. [Nonfiction]

Pearson, T. C., (Illus.). (1983). We wish you a merry Christmas. New York: Dial.

Pilkey, D. (1990). ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic Press.

Polacco, P. (1992). Chicken Sunday. New York: Philomel.

Polacco, P. (1988). Rechenka’s eggs. New York: Philomel.

Polacco, P. (1990). Thunder cake. New York: Scholastic Press. [Recipe included]

Priceman, M. (1994). How to make an apple pie and see the world. New York: Knopf

[Recipe included]

Pryor, A. (1989). The baby blue cat and the whole batch of cookies. New York: Viking -

Penguin.

Purdy, S. G. (1981). Christmas gifts good enough to eat. New York: Watts. [Cookbook]

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Riece, C. (1985). What was it before it was ice cream? Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

[Nonfiction]

Resource Publishers, Inc. (1977). The gingerbread man. Loughborough, England:

Ladybird. [Rebus style]

Rogow, Z. (1988). Oranges. New York: Franklin Watts. [Nonfiction]

Root, P. (1986). Soup for supper. New York: Harper & Row.

Sachar, L. (1992). Monkey soup. New York: Trumpet.

Sapienza, M. (1996). Stone soup. New York: Newfield.

Sendak, M. (1962). Chicken soup with rice. New York: Scholastic Press.

Seuss, Dr. (1960). Green eggs and ham. New York: Random House.

Seuss, Dr. (1953). Scrambled eggs super! New York: Random House.

Sharmat, M. (1980). Gregory the terrible eater. New York: Scholastic Press.

Shelby, A. (1991). Potluck. New York: Orchard.

Slepiam, J. & Seidler, A. (1967). The hungry thing. New York: Scholastic Press.

Smollin, M. J. (1980). Strawberry Shortcake’s cooking fun. New York: Random House.

[Cookbook]

Soto, G. (1993). Too many tamales. New York: Putnam. [Mexican-Americans at

Christmas time]

St. Pierre, S. (1991). Dinosaurs for dessert. New York: Scholastic Press. [Recipe

included]

Steele, M. Q. (1989). Anna’s garden songs. New York: Scholastic Press. [Nonfiction]

Stephens, J. (1999). Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!(1st ed.). New York: Harcourt.

Stephenville Young Homemakers. Kids’ cook and craft book. Chicago: Women’s Clubs

Publishing. [Cookbook]

Supraner, R. (1981). Quick & easy cookbook. Mahwah, NJ: Troll. [Cookbook]

Thayer, J. (1953). The popcorn dragon. New York: William Morrow.

Titherington, J. (1986). Pumpkin, pumpkin. New York: Scholastic Press.

Turner, D. (1989). Bread. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. [Nonfiction]

Turner, D. (1989). Milk. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. [Nonfiction]

Watson, N. C. (1987). The little pigs’ first cookbook. Boston: Little. [Cookbook]

Westcott, N. (1981). The giant vegetable garden. Boston: Little, Brown.

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Westcott, N. (1987). Peanut butter and jelly. New York: Trumpet Club.

Weiss, M. (1992). Mmm…cookies! Simple subtraction. Mahway, NJ: Troll.

Wilk, J. (1982). Holiday cooking for kids. Ideas [Cookbook]. San Francisco: Children's

Press.

Wilkes, A. (1989). My first cookbook. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. [Cookbook]

Young, J. (1988). Alligator cookies. Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan. [Recipe included]

Zemach, M. (1992). La gallinita roja: Un Viejo cuento, The little red hen (Spanish ed.).

Mirasol. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).

Zemach, M. (1992). The little red hen: An old story. New York: Sunburst.

Zweifel, F. P. (1979). Pickle in the middle and other easy snacks.(1st ed.). New York:

HarperCollins Publishers. [Cookbook]

Length/Height Adler, D. (1999). How tall how short how far away. New York: Holiday House.

Allen, P. (1998). Mr. Archimedes’ bath (Reprint). New York: HarperCollins.

Berenstain, M. (1992). When I grow up. New York: Western Publishing.

Briggs, R. (1970). Jim and the beanstalk. New York: Putnam & Grosset.

Caple, K. (1985). The biggest nose. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine.

Fox, M. (1983). Possum magic. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Gelman, R. G. (1993). A panda grows up. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hartman, G. (1991). As the crow flies. New York: Aladdin.

Herman, G. (2005). Keep your distance. (math matters). New York: Kane.

Hightower, S. (1997). Twelve snails to one lizard. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Keenan, S. (1996). The biggest fish. New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello Math reader

level 3, grades 1 & 2; math activities by Marilyn Burns]

Krauss, R. (1945). The carrot seed. New York: Harper & Row.

Leedy, L. (1997). Measuring Penny (1st ed.). New York: Henry Holt. (BYR).

Lionni, L. (1960). Inch by inch. New York: Astor Honor.

Loughran, D. (2005). How long is it? San Francisco, CA: Children’s Press.

Marshak, S. (1990). Hail to mail. New York: Henry Holt.

Mayer, M. (1991). When I grow up. New York: Western Publishing.

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McPhail, D. (1980). Pig Pig grows up. New York: Trumpet Club.

McPhail, D. (1995). The glerp. Parsippany, NJ: Silver.

Munsch, R. (1997). David’s father. Toronto, Canada: Annick.

Murphy, S. (1996). The best bug parade. New York: HarperTrophy.

Myller, R. (11962, 1990). How big is a foot? New York: Dell.

Perkins, A. (1969). Hand, hand, fingers, thumb. New York: Random House.

Pluckrose, H. A. (1995). Length (math counts). New York: Watts.

Princzes, E. (2001). Inchworm and a Half. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Seuss, Dr. (1968). The foot book. New York: Random House.

Schwartz, D. (1999). If you hopped like a frog (1st ed.). New York: Scholastic Press.

Schwartz, D. (2003). Millions to measure. New York: HarperCollins.

Shepart, A. (1999). The baker’s dozen. New York: Aladdin

Slater, T. (1996). Stay in line. New York: Scholastic Press.

