Children’s Literature with Mathematical Possibilities

Maintaining this list is an ongoing project of Liz Wilner. Please forward ideas and/or suggestions to Liz at: ehwillner@nwosu.edu.

Classification

• Anno, M. 1989. Anno’s Faces. Philomel
• Barton, B. 1989. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs. Scholastic
• Guarino, D. 1989. Is Your Mama a Llama? Scholastic
• Lacey, E. 1993. What’s the difference? Clarion
• Pearce, Q. 1992. Why a Frog Is Not a Toad. Lowell House
• Trapani, I. 1992. What Am I? An Animal Guessing Game. Whispering Coyote

Counting

• Arnholt, C. 1992. The Twins, Two By Two. Candlewick
• Bertrand, L. 1992. One Day, Two Dragons. Clarkson Potter
• Brett, J. 1990. The Twelve Days of Christmas. Putnam
• Cole, J. 1988. Animal Sleepyheads: 1 to 10. Scholastic
• Fleming, D. 1992. Count! Henry Holt
• Haskins, J. 1990. Count Your Way Through India. Carolrhoda
• Johnson, O. and Johnson, B. 1992. One Prickly Porcupine. Oxford
• Knight, J. 1989. Tickle-toe Rhymes. Orchard
• Linden, A. 1992. One Smiling Grandma: A Caribbean Counting Book. Dial
• Maris, R. 1987. In My Garden. Greenwillow
• Ockenga, S. and Doolittle, E. 1988. World of Wonders: A Trip Through Numbers. Houghton Mifflin
• Sheppard, J. 1990. The Right Number of Elephants. Harper & Row
• Taborin, G. 1977. Norman Rockwell’s Counting Book. Abrams
• Thornhill, J. 1989. The Wildlife 1 2 3: A Nature Counting Book. Half Moon
• Wood, J. 1992. Moo Moo Brown Cow. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Addition and Subtraction

• Bogart, J. 1989. 10 for Dinner. Abingdon
• Brown, M. 1985. Arthur’s Tooth. Little, Brown
• Carlson, N. 1984. Harriet’s Halloween Candy. Carolrhada
• Dale, P. 1993. Ten Out of Bed. Candlewick
• Merriam, E. 1993. 12 Ways to Count to 11. Simon & Schuster
• Richardson, J. 1992. Ten Bears in a Bed. Hyperion
• Wise, W. 1993. Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse (A Tale of Wickedness--and Worse!) Dial
• Young, E. 1992. Seven Blind Mice. Philomel

Multiplication

• Giganti, P. 1992. Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book. Greenwillow
• Hulme, J. 1991. Sea Squares. Hyperion
• Parish, P. 1974. Too Many Rabbits. Macmillan
• Pinczes, E. 1993. One Hundred Hungry Ants. Houghton Mifflin
• Wood, A. and Wood, D. 1991. Piggies. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Fractions

• McMillan, B. 1991. Eating Fractions. Scholastic
• Nelson, J. 1990. Half and Half. Modern Curriculum Press
• Thaler, M. 1989. The Teacher From the Black Lagoon. Scholastic
• Wood, D. and Wood, A. 1984. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. Child’s Play

Big Numbers

• Hertzberg, H. 1993. One Million. Times Books
• McKissack, P. 1992. A Million Fish...More or Less. Knopf
• Ray, M. 1992. Pumpkins. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
• Spurr, El. 1991. The Biggest Birthday Cake in the World. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Geometry

• Anno, M. 1980. Anno’s Midieval World. Philomel
• Asch, F. 1985. Bear Shadow. Simon & Schuster
• Bang, M. 1991. Picture This. Perceptiona nd Composition. Little, Brown
• Baum, A. and Baum, J. 1987. Opt: An Illustionary Tale. Viking
• Balckwell, W. 1984. Geometry in Architecture. Key Curriculum Press
• Blaze International Productions. 1991. The Pop-up Book of M.C. Escher. Pomegranate
• Bolton, L. 1993. Hidden Pictures. Dial
• Brown, R. 1982. If At First You Do Not See. Henry Holt
• Carle, E. 1992. Draw Me a Star. Philomel
• Ernst, L. and Ernst, L. 1990. The Tangram Magician. Abrams
• Gibbons, G. 1990. How a House is Built. Macmillan
• Hill, E. 1980. Where’s Spot? Putnam
• Hoban, T. 1992. Look Up, Look Down. Greenwillow
• Hoban, T. 1992. Spirals, Curves, Fanshapes, and Lines. Greenwillow
• Lauber, P. 1990. How We Learned the Earth Is Round. HarperCollins.
• McMillan, B. 1992. Beach Ball--Left Right! Holiday House
• Simon, S. 1976. The Optical Illusion Book. Morrow
• Westray, K. 1994. Picture Puzzler. Ticknor & Fields

