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Addition and Subtraction, Building Equations, Groups and Tallies for Adding

Suitability comments on Main Reader Page z = Our family's favorites

Newly Added July 2008:

The King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman, a Marilyn Burns Rainy Day Book

A Carton of OOPS! by Judy Bradbury
Each Orange Has 8 Slices by Paul Giganti

The Family Minus Y Krahn, Fernando 1977 Whimsy, Math vocab, less, more

Five Silly Fishermen (Step into Reading, Step: 2) by Roberta Edwards

The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang (advanced addition, moving into multiplication)

The Great Take-Away z 1980 Louise Mathews, Very fun story about subtraction

Hersheys Kisses Addition Book, Hersheys Kisses Subtraction Book and M&M's Counting Book - all are full of addition and subtraction activities

Hello Math Readers: Stay in Line (Level 2) by Teddy Slater

Math Fables z Greg Tang, combining numbers for addition, wonderful book

Math for All Seasons z Greg Tang, combining numbers for addition

Math Monsters z Y (video series, I snuck it in, my 4 - 6 y/o girls love these 30 minute series we check out from our library)

Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving z Greg Tang, combining numbers for addition,

MathStart Readers by Stuart J. Murphy: Animals on Board - Adding (L. 2) / Shark Swimathon - Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers (L.3) / Safari Park - Finding Unknowns (L. 3) / Ready, Set, Hop! Building Equations (L. 3)

Mission Addition Leedy, Loreen 1997 Leedy style, busy, a bit too much for me to read aloud, one child enjoys very much

Mouse Count zY Walsh, Ellen Stoll 1991 Addition, subtraction, fun story

The Mystery of the Farmer's Three Fives, Y Friskey, Margaret 1963 Cute story, "few/more" combos of 5

Next Stop Grand Central, Maira Kalman, nice book

Number Ideas Through Pictures, Mannis Charosh (Young Math Book) - Unusual presentation of number concepts, dated but very useful

Numberline Lane series Y - the authors sent me the first five in their series. My 6 and 4 y/old girls really enjoyed the illustrations. More along the lines of MathStart, less story, more math, but they did enjoy them.

One More Bunny, Adding from One to Ten z by Rick Walton, finding combinations that add up to a total (i.e., 1 7=8, 2 6, 3 5, 4 4, etc.) in pictures, nice book

Sea Sums by Joy Hulme

Ten Sly Piranhas z Wise, William/Chess, Victoria 1993 Subtraction. A huge favorite among my kids, fun for me to read!

This Is The House That Jack Built Underhill, Liz 1987 Addition/accumulation/sequence

I Love Math Series - Out of print, but still available . . lots of math concepts

City Math: Look Both Ways Time Life I Love Math Series

1992

Math in Life

Pizza Math, How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? Time Life I Love Math series 1992 - Fractions, my kids love this one

Zoo Math: Case of Missing Zebra Stripes, Time Life I Love Math Series 1992 Math in nature, my kids really like this

12 Ways to Get 11 by Eve Merriam

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