Tompert, A. (1993). Just a little bit. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine.

Wells, R. E. (1993). Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is? Morton Grove, IL: Albert

Whitman.

Ordering

Barton, B. (1991). The three bears. New York: Trumpet.

Barton, M. (1991). The three little kittens. New York: Western Publishing.

Bedford, A. N. (1950). Frosty the snowman. New York: Western Publishing.

Bell, S. (1991). The three little pigs. New York: Western Publishing.

Bonne, R. (1961). I know an old lady. New York: Scholastic Press.

Brett, J. (1989). The mitten. New York: Scholastic Press.

Brimax. (1983). Goldilocks and the three bears. London, England: Brimax.

Brimax. (1983). The three little pigs. London, England: Brimax.

Carle, E. (1992). La chenille affamee: The very hungry caterpillar (French ed.). New

York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1989). La oruga muy hambreinta: The very hungry caterpillar (Spanish ed.).

New York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1987). The grouchy ladybug. New York: Crowell.

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Carle, E. (1969). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Philomel.

Celsi, T. (1992). The fourth little pig. Chicago: Raintree, Steck-Vaughn.

Cristini, E. & Puricelli, L. (1984). In the pond. New York: Scholastic Press.

Flack, M. M. (1932). Ask Mr. Bear. New York: MacMillan.

Grace, E. (1981). The three little pigs. Mahawah, NJ: Troll.

Granowsky, A. Three billy goats gruff. Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath.

Ingoglia, G. (1990). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Inkpen, M. (1987). One bear at bedtime. New York: Dell.

Ivirney, J. W. (1987). Three blind mice. New York: Trumpet Club.

Kalan, R. (1981). Jump, frog, jump! New York: Scholastic Press.

Kubasta, V. (1971). Goldilocks and the three bears. Boston: Brown, Watson.

Mahan, B. (1981). Goldilocks and the three bears. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

Miloche, H. (1956). The three little pigs. Illinois: Whitman.

Moerbeek, K. (1988). Who’s peeking at me? Los Angeles: Price Stern & Sloan.

Myers, L. W. (1953). The three little pigs. New York: Merrigold.

Nakabayashi, E. (1984). The rainy day puddle. New York: Random House.

North, C. (1983). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Rudin, E. (1992). The three billy goats gruff. New York: Western Publishing.

Salzman, Y. (1987). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Salzman, Y. (1988). The three little pigs. New York: Western Publishing.

Slobodkina, E. (1947). Caps for sale. New York: Scholastic Press.

The three bears. (1955). Illustrated by Suzanne. New York: Western Publishing.

Titherington, J. (1986). Pumpkin, pumpkin. New York: Scholastic Press.

Ward, C. (1988). Cookie’s week. New York: Scholastic Press.

Weiss, N. (1989). Where does the brown bear go? New York: Greenwillow.

Sizes

Anderson, L. C. (1983). The wonderful shrinking shirt. Nile, IL: Albert Whitman.

Barton, B. (1981). Building a house. New York: Greenwillow.

Barton, B. (1991). The three bears. New York: Trumpet.

Carle, E. (1977). The grouchy ladybug. New York: Crowell.

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Carle, E. (1976). The tiny seed and the giant flower. New York: Crowell.

Cosgrove, S. (1984). Minikin. Los Angeles: Price.

Barrett, J. (1981). I’m too small, you’re too big. New York: Atheneum.

Brett, J. (1987). Goldilocks & the three bears. New York: Dodd.

Brimax. (1983). Goldilocks and the three bears. London, England: Brimax.

Buddle, J. (1988). Fun with sizes & shapes. New York: Hayes /Penworthy.

Harris, J. C. (1990). Big boats, little boats. New York: Western Publishing.

Hoban, T. (1985). Is it larger? Is it smaller? New York: Greenwillow.

Hoban, T. (1989). Of colors and things. New York: Greenwillow.

Ingoglia, G. (1990). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Kohn, B. (1971). Everything has a shape and everything has a size. Englewood Cliffs,

NJ: Prentice Hall.

Lowery, L. F. (1969). Look & see. New York: Henry Holt.

Joyce, W. (1985). George shrinks. New York: Harper & Row.

Kalan, R. (1979). Blue Seal. New York: Greenwillow.

Kaufman, J. (1966). Big and little. New York: Western Publishing.

Kellogg, S. (1976). Much bigger than Martin. New York: Dial.

Kingsley, E. P. (1977). Big Bird & Little Bird’s big and little book. New York: Golden.

Krasilvsky, P. (1962). The very little boy. New York: Doubleday.

Krasilvsky, P. (1952). The very little girl. New York: Doubleday.

Krauss, R. (1987). Big and little. New York: Scholastic Press.

Krauss, R. (1947). The growing story. New York: Harper.

Kubasta, V. (1971). Goldilocks and the three bears. Boston: Brown, Watson.

Lionni, L. (1968). Biggest house in the world. New York: Pantheon.

Mahan, B. (1981). Goldilocks and the three bears. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

McClosky, R. (1976). Blueberries for Sal. New York: Viking.

Miller, J. P. (1975). Big and little. New York: Random House.

Morris, N. (1991). Holly and Harry: A fun book of sizes. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Newth, P. (1981). Roly goes exploring. New York: Philomel.

North, C. (1983). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Roy, R. (1986). Big and small, short and tall. New York: Clarion Books/Tickner & Fields.

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Russo, M. (1986). The line up book. New York: Greenwillow.

Salzman, Y. (1987). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Sundby, S. (2000). Cut down to size at high noon: A math adventure. New York:

Scholastic Press. [Proportionality]

Suzanne. (1955). The three bears. New York: Western Publishing.

Titherington, J. (1985). Big world, small world. New York: Greenwillow.

Ward, L. (1952). The biggest bear. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Wells, R. E. (1995). What’s smaller than a pygmy shrew? Morton Grove, IL: Albert

Whitman. [Science concepts covered as well.]

