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Measurement of Quantities and Distance, Mapping and Building Concepts

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

Pre-K through Elementary

David Macaulay books are wonderful books for building concepts, black and white drawings are very eye-catching and unusual. We have collected all of them, favorites are Pyramid and City
Dear Benjamin Banneker, Brian Pinkney - picture biography, Banneker was a land surveyor
Hello Math Readers:  Too Many Cooks! (Level 3) by Andrea Buckless  / What's Up With That Cup? (Level 2) z by Sheila Keenan
How Tall, How Short, How Faraway, David Adler
How Big is a Foot? z  Myller, Rolf   1962   Size, measurement, story based on historical fact
If You Hopped Like A Frog By David M. Schwartz
Inch by Inch  Leo Lionni
Inchworm and a Half By Elinor J. Pinczes
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth z (story of Erastothenes), Kevin Hawkes, Beautiful book, illustrations, well written
Hershey's Weights and Measures by Jerry Pallotta, the Amazon reviewer just has a problem with candy, but the book is decent
How much and how many: The story of weights and measures by Jeanne Bendick
The Long and Short of Measurements by Vicki Cobb
Many Moons z by James Thurber, almost a chapter book, concepts of size and distance
MathStart Readers by Stuart Murphy:  Bug Dance Directions, L. 1; Room for Ripley Capacity, L. 3; Super Saturday Sand Castle Measuring L. 2
Mapping Penny's World z by Loreen Leedy
Measuring Penny z by Loreen Leedy
Millions to Measure z by David M. Schwartz
"Pig Math" by Amy AxelrodPigs in the Pantry, Fun with Math and Cooking Measuring and following directions
So Big! : My First Measuring Book zY Falkner, Keith - My 4 to 6 y/olds love this, built in height& length measuring device, effective intro to measurement
Blast Off to Earth!: A Look at Geography z, Loreen Leedy, Nesting of sets and subsets, statistics, comparisons, legends and codes, my whole family really likes this book
Felix Explores Planet Earth, Langen, Annette - very cute story with real letters in the book, geography w/math imbedded, bookcloseouts find
Learning About Measurement - Horne, Sylvia  Highly illustrated, all types of measurement
Mapping Penny's World z Leedy, Loreen   2001 Measurement/scale Excellent intro to scale drawing
Sven's Bridge  Lobel, Anita  1965  Distance, clearance. Beautiful illustrations
Who Put the Pepper in the Pot? z Cole, Joanna/Alley, R.W.  1989  Measurement, great story

Chapter Books for older readers:

Murderous Maths: Desperate Measures (Length, Area and Volume)
String, Straightedge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry z Diggins, Julia E./Bell, Corydon 1965 Geometry, math history. Classic back in print

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