Literature

Add books that can be used in our math curriculum and suggest what topics they would be best used for!

Pigs Will be Pigs by Amy Axelrod (money & computation)

Alexander Who Use to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst (money & computation)

Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (number sense)

How Big is a Foot by (measurement)

 HUGE list of math books for all grade levels is above: Click on the link.

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**The website above has a list of children’s books that are great introductions to various math topics! I also pasted the ****list below (in case the website ever goes away!) =) **

**PLEASE keep adding to the list!!! **

**If you see a book that is way too young for third grade, or for any other reason doesn’t work, PLEASE feel free to comment about it or even delete it off of the list! **


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Anno, Mitsumasa. (1982). Anno's Counting Book. New York: Philomel.

Carle, Eric. (1979). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Collins.

Giganti, Paul. (1992). Each Orange Had Eight Slices. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hong, Lily Toy. (1993). Two of Everything. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Merriam, Eve. (1993). 12 Ways to Get to 11. New York: Simon and Schuster.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Counting__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Aardema, Vera. (1981). Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. New York: Dial.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Aker, Suzanne. (1990). What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's? New York: Simon and Schuster.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Anno, Mitsumasa. (1982). Anno's Counting Book. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Aylesworth, Jim. (1988). One Crow: A Counting Rhyme. Philadelphia: HarperCollins.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Bang, Molly. (1983). Ten, Nine, Eight. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Bertrand, Lynne. (1992). One Day, Two Dragons. New York: C.N. Potter.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Boon, Emilie. (1987). 1, 2, 3, How Many Animals Can You See? New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Burningham, John. (1980). The Shopping Basket. New York: Crowell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Carle, Eric. (1984). The Very Busy Spider. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Clifton, Lucille. (1992). Everett Anderson's 1-2-3. New York: Holt.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Crews, Donald. (1986). Ten Black Dots. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Dee, Ruby. (1988). Two Ways to Count to Ten. New York: Holt.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. (1985). So Many Cats! New York: Clarion.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Dunbar, Joyce. (1990). Ten Little Mice. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Fleming, Denise. (1992). Count. New York: Holt.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Fowler, Richard. (1987). Mr. Little's Noisy 1 2 3. New York: Grosset and Dunlap.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hague, Kathleen. (1986). Numbears. New York: Holt.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1972). Count & See. New York: Macmillan.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1985). 1, 2, 3. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hutchins, Pat. (1982). 1 Hunter. New York: Greenwillow