Widerberg, S. (1989). The big sister. Stockholm: R & S. Books.

Wood, D. & Wood, A. (1998). The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big

hungry bear. Auburn, ME: Child’s Play International Limited.

Wylie, J. & Wylie, D. (1983). A big fish story. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Wylie, J. & Wylie, D. (1982). A fishy shape story. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Ziefert, H. (1989). How big is big? New York: Puffin.

Time

Ahlberg, J. & Ahlberg, A. (1988). Starting school. New York: Puffin. [Seasonal]

Anastasio, D. (1993). It’s about time. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [Clocks]

Anno, M. (1986). All in a day. New York: Philomel. [Jane Addams Children’s Book

Honorary Award] [This book shows how people from different countries and time

zones spend their day]

Arvbetis, C. & Palmer, C. (1984). What makes day and night? Middletown: CT:

Checkerboard Press. [Seasons]

Asch, F. (1983). Mooncake. New York: Scholastic Press. [Seasons]

Aust, S. (1991). Clocks! How time flies. New York: Lerner. [Clocks]

Axelrod, A. (1998). Pigs on a blanket: Fun with math and time. New York: Aladdin.

Aylesworth, J. (1990). The complete hickory dickory dock. New York: Atheneum.

[Clocks]

Beeson, B. (1994). What time is it, Mr. Wolf? Nashville, TN: Ideals Publications.

Brett, J. (1986). The twelve days of Christmas. New York: Putnam. [Days]

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Brimner, L. D. (1999). The official M & M’s book of the millennium. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge. [Development of the calendar]

Bruuhac, J. & London, J. (1997). Thirteen moons on turtle’s back. New York: Penguin.

[Seasons]

Bunting, E. (1988). How many days to America? New York: Trumpet Club.

Carle, E. (1987). A house for hermit crab. New York: Scholastic Press. [Months]

Carle, E. (1992). La chenille affamee: The very hungry caterpillar (French ed.). New

York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1989). La oruga muy hambrienta: The very hungry caterpillar (Spanish ed.).

New York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1987). The grouchy ladybug. New York: Crowell. [Clocks]

Carle, E. (1969). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Philomel. [Days of the week &

seasons]

Carle, E. (1993). Today is Monday. New York: Philomel. [Days of the week]

Carlstrom, N. W. (1990). It’s about time, Jesse Bear and other rhymes. New York:

MacMillan. [Clocks]

Clifton, L. (1974). Everett Anderson’s year. New York: Henry Holt & Co. [Seasons]

Coats, L. J. (1987). The oak tree. New York: MacMillan. [Seasons]

Dupasquier, P. (1987). Our house on the hill. New York: Viking. [Seasons]

Gibbons, G. (1984). The seasons of Arnold’s apple tree. New York: Harcourt, Brace, &

Jovanovich. [Seasons]

Ginsburg, M. (1990). Mushroom in the rain. New York: Aladdin Books.

Gomi, T. (1989). Spring is here. New York: Chronicle. [Seasons]

Irons, C. & Fleming, L. (1993). The long long ride. Australia: Mimosa Publication Pty.

Limited. [Clock]

Flemming, D. (1992). Count! New York: Scholastic Press.

Fuchshuber, A. (1988). The cuckoo-clock cuckoo. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. [Clocks]

Hutchins, P. (1970). Clocks and more clocks. New York: MacMillan. [Clocks]

Katz, B. (1988). Tick-tock, let’s read the clock. New York: Random House. [Clocks]

Krensky, S. (1989). Big time bears. Boston: Little, Brown. [Seasons]

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Lewellyn, C. (1992). My first book of time. New York: Dorling Kindersley. [Seasons,

months, and clocks]

Martin, B. & Martin, B. (1989). The merry months of birds. Allen, TX: DLM Teaching

Resources. [Months]

McMillan, B. (1989). Time to…. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. [Clocks]

Morris, Neil. (1991). Linda’s late: A fun book of time. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

[Clocks] Murphy, J. (1986). Five minute’s peace. New York: Scholastic Press.

[Estimating time]

Murphy, S. (2001). Game time. New York: HarperTrophy.

Murphy, S. (2003). The sundae scoop. New York: HarperTrophy.

Nobens, C. A. (1990). Montgomery’s time zone. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Parnall, P. (1987). Apple tree. New York: MacMillan. [Seasons]

Pearson, S. (1988). My favorite time of the year. New York: Harper & Row. [Seasons]

Provensen. (1978). The year at Maple Hill Farm. New York: MacMillan. [Seasons]

Reid, M. (1990). The button box. New York: Puffin.

Scarry, P. (1969). Animal friends all year long. New York: Western Publishing.

[Seasons]

Scarry, R. (1991). Best busy year ever. New York: Western Publishing.

Scarry, R. (1997). Pop-up time. New York: Little Simon Spotlight.

Schuett, S. (1995). Somewhere in the world right now. New York: Knopf.

Sendak, M. (1962). Chicken soup with rice. New York: Scholastic Press. [Seasons]

Sendak, M. (1963). Where the wild things are. New York: Scholastic Press.

Slater, T. (1996). Just a minute. New York: Scholastic Press.

Tallarico, T. (1983). Time to:…. New York: Tuffy. [Board Book]

Tallarico, T. (1982). What time is it? New York: Tuffy. [Board Book]

Walton, R. (2002). Bunny day (1st ed.). New York: HarperCollins.

Ward, C. (1988). Cookie’s week. New York: Scholastic Press. [Days of the week]

Watson, J. W. (1957). How to tell time. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Weisner, D. (1991). Tuesday. New York: Clarion Books.

Wells, R. (1997). What’s Faster than a Speeding Cheetah? Illinois: Albert Whitman.

Williams, R. (1988). Sunday, Sunday. Chicago: Creative Teaching Press.

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Weight/Mass Most of the following books can be used to introduce the topic of

weighing. For instance, weighing with different scales can be introduced when doing a

unit on harvesting or the food pyramid by having the children weigh and compare the

weight of different fruits and vegetables.

