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

12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam

88 Pounds of Tomatoes (Hello Math Reader: Level 4: Grades 2 & 3: Subtraction) Subtraction.

A Carton of OOPS! by Judy Bradbury

Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures, by Claudia Zaslavsky is a unique resource for understanding other cultures and math development. Adult text, readable, activities suggested.

Alice in Pastaland: A Math Adventure – Cute picture book, take off on the famous story but with math based storyline

Anno's Magic Seeds (Picture Books)F Anno, Masaichiro & Mitsumasa – Advanced for addition / subtraction, but see article for ideas how to use with younger ages

Arctic Fives Arrive  Pinczes, Elinor J - Skip counting by fives

Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes J. Patrick Lewis

Best Ever Math Sticker Book - Usborne, as far as sticker books go, this one stands out

I Love Math Series: City Math: Look Both Ways Time Life 1992 Math in Life

Cyberchase F PBS show, hugely popular and valuable 30 minutes - ages 4 to 10 ish? Some fun but heavy duty math!

Digging for Dinosaurs (Math Adventures)

Domino Addition by Lynette Long, very nice book illustrating how we see and manipulate numbers in figurate arrays.

Each Orange Had 8 Slices Paul Giganti, Jr - Counting book with skip counting and grouping ideas

Fish Eyes F Y Ehlert, Lois Counting and adding by 1, peekaboo, great artwork, for younger kids

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

Galaxy Getaway (Math for Martians) by Ferris, Julie; Tassie, Jane – This is a multi-concept book that uses a story-line to present a series of puzzles using a variety of math skills

Googol Power: Addition Celebration

Greg Tang Books:  The Best Of Times, I did not like this one as much as his others, but it has value - the multiplication is too complex too quickly for intro level, Amanda Bean is better for introducing multiplication;  The Grapes of Math - grouping and skip counting; Math Appeal - grouping and skip counting

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

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

 How High Can a Dinosaur Count?: ...and Other Math Mysteries by Valerie Fisher

How Many Feet? How Many Tails? Hello Math Reader L. 2 by Marilyn Burns, math riddles and activities

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

I Love Math Series: City Math: Look Both Ways Time Life, 1992 Math in Life – multi-concept stories and activities

I Love Math Series: How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie?: Pizza Math Time Life, many math concepts including a nice introduction to early fractions and functions, my kids love this one

I Love Math Series: Play Ball - Sports Math - Sports theme, many math concepts explored in one book.

I Love Math Series: Pterodactyl Tunnel: Amusement Park Math Math puzzles, activities and stories with a dinosaur theme.

I Love Math Series: The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes Math thru a trip to the zoo

I Love Math Series: The House that Math Built - House Math, multi-concept math book

I Love Math Series: The Search for the Mystery Planet Space Math, Math and astronomy topics

I Love Math Series: See You Later, Escalator!: Mall Math Stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities introduce early math skills, focusing on the mathematics one might encounter on a trip to the shopping mall.

I Love Math Series: The Mystery of the Sunken Treasure: Sea Math

I Love Math Series: Alice in Numberland (Fantasy Math) Original stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities reflecting Alice's adventures in Numberland, where she finds mathematical challenges throughout the magical landscape

I Love Math Series: From Head to Toe, Body Math - another in this multi-concept series, math stories and activities around the human body

I Love Math Series: Right In Your Backyard, Nature Math F 1992  Math in nature. Beautiful pics, well done book

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

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

Math Fables Too by Greg Tang, follow up to Math Fables

Math For All Seasons (Scholastic Bookshelf) F Greg Tang, combining numbers for addition

Math Monsters F 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 Potatoes: Mind-stretching Brain Food: Mind-stretching Brain Food

Math Smart Junior, 2nd Edition (Smart Juniors Grades 6 to 8)F Lerner, Marcia Princeton Review, 1995 dumb name but great story math book for upper elem, my son read this repeatedly, for older kids (concepts start at addition and move to early algebra)