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Inkpen, Mick. (1987). One Bear at Bedtime. New York: Dial.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Kitchen, Bert. (1987). Animal Numbers. New York: Dial.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Mack, Stan. (1974). 10 Bears in My Bed. New York: Pantheon.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Nikola, Lisa. (1991). One, Two, Three Thanksgiving. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Peek, Merle. (1981). Roll Over. New York: Clarion.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Potter, Beatrix. (1988). Peter Rabbit's 1 2 3. New York: Warne.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Sendak, Maurice. (1962). One Was Johnny. New York: Harper and Row.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper and Row.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Stobbs, William. (1984). 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Tafuri, Nancy. (1986). Who's Counting? New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Wadsworth, Olive. (1985). Over in the Meadow: A Counting Out Rhyme. New York: Viking.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Wahl, John, & Wahl, Stacy. (1976). I Can Count the Petals on a Flower. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Estimating__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Clement, Rod. (1991). Counting on Frank. Milwaukee, WI: G. Stevens Books.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Giff, Patricia Reilly. (1984). The Candy Corn Contest. New York: Dell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Podendorf, Illa. (1970). Many Is How Many? Chicago: Children's Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Polacco, Patricia. (1990). Thunder Cake. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper and Row.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Williams, Karen. (1990). Galimoto. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Williams, Vera. (1982). A Chair for My Mother. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Fractions__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Dragonwagon, Crescent. (1986). Half a Moon and One Whole Star. New York: Macmillan.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Emberly, Ed. (1984). Picture Pie. Boston: Little, Brown.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Giganti, Paul. (1988). How Many Snails. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Golub, Matthew. (1993). The Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats. New York: Tambourine.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hutchins, Pat. (1986). The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Matthews, Louise. (1979). Gator Pie. New York: Dodd, Mead.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">McMillan, Bruce. (1991). Eating Fractions. New York: Scholastic.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Pomerantz, Charlotte. (1984). The Half Birthday Party. New York: Clarion.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Watson, Clyde. (1972). Tom Fox and the Apple Pie. New York: Crowell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Geometry__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Alder, David. (1975). 3D 2D 1D. New York: Crowell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Emberly, Ed. (1961). The Wing on a Flea. Boston: Little Brown.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Goble, Paul. (1983). Star Boy. New York: Bradbury.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1971). Look Again. New York: Macmillan.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1981). Take Another Look. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1986). Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1988). Look, Look, Look. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Jonas, Ann. (1984). The Quilt. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">McMillan, Bruce. (1993). Mouse Views What the Class Pet Saw. New York: Holiday House.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Podendorf, Illa. (1970). Shapes, Sides, Curves, and Corners. Chicago: Children's Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Testa, Fulvio. (1983). If You Look Around You. New York: Dial.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Tonpert, Ann. (1990). Grandfather Tang's Story. New York: Crown.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Graphing__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Anno, Mitsumasa. (1982). Anno's Counting Book. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Kasza, Keiko. (1987). The Wolf's Chicken Stew. New York: Putnam.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Measurement__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Briggs, Raymond. (1970). Jim and the Beanstalk. New York: Coward-McCann.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Carrick, Carol. (1983). Patrick's Dinosaurs. New York: Clarion.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Kellogg, Steven. (1976). Much Bigger Than Martin. New York: Dial.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Lionni, Leo. (1960). Inch by Inch. New York: Aston-Honor.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Low, Joseph. (1980). Mice Twice. New York: Atheneum.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Morimoto, Junko. (1988). The Inch Boy. New York: Puffin.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Myller, Rolf. (1991). How Big Is a Foot? New York: Dell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Porte, Barbara Ann. (1993). Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Russo, Marisabina. (1986). The Line Up Book. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Money__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Adams, Barbara. (1992). The Go-Around Dollar. New York: Four Winds Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Axelrod, Amy. (1994). Pigs Will Be Pigs. New York: Four Winds Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Brown, Marc. (1990). Arthur's Pet Business. Boston: Joy Street.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Lillian. (1981). Arthur's Funny Money. New York: Harper & Row.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1987). 26 Letters and 99 Cents. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Maestro, Betsy. (1988). Dollars and Cents for Harriet. New York: Crown.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Modell, Frank. (1981). One Zillion Valentines. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Schwartz, David. (1985). How Much Is a Million? New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Schwartz, David. (1989). If You Made a Million. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Viorst, Judith. (1978). Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday. New York: Atheneum.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Multiplication and Division__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Anno, Masaichiro. (1983). Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Froman, Robert. (1978). The Greatest Guessing Game. New York: Crowell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Giganti, Paul. (1992). Each Orange Had Eight Slices. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1972). Count and See. New York: Macmillan.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hulme, Joy. (1991). Sea Squares. New York: Hyperion.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hutchins, Pat. (1986). The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Matthews, Louise. (1978). Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies. New York: Dodd, Mead.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Pinczes, Elinor. (1993). One Hundred Hungry Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Pittman, Helena Clare. (1986). A Grain of Rice. New York: Hastings.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Srivastavia, Jane Jonas. (1979). Number Families. New York: Crowell.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">**__Number Sense__**

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Anno, Mitsumasa. (1982). Anno's Counting Book. New York: Philomel.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Crews, Donald. (1986). Ten Black Dots. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Giganti, Paul. (1988). How Many Snails? New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hoban, Tana. (1981). More Than One. New York: Greenwillow.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Hort, Lenny. (1991). How Many Stars in the Sky? New York: Tambourine.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Kuskin, Karla. (1986). The Philharmonic Gets Dressed. New York: Harper & Row.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Medearis, Angela Shelf. (1990). Picking Peas For a Day. Austin, TX: State House Press.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Nesbit, E. (1989). Melisande. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">O'Keefe, Susan. (1989). One Hungry Monster. Boston: Joy Street Books.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Pinczes, Elinor. (1993). One Hundred Hungry Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Pittman, Helena Clare. (1986). A Grain of Rice. New York: Hastings.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Schwartz, David. (1985). How Much Is a Million? New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.

<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Sheppard, Jeff. (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. New York: Harper & Row.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Multiplication: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">[|Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies] **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(by Louise Mathews) **

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Money, measurement, and time: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">[|Pigs Will Be Pigs] <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> books! **(by Amy Axelrod)** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">[|Pigs on a Blanket: Fun With Math and Time][|Pigs Go to Market: Fun With Math and Shopping][|Pigs in the Pantry: Fun With Math and Cooking]

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Fractions: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Gator Pie **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(by Louise Mathews) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Division: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">The Doorbell Rang **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(by Pat Hutchins) **


 * [|**__Actual Size__**]
 * [|**__Anno's Counting Book__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__Anno's Counting House__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__The Doorbell Rang__**]
 * [|**__First Steps__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__The Napping House__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__One Monkey Too Many__**]<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">.
 * [|**__The Table Where Rich People Sit__**]