Coats, L. J. (1993). Alphabet garden. New York: MacMillan.

Ehlert, L. (1989). Eating the alphabet fruits & vegetables from A to Z. New York:

Harcourt, Brace, & Jovanovich.

Freudberg, J. & Geiss, T. (1980). Vegetable soup. New York: Western Publishing.

Johnston, T. (1986). Farmer Mack measures his pig. New York: Harper.

Krauss, R. (1945). The carrot seed. New York: Harper & Row.

Lexeu, J. Archimaedes takes a bath. New York: Crowell.

Marshall, J. (1973). Yummers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

NUMBER, OPERATIONS, AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING

Counting

Aker, S. (1990). What comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s? New York: Simon & Schuster.

Allington, R. (1979). Numbers. Chicago: Raintree.

Anno, M. (1975). Anno’s counting book. New York: Scholastic Press.

Anno, M. (1982). Anno’s counting house. New York: Philomel Books.

Archambault, J. (1989). Counting sheep. New York: Trumpet Club.

Arnosky, J. (1992). Mouse numbers and letters. New York: Harcourt, Brace, &

Jovanovich.

Asch, F. (1983). Mooncake. New York: Scholastic Press. [Counting Backwards]

Ayesworth, J. (1988). One crow. Philadelpia: Lipincott.

Bang, M. (1983). Ten, nine, eight. New York: Scholastic Press.

Beck, I. (1992). Five little ducks. New York: Trumpet Club.

Berenstain, S. & Berenstain, J. (1969). Bears on wheels. New York: Random House.

Birdwell, N. (1985). Count on Clifford. New York: Scholastic Press.

Bogart, J. E. (1989). Ten for dinner. New York: Scholastic Press.

Brett, J. (1981). The twelve days of Christmas. New York: Dodd, Mead.

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Brown, M. (1989). Marc Brown’s play pops: One, two, buckle my shoe. New York:

Puffin.

Brown. M. T. (1976). One, two, three: An animal counting book. Boston: Little, Brown.

Brunhoff, L. de. (1986). Babar’s counting book. New York: Random House.

Buckley, R. (1985). The greedy python. New York: Scholastic Press.

Bucknall, C. (1985). One bear all alone. New York: Young Readers/Dutton.

Campbell-Todd, D. (1991). Ten little Christmas angels. England: Brimax Books

Carle, E. (1992). La chenille affamee: The very hungry caterpillar (French ed.). New

York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1989). La oruga my hambrienta: The very hungry caterpillar (Spanish ed.).

New York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1968). 1,2,3, to the zoo. New York: Philomel.

Carle, E. (1972). Rooster’s off to see the world. New York: Scholastic Press.

Carle, E. (2005). 10 Little Rubber Ducks. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Carle, E. (1969). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Philomel.

Carroll, K. S. (1992). One red rooster. Boston: Houghton.

Christelow, E. (1989). Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. New York: Houghton

Mifflin.

Christelow, E. (1991). Five little monkeys sitting in a tree. New York: Clarion.

Chwast, S. (1993). 12 Circus Rings (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt.

Clarke, G. (1994). Ten Green Monsters. New York: Golden.

Clement, R. (1991). Counting on Frank. Milwaulkee, WI: Gareth Steven.

Coats, L. J. (1990). Ten little animals. New York: MacMillan.

Cole, J. (1988). Animal sleepyheads 1 to 10. New York: Scholastic Press.

Crews, D. (1968). Ten black dots. New York: Greenwillow.

Curren, P. (1983). The fire fighters’ counting book. New York: Western Publishing.

Cushman, D. (1983). The pudgy fingers counting book. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

De Regniers, B. S. (1985). So many cats! Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Dee, R. (1988). Two ways to count to ten. New York: Henry Holt.

Delamare, D. (1992). The twelve days of Christmas. Morris Plains, NJ: The Unicorn

Publishing House.

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Demi. (1986). Demi’s count the animals, 1,2,3. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Ehlert, L. (1990). Fish eyes: A book you can count on. New York: Harcourt, Brace, &

Jovanovich.

Ernst, L. C. (1986). Up to ten and down again. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Falwell, K. (1993). Feast for 10. New York: Clarion.

Fellings, M. (1971). Moha means one: Swahili counting book. New York: Dial.

Fisher, L. E. (1982). Number art: Thirteen 1,2,3’s from around the world. New York:

Four Winds.

Freudberg, J. & Geiss, T. (1979). The Count counts a party. New York: Western

Publishing.

Friedman, A. (1995). King’s Commissioners. New York: Scholastic Press.

Friskey, M. (1946). Chicken Little, count-to-ten. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Gantz, D. (1982). Captain Swifty counts to 50. New York: Doubleday.

Gardner, B. (1987). Can you imagine…? A counting book. New York: Dodd, Mead.

Geisert, A. (1992). Pigs from 1 to 10. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Geringer, L. (1985). A Three Hat Day. New York: HarperTrophy.

Giganti, P. (1992). Each orange had 8 slices: A counting book. New York: Greenwillow.

Giganti, P. (1988). How many snails? A counting book. New York: Greenwillow.

Gillhist, G. (1988). Counting tiny dinos: A book of numbers. New York: Warner.

Hales, R. & Hales, N. (1988). Wilbur worm. London: Willowisp.

Hamm, D. (1991). How Many Feet In The Bed? New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hammond. F. (1987). Ten little ducks. New York: Scholastic Press.

Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through Africa. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through Canada. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1987). Count your way through China. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1992). Count your way through Germany. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through India. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1990). Count your way through Israel. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1990). Count your way through Italy. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1987). Count your way through Japan. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through Korea. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

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Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through Mexico. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1987). Count your way through Russia. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1987). Count your way through Arab World. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Hague, K. (1986). Numbers: A counting book. New York: Scholastic Press.

Heinst, M. (1992). My first number book. New York: Dorling Kindersley.

Hill, E. (1989). Spot counts from 1 to 10. New York: Putnam.

Hill, E. (1983). Spot learns to count. NewYork: Putnam.

