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Pre-K through Elementary

Animal Architects z National Geographic 1987 Patterns in nature. Awesome photos for *seeing* math in nature
Math In the Bath and Other Fun Places, Too! by Sara Atherlay
Math-Terpieces, The Art of Problem-Solving z by Greg Tang - math activities famous art works
Origami: Inspired by Japanese Prints from the Metropolitan Museum ofArt by Megumi Biddle
Right In Your Backyard, Nature Math Time Life I Love Math Series

Yellow Umbrella (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) by Jae Soo Liu, very unusual book with CD - listen to the music identifying mathematical progressions

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss, number vocabulary (solo, duet, trio up to octet) - Caldecott Honor

Middle School on Up

Life By the Numbers zz Devlin, Kevin 1998 Math in Life
Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci z by Bulent Atalay Review

Wooden Books z: Gorgeous illustrations! Lots of science, art and nature crossover
Li: Dynamic Form in Nature, Wade, David Math in Nature
   Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music, Ashton, Anthony
   Essential Elements: Atoms, Quarks, and the Periodic Table, Tweed, Matt
   Platonic & Archimedean Solids, Sutton, Daud
   Sacred Geometry, Lundy, Miranda
   A Little Book of Coincidence, by John Martineau (Illustrator)
   Sun, Moon, & Earth, by Robin Heath
   Useful Mathematical and Physical Formulae, by Matthew Watkins

Stonehenge, by Robin Heath

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