Math Wizardry for Kids by Margaret Kenda and Phyllis S. Williams- activities, stories, games

Math-terpieces, The Art of Problem-Solving F by Greg Tang - math puzzles around famous art works

MathStart by Stuart Murphy Leaping Lizards (MathStart 1) (Counting by 5s and 10s L.1)

MathStart by Stuart Murphy: A Fair Bear Share (MathStart 2) (Addition with regrouping, very nicely done)

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)

MathStart: Safari Park: Finding Unknowns(MathStart 3) by Stuart Murphy

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

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh, more than just a counting book, combos of 10 as the number of mice in the jar increases, the mice out of the jar decrease

Mr. Base Ten Invents Mathematics by Bethany H. Tucker. Very simple story-based math.

Mr. Monopoly's Amusement Park, A Math Adventure F Jackie Glassman, doesn't look like much, but my kids have learned a lot of math from this

Murderous Maths: The Essential Arithmetricks (Operations) – by Kjartan Poskitt, for older kids

My Full Moon is Square F Pinczes, Elinor J. - Intro to square numbers

Next Stop Grand Central, Maira Kalman, nice book

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 Hundred Hungry Ants  F Pinczes, Elinor J./MacKain, Bonnie  1993 Division, factors, very clever early intro

One Hundred Is A Family by Pat Munoz Ryan - Combinations that make 10, counting up by 10s to make 100.

One Hundred Ways To Get To 100 by Pallotta, Jerry

One Hungry Monster Y O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer/Munsinger, Lynn 1989 Counting and addition

One More Bunny: Adding from One to Ten F 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

One,Two, Skip A Few! First Number Rhymes by Roberta Arenson

Only One F Y Harshman, Marc. Beautiful "collagraph" artwork; about sets, read in a playful mode & have child predict the set

Panda Math: Learning About Subtraction from Hua Mei and Mei Sheng

Planet Omicron (Math for Martians) by Ferris, Julie; Tassie, Jane – Puzzles along with a story line

Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions – High school on up level, but starts at the beginning with addition concepts building up to infinity for older readers / adults. Nice explanation of negative numbers.

Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere: A Fibonacci Tale

Riddle-Iculous Math by Joan Holub, fun book, riddles, puns, etc.

Sea Sums by Joy Hulme, not as nice as Sea Squares, but a nice book for addition

Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt (Young Readers) F by Beatrice Lumpkin - wonderful living book on several accounts, but as Senefer learns the Egyptian way of writing numbers, it emphasizes how number bases are constructed. Addition and multiplication are woven in the story as well.

Sold! A Mothematics Adventure (that isn't a typo) by Nathan Zimelman Calculators aren't much protection at an auction with a pesky moth.

Speed Mathematics Using the Vedic System by Vali Nasser

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

The Action of Subtraction (Math Is Categorical) by Brian Cleary

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

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

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

The History of Counting z  by Denise Schmandt-Besserat

The King's Commissioners (Brainy Day Books) by Aileen Friedman, a Marilyn Burns Rainy Day Book

The Mission of Addition (Math Is Categorical) by Brian Cleary

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

The Story of 1 (PBS Home Video) One hour well presented video on the history of the number 1. Available at Blockbuster, Netflix and many libraries.

The Warlord's Messengers (Warlords) by Virginia Walton Pilegard (distance calculations)

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

What Comes in 2's, 3's & 4's? by Aker, Suzanne

You Can, Toucan, Math by David A. Adler, Word Problem Solving

Young Math: Number Ideas Through Pictures   Charosh, Mannis  1974  Odd/even,square/triangular numbers. Unusual presentation of number concepts, dated but very useful for me.

Young Math: Solomon Grundy, Born On Oneday A Finite Arithmatic Puzzle by Malcolm E. Weiss

Zookeeper for a Day (Math Adventures) - multi-concept reader focusing on math applied in a real life occupation