Hoban, T. (1972). Count and see. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hoban, T. (1999). Let’s count. New York: HarperCollins.

Hoban, T. (1985). 1, 2, 3. New York: Greenwillow.

Hoban, T. (1995). 26 Letters and 99 cents. New York: HarperCollins.

Hooker, Y. (1982). One green frog. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Howard, K. (1979). I can count to 100: Can you? New York: Random House.

Hulme, J. (1999). Sea Squares. New York: Hyperion: Rebound by Sagebrush.

Kahn, P. (1983). 10 little Care Bears counting book. New York: Random House.

Kapral, J. (1972). Little lost bee. Chicago: Children’s Press.

Kasza, K. (1987). The wolf’s chicken stew. New York: Putnam. (Kentucky Bluegrass

Award).

Katz, M. J. (1990). Ten potatoes in a pot and other counting rhymes. New York: Harper

& Row.

Keats, E. J. (1971). Over in the meadow. New York: Scholastic Press.

Kincaid, L. & Kincaid, E. (1989). The Skittles counting book. London, England: Brimax.

Kitamura, S. (1988). When sheep cannot sleep: The counting book. New York:

Sunburst.

Koelling, C. (1979). Cory’s counting game. Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan.

Kunhardt, E. (1981). Ned’s number book. New York: Western Publishing.

Law, F. (1985). Mouse count! Milwaukee: G. Stevens.

Lee, J. D. (1985). Animal 1,2,3. Milwaukee: G Stevens.

Leedy, L. (1985). A number of dragons. New York: Holiday House.

Lieber, J. (1994). Frog counts to ten. Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press.

Mahan, B. (1986). Bear’s big balloon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

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Martin, W. I. (1972). Sounds of numbers. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Mayer, M. (1978). Little Monster’s counting book. New York: Western Publishing.

McGrath, B. B. (1999). The Cheerios counting book. New York: Scholastic Press.

McGrath, B. B. (1994). The M&M’s Brand chocolate candy counting book. Watertown,

MA: Charlesbridge.

McMilan, B. (1986). Counting wildflowers. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

McQueen, L. (Ill) (1990). Counting bears. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Miller, J. P. (1976). Tiny Tiger learns a lot: About the alphabet, about numbers, about

ways to go, about colors. New York: Golden.

Mishler, L. (1978). The farm where things got all mixed up. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark

Cards.

Moore, L. (1957). My big golden counting book. New York: Golden.

Morozumi, A. (1993). One gorilla. New York: Sunburst.

Moss, M. (1992). Knick knack paddywack. Boston: Houghton.

Murphy, S. (2000). Pepper’s journal. New York: Harper Trophy.

Murphy, S. (1999). Spunky monkeys on parade. New York: HarperTrophy.

Nayer, J. (1992). Rhymes to count on. New York: McClanahan.

Ochs, C. P. (1993). When I’m alone. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Ockenga, S. (1988). World of wonders: A trips through numbers. Boston: Houghton

Mifflin.

O’Keefe, S. (1989). One hungry monster. New York: Scholastic Press.

Ong, C. (1991). The little engine that could: Let’s count 1,2,3. New York: Platt & Monk.

Pallotta, J. (1998). The butterfly counting book. New York: Scholastic Press.

Pallotta, J. (1992). The icky bug counting book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Pape, D. L. (1973). Count on Leo the lion. Champaign, Ill: Garrard.

Patterson, B. (1992). Baby’s 1,2,3. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Peek, M. (1981). Roll over: A counting song. New York: Clarion.

Peek, M. (1994). The balancing act: A counting story. New York: Clarion.

Pittman, H. C. (1994). Counting Jennie. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Pomerantz, C. (1984). One duck, another duck. New York: Greenwillow.

Rodger, E. B. (1991). The bunnies’ counting book. New York: Western Publishing.

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Ross, T. (1990). This old Man: A musical counting book. New York: MacMillan.

Russell, S. J. (1982). A farmer’s dozen. New York: Harper & Row.

Ryan, P. (1998). One hundred is a family (Board ed.). New York: Hyperion.

Sadler, M. (1991). BlueBerry Bear counts from 1 to 20. New York: Western Publishing.

Scarry, R. (1975). Richard Scarry’s best counting book ever. New York: Random

House.

Scarry, R. (1990). Richard Scarry’s counting book. New York: Western Publishing.

Schmandt-Besserat, D. (1999). The history of counting. New York: Scholastic Press.

Serfozo, M. (1989). Who wants one? New York: Scholastic Press.

Stamper, J. B. (1998). Tic-tac-toe: Three in a row. New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello

math reader. Level 1. Preschool- grade 1. Math activities by Marilyn Burns.]

Slobodkina, E. (1968). Caps for sale. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Szekeres, C. (1986). Little Bear counts his favorite things. New York: Western

Publishing.

Tafuri, N. (1986). Who’s counting? New York: Greenwillow.

Tallarico, T. Finger counting. New York: Tuffy Books. Price Stern Sloan

Tallarico, T. How many? New York: Tuffy.

Tallarico, T. (1991). Preschool: Can you find?: Counting picture book. New York: Tuffy.

Testa, F. (1985). If you take a pencil. New York: Dial.

Thornhill, J. (1989). The wildlife book: A nature counting book. New York: Simon &

Schuster.

Walker, M. (1988). Six big apples. Chicago: Creative Teaching Press.

Walton, R. (1998). So Many Bunnies. New York: HarperCollins.

Weiss, M. (1992). Birthday cake candles. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

West, C. (1987). One little elephant. Chicago: Children’s Press.

West, C. (1987). Ten little crocodiles. New York: Barron’s.

Whitney, D. C. (1973). The easy book of numbers and numerals. New York: Watts.

Windham, S. (1986). The twelve days of Christmas. New York: Putnam.

Winik, J. T. (1985). Fun with numbers. Milwaukee, WI: Penworthy.

Wood, A. (1984). The Napping House (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt.

Wylie, J. (1984). A more or less fish story. Chicago: Children’s Press.