Measurement

• Aylesworth, J. 1990. The Complete Hickory Dickory Dock. Atheneum
• Berenstain, M. 1991. Faster, Slower, Higher, Lower. Western Publishing
• Berenstain, S. and Berenstain, J. 1983. The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble With Money. Random House
• Berger, B. 1984. Grandfather Twilight. Philomel
• Brett, J. 1989. The Mitten. Putnam
• Briggs, R. 1970. Jim and the Beanstalk. Coward-McCann
• Bruchac, J. 1992. Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons. Philomel
• Burton, V. 1962. Life Story. Houghton Mifflin
• Carrick, C. 1989. Patrick’s Dinosaurs. Clarion
• Clement, R. 1991. Counting on Frank. Gareth Stevens
• Graham, A. 1991. Angus Thought He Was Big. Newbridge Communications
• Hutchins, P. 1979. One-Eyed Jake. Greenwillow
• McPhail, D. 1992. Farm Boy’s Year. Atheneum
• Merriam, E. 1992. Train Leaves the Station. Henry Holt
• Polacco, P. 1990. Thunder Cake. Philomel
• Sawicki, N. 1989. The Little Red House. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
• Schwartz, D. 1991. Supergradnpa. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
• Van Allsburg, C. 1988. Two Bad Ants. Houghton Mifflin
• Viorst, J. 1992. Sunday Morning. Atheneum
• Ward, C. 1988. Cookie’s Week. Putnam
• Weiss, H. 1991. Maps: Getting From Here to There. Houghton Mifflin
• Wiesner, D. 1992. June 29, 1999. Clarion
• Wood, J. 1992. A Book of Historical Errors. Simon & Schuster
• Zolotow, Ch. 1987. I Like to Be Little. HarperCollins

General

• Ahlbert, J. and Ahlberg, A. 1986. The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters. Little Brown
• Aker, S. 1990. What Comes in 2s, 3s, and 4s? Simon & Schuster
• Bang, M. 1985. The Paper Crane. Mulberry
• Biesty, S. 1992. Incredible Cross-sections. Knopf
• Birch, D. 1988. The King’s Chessboard. Penguin Group
• Brett, J. 1987. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Putnam’s Sons
• Carle, E. 1977. The Grouchy Ladybug. Harper Trophy
• Carle, E. 1972. Rooster’s Off to See the World. Simon & Schuster
• Crews, D. 1986. Ten Black Dots. Greenwillow
• Dahl, R. 1988. Cahrlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Puffin
• Dahl, R. 1988. Matilda. Puffin
• Demi. (1990). The Empty Pot. Henry Holt
• Dragonwater, C. 1989. This is the Bread I Baked for Ned. Macmillan
• Ehlert, L. 1989. Color Zoo. Harper Collins
• Emberly, E. 1984. Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book. Little Brown
• Flournoy, V. 1985. The Patchwork Quilt. Dial
• Fox, M. 1986. Hattie and the Fox. Macmillan
• Grifalconi, A. 1986. The Village of Round and Square Houses. Little Brown
• Hutchins, P. 1986. The Doorbell Rang. Greenwillow
• Hutchins, P. 1968. Rosie’s Walk. Macmillan
• Jonas, A. 1983. Round Trip. Mulberry
• Khalsa, D. 1989. How Pizza Came to Brooklyn. Clarson N. Potter
• Maestro, B. 1993. The Story of Money. Clarion
• Mathis, S. 1986. The Hundred Penny Box. Puffin.
• McGuffey, M. 1996. One in a Billion. SpanPress
• Reimer, L and Reimer, W. 1990. Mathematicians are People, Too. Dale Seymour
• Scieszka, J. and Smith, L. 1995. Math Curse. Viking
• Seuss, Dr. 1965. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Random House
• Tompert, A. 1990. Grandfather Tang’s Story. Brown
• Viorst, J. 1978. Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday. Aladdin
• Yolen, J. 1987. Owl Moon. Philomel