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Yorke, J. (1991). My first look at counting. New York: Random House.

Young, E. (1992). Seven blind mice. New York: Philomel Books. [1992 Boston Globe-

Horn Book Award, Parenting Magazine’s “Ten Best Books of 1992, 1993

Caldecott Medal Honor Book]

Fractions

Adler, D. (1996). Fraction Fun. New York: Holiday House.

Dobson, C. (2003). Pizza counting. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Emberley, E. (1984). Ed Emberley’s picture pie. Boston: Little.

Ginsburg, M. (1976). Two greedy bears. New York: Aladdin.

Greenes, C. (1999). Fractions and decimals. Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications.

Leedy, L. (1994). Fraction action. New York: Holiday House.

Matthews, L. (1979). Gator pie. New York: Dodd.

McGrath, B. B. & Glass, R. (2001). Skittles bite size riddles math. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge. McMillan, B. (1991). Eating fractions. New York: Scholastic Press.

Murphy, S. (1998). Fair bear share. New York: HarperTrophy.

Murphy, S. (1996). Give me half! New York: HarperTrophy.

Murphy, S. & O’Malley, K. (1999). Jump, kangaroo, jump! New York: HarperCollins.

Pallotta, J. (2003). Apple fractions. New York: Scholastic Press.

Pallotta, J. & Bolster, R. (1999). The Hershey’s milk chocolate fractions book. New

York: Scholastic Press.

Pallotta, J. & Bolster, R. (2001). Twizzler's percentages book. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Princzes, E. (2001). Inchworm and a half. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Silverstein. S. (1976). Missing piece. New York: Harper.

Stamper, J. B. (2003). Go, fractions! New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Wood, D. & Wood, A. (1998). The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big

hungry bear. Auburn, ME: Child’s Play International Limited.

Operations & Quantitative Reasoning Aker, S. (1990). What comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s? New York: Simon & Schuster.

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Anderson, L. C. (1983). The wonderful shrinking shirt. Niles, IL: Albert Whitman.

Anno, M. & Anno, M. (1983). Anno’s mysterious multiplying jar. New York: Philomel.

Axelrod, A. (1999). Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun With Math and Money. New York: Aladdin.

Barton, B. (1981). Building a house. New York: Greenwillow.

Baum, A., & Baum, J. (1962). One bright Monday morning. New York: Knopf.

Becker, J. (1985). Seven little rabbits. New York: Scholastic Press.

Birch, D. (1993). The King’s Chessboard (Reprint). New York: Puffin.

Bono, M. (2001). Reese’s Pieces Math Fun: Addition 1 to 9 (Board ed.). Akron, OH:

Nibble Me Books.

Brown, M. (1989). Marc Brown’s play pops: One, two buckle my shoe. New York:

Dutton.

Brumbeau. (2003). Miss Hunnicut’s Hat. New York: Scholastic Press.

Calmenson, S. (1985). Ten items or less. New York: Golden.

Campbell, L. (1986). Up to ten and down again. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Christelow, E. (1989). Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. New York: Houghton

Mifflin.

Cohen, M. (1971). Best friends. New York: Collier.

Cohen, M. (1967). Will I have a friend? New York: Collier.

Crews, D. (1986). Ten black dots. New York: Greenwillow.

Crews, D. (1978). Freight train. New York: Greenwillow.

Cuyler, M. (2000). 100th day of worries. New York: Aladdin.

Dee, R. (1988). Ten ways to count to ten. New York: Henry Holt.

Demi. (1997). One grain of rice: A mathematical folktale. New York: Scholastic Press.

Dobson, C. (2003). Pizza counting. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Doolittle, E. (1988). World of wonders: A trip through numbers. Boston: Houghton

Mifflin.

Enzensberger, H. (2000). Number devil (Reprint). London: Granta.

Gag, W. (1928). Millions of cats. New York: Coward. [John Newbery Medal Honor Book]

Gisler, D. (2002). Addition Annie. San Francisco: Children's Press (CT).

Greenes, C. (1999). Estimation and logical reasoning. White Plains, NY: Dale Seymour.

Greeson, J. (1990). The stingy baker. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

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Harris, T. (2000). 100 days of school. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.

Helakoski, L. (2002). Smushy bus. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.

Hoban, T. (1998). More, fewer, less. New York: HarperCollins.

Hong, L. (1993). Two of Everything. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman.

Hutchins, P. (1986). The doorbell rang. New York: Scholastic Press.

Inkpen, M. (1987). One bear at bedtime. Boston: Little.

Irons, R. R. (1992). Buzzing bees. Australia: Mimosa Publications Pty. Limited.

[Subtraction]

Jonas, A. Splash! New York: Mulberry Books/ William Morrow & Co. [Addition]

Kitchen, B. (1987). Animal numbers. New York: Dial.

Leedy, L. (1999). Mission: Addition(Reprint). New York: Holiday House.

Liautaud, J. (1999). Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of

Learning the Multiplication Facts (3rd ed.). Sandy, UT: City Creek.

Long, L. (1998). Dealing with addition. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Long, L. (1996). Domino addition. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Losi, C. A. (1997). The 512 ants on sullivan street. New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello

Math reader level 4, grades 2 & 3. Math activities by Marilyn Burns.]

MacDonald, S. (1988). Numblers. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Matthews, L. (1990). Bunches and bunches of bunnies (Reissue). New York: Scholastic

Press

Merriam, E. (1993). 12 ways to get to 11. New York: Simon & Schuster. [Addition]

McDonald, S. & Oakes, B. Puzzlers. New York: Scholastic Press. [ages 5-8]

McGrath, B. B. (1998). More M&M’s chocolate candies math. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge.

McKissack, P. C. (1992). A million fish…more or less. New York: Knopf.

McMillan, B. (1991). One, two, one pair! New York: Scholastic Press.

Merrell, P. (1997). 512 ants on sullivan street. New York: Scholastic Press.

Meser, J. (1990). One, one, is the sun. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland.

Modell, F. (1981). One zillion valentines. New York: Greenwillow.

Moncure, J. B. My eight book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My five book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

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Moncure, J. B. My four book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My nine book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My one book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My seven book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My six book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My ten book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My three book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Moncure, J. B. My two book. Elgin, IL: Child’s World.

Morris, N. (1991). Magic monkeys: A fun book of numbers. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Moscovich, I. (2000). Mindgames: Number games. New York: Hall.

Murphy, S. J. (1997). Betcha! New York: Scholastic Press. [Estimation]

Murphy, S. J. (1997). Divide and ride. New York: Scholastic Press. [Division]

Murphy, S. (1997). Elevator magic. New York: HarperTrophy.

Murphy, S. (2000). Missing mittens. New York: HarperTrophy.

Murphy, S. (2000). Shark Swimathon. New York: HarperTrophy.

Neuschwander, C. (1998). Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream. New York: Scholastic

Press

Oechsli, K. (1980). Too many monkeys! New York: Western Publishing.

O’Keefe, S. (1989). One hungry monster. Boston: Little.

Pallotta, J. (2001). Hershey’s kisses addition book. New York: Scholastic Press.

Peek, M. (1987). The balancing act: A counting story. New York: Clarion.

Pinczes, E. J. (1995). A remainder of one. New York: Houghton Mifflin. [Division]

Pinczes, E. J. (1993). One hundred hungry ants. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Pomerants, C. (1984). One duck, another duck. New York: Greenwillow.

Rocklin, J. (1997). One hungry cat. New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello math reader

level 3, grades 1 & 2. Math activities by Marilyn Burns]

Rocklin, J. (1999). Just add fun! New York: Scholastic Press. [Hello math reader level 4,

grades 2 & 3. Math activities by Marilyn Burns. Multiplication]

Rocklin, J. (1996). The case of the missing birthday party. New York: Scholastic Press.

[Hello math reader, level 4, grades 2 & 3. Math activities by Marilyn Burns. Place

Value]

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Ross, T. (1990). This old man: A musical counting book. New York: MacMillan.

Schlein, M. (1996). More than one (1st ed.). New York: Greenwillow.

Schwartz, D. M. (1985). How much is a million? New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Schwartz, D. (1999). If You hopped like a frog (1st ed.). New York: Scholastic Press.

Schwartz, D. M. (1989). If you made a million. New York: Scholastic Press.

Servozo, M. (1989). Who wants one? New York: Scholastic Press.

Seuss. (1961). Sneetches. New York: Random House.

Sharmat, M. W. (1979). The three hundred twenty-ninth friend. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Swinburne, S. R. (2000). What's a pair? What's a dozen? Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill.

Tahan, M. (1993). Man who counted. New York: W. W. Norton.

Tang, G. (2002). Math for all seasons. New York: Scholastic Press.

Toft, K. (1997). One less fish. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Vernon Lord, J. (1987). Giant jam sandwich. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Walton, R. (2000). One more bunny. New York: Harper Collins.

Young, J. (1990). A million chameleons. Boston: Little, Brown.

Ziefert, H. (1998). Dozen dozens. New York: Puffin.

Ziefert, H. (1998). Rabbit and hare divide an apple. New York: Puffin.

Money

Adams, B. J. (1992). The go-around dollar. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Axelrod, A. (1997). Pigs will be pigs: Fun with math and money. New York: Simon &

Schuster.

Blume, J. (2003). Double fudge. New York: Puffin.

Clark, D. (1999). Puppies for sale. Franklin, TN: Dalmatian.

Clements, A. & Selznick, B. (2005). Lunch money. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hoban, T. (1987). 26 letters and 99 cents. New York: Greenwillow.

Karlitz, G. (1999). Growing money: A complete investing guide for kids. New York: Price

Stern Sloan.

Manes, S. (1992). Make four million dollars by next Thursday. New York: Bantam.

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McMillan, B. (1996). Jelly beans for sale. New York: Scholastic Press.

Murphy, S. (1998). Penny pot. New York: HarperTrophy.

Rocklin, J. (1995). How much is that guinea pig in the window. New York: Scholastic

Press. [Hello math reader level 4, agrades 2 & 3]

Schwartz, D. M. (1989). If you made a million. New York: Scholastic Press.

Viorst, J. (1978). Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. New York: Scholastic

Press.

PATTERNS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING

Bayer, J. (1984). My name is Alice. New York: Puffin.

Bono, M. (2001). Reese’s pieces math fun: Addition 1 to 9 (Board ed.). Akron, OH:

Nibble Me Books.

Carle, E. (1986). The secret birthday message (Reprint). New York: HarperTrophy.

Carle, E. (1995). The very busy spider(Board ed.). New York: Philomel.

Carter, D. (2006). How many bugs in a box. Boston: Little Simon.

Carter, D. (1990). More bugs in boxes. Boston: Little Simon.

Ehlert, L. (1990). Fish eyes. A book you can count on. New York: Harcourt, Brace, &

Jovanovich.

Flournoy, V. (1985). The patchwork quilt. New York: Dial.

Friedman, A. (1994). A cloak for the dreamer. New York: Scholastic Press. [A Marilyn

Burns Brainy Day Book]

Gleeson, K. (1993). Too many jellybeans! New York: Western Publishing.

Greenes, C. (1999). Patterns and reasoning. White Plains, NY: D. Seymour.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Birds. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Butterflies. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Cats. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Flowers. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Seashells. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Heller, R. (1990). Designs for coloring: Snowflakes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Henkes, K. (1991). Chrysanthemum. New York: HarperTrophy.

Hoban, T. (1987). Dots, spots, speckles, and stripes. New York: Trumpet Club.

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Hopkins, D. (1993). Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. New York: Knopf.

Johnston, T. (1985). The quilt story. New York: Scholastic Press.

Jonas, A. (1984). The quilt. New York: Greenwillow.

Maurer, D. (1998). Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores. New York: Orchard.

Mayer, M. (1975). Just for you. New York: Golden.

Polacco, P. (1998). The keeping quilt. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Pinczes, E. (1996). Arctic fives alive. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Slobodkina, E. (1947). Caps for sale. New York: Scholastic Press.

Swinburne, S. R. (1998). Lots and lots of zebra stripes: Patterns in nature. Honesdale,

PA: Boyds Mills.

Tang, G. (2001). Grapes of math: Mind stretching math riddles. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Turner, P. (1999). Among the odds and evens. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

(BYR).

Williams, R. L. & Dunne, K. (1995). Mr. Noisy's book of patterns. Cypress: Creative

Teaching Press.

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Graphing Cowley, J. The monster’s party. Mt. Eden, Auckland, N.Z.: Shortland. [Graph favorite

color, things children can do, or types of jello]

Glass, J. (1998). The fly on the ceiling: A math myth. New York: Random House. [A

Step 3 Book, grades 2-3]

Gleeson, K. (1993). Too many jellybeans! New York: Western Publishing. [Graph the

children’s favorite jellybean]

McGrath, B. B. (1998). More M&M’s chocolate candy math. Watertown, MA:

Charlesbridge.

Murphy, S. (1998). Lemonade for sale. New York: HarperTrophy.

Zokeisha. (1990). Jellybean monster: A yummy book about colors. New York:

Smithmar.

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Probability

Axelrod, A. (2000). Pigs at odds: fun with math and games. New York: Aladdin.

Murphy, S. (2001). Probably pistachio (1st ed.). New York: HarperTrophy.

UNDERLYING PROCESSES AND MATHEMATICAL TOOLS Problem Solving Anno, M. (1982). Anno’s math games. New York: Philomel.

Anno, M. & Nozaki, A. (1993). Anno's hat tricks. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Clement, R. (1991). Counting on Frank. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens.

Ferris, J. (2000). Math for martians: Galaxy getaway. New York: Kingfisher.

Ferris, J. (2000). Math for martians: planet omicron. New York: Kingfisher.

Mahy, M. (1087). 17 kings and 42 elephants. New York: Dial.

Rocklin, J. (1998). The case of the backyard treasure. New York: Scholastic Press.

[Hello math reader level 4, grades 2& 3. math activities by Marilyn Burns]

Rocklin, J. (1996). The case of the missing birthday party. New York: Scholastic Press.

[Hello math reader level 4, grades 2 & 3. Math activities by Marilyn Burns.]

Sachar, L. (1989). Sideways arithmetic from wayside school. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Scieszka, J. & Smith, L. (1995). Math curse. New York: Viking.

Vocabulary

Buckley, R. & Carle, E. (1985). The greedy python. New York: Scholastic Press.

Fowler, R. (1993). Ladybug on the move. New York: Gulliver/Harcourt Brace

Jonanovich.

Hopkins, L. B. (1997). Marvelous math: A book of poems. New York: Scholastic Press.

Schwartz, D. M. (1998). G is for googol: A math alphabet book. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Schmandt-Besserat, D. (1999). The history of counting. New York: Scholastic Press.

Scieszka, J. & Smith, L. (1995). Math curse. New York: Viking.

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MISCELLANEOUS Allsburg, C. (1976). The z was zapped. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Ash, R. (1999). Factastic book of 1001 lists. New York: DK CHILDREN.

Axelrod, A. (2005). Pigs in the corner: Fun with math and dance. New York: Aladdin.

Axelrod, A. (2002). Pigs on the move. New York: Aladdin.

Baker, A. (1995). Gray rabbit’s odd one out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Berenstain, S. (1968). Inside outside upside down. London: Harvill.

Brennan-Nelson, D. (2003). Penny the forgotten coin. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear.

Carlstrom, N. (1986). Jesse Bear, what will you wear? Boston: Little Simon.

Collins, P. (1992). I am an artist. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.

Derrydale. (1992). Choose my shoes. New York: Rh Value Publishing.

De Rubertis, B. (1999). Deena’s lucky penny. New York: Kane.

DiSalvo-Ryan, D. (2000). Grandpa’s corner store. New York: HarperCollins.

Dussling, J. (2000). 100-pound problem. New York: Kane.

Farmer, J. (1999). Bananas! Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Freeman, D. (1978). A pocket for corduroy. New York: Viking.

Guthrie, W. (1998). This land is your land. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.

Jocelyn, M. (2000). Hannah’s collections. New York: Dutton.

Krull, K. (1997). Wish you were here. New York: Doubleday.

Lobel, A. (1970). Frog and toad are friends. New York: HarperCollins.

LoPresti, A. (2003). A place for zero. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Lord, J. (1972). Giant jam sandwich. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

MacCarone, G. (1996). Silly story of Goldie Locks and the 3 squares. New York:

Scholastic Press.

Martin, Jr., B. (1989). Chicka chicka boom boom, 1, 2, 3. New York: Simon & Schuster.

McGrath, B. (2000). Skittles riddles. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Modesitt, J. (1989). The story of z. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Monsell, M.(1993). Underwear! Niles, IL: Albert Whitman.

Nagda, A. (2000). Tiger math. New York: Henry Holt.

Neitzel, S. (1992). The dress I’ll wear to the party. New York: HarperTrophy.

Perlman, J. (1995). The emperor penguin’s new clothes. New York: Puffin.

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Perry, S. (1995). If… Malibu, CA: Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Richards, K. (2000). It’s about time, Max! New York: Kane.

Sachar, L. (1994). More sideways arithmetic from wayside school. New York: Scholastic

Press.

Skinner, D. (2005). Tightwad tod. New York: Kane.

Small, D. (1988). Imogene’s antlers. New York: Crown.

Tang, G. (2003). Math appeal. New York: Scholastic Press.

Tang, G. (2003). Math-terpieces. New York: Scholastic Press.

Van Allsburg, C. (1981). Jumanji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Winthrop, E. (1996). Shoes (Board ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

Wood, A. (1984). Napping house. New York: Harcourt.

Ziefert, H. (1997). Bears odd bears even. New York: Puffin.


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