Literature can increase mathematical thinking!
Math and literature are a great combination! Many books actually help increase mathematical thinking. Children's literature provides a great jumping off place for math activities. When you are familiar with the math skills early learners are working towards understanding, it is easy to identify books that complement the skill you would like to emphasize. Encourage talking about math in your everyday lives and share ideas with your children.
Literature List for Grades 1-3:
Number Patterns and Counting:
12 Ways to Get to 11
26 Letters and 99 Cents
Each Orange Had 8 Slices
Math for All Seasons
Missing Mittens
100 Ways to Get to 100
Pattern Bugs
Pizza Counting
Twenty Is Too Many
The Doorbell Rang
One Hundred Hungry Ants
A Remainder of One
More or Less
Missing Numbers
Even Steven and Odd Todd
How Much is a Million
If You Were an Odd Number
The Sundae Scoop
Tally O'Mally
One Hundred is a Family
Billy Bully
The Right Number of Elephants
Who Sank the Boat?
The Doorbell Rang
The Twelve Days of Winter
Leaping Lizards
Double the Ducks
Geometry:
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, Spheres
Grandfather Tang's Story
The Greedy Triangle
Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes
Let's Fly a Kite (symmetry)
If You Look Around You
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Round is a Mooncake
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
When a Line Bends a Shape Begins
Time:
Game Time
It's About Time
Clocks and More Clocks
The Grouchy Ladybug
It's About Time, Max!
All in One Hour
Tell Me What the Time Is
Place Value:
Anno's Counting Book
Can You Count to a Googol
Count to a Million
A Place for Zero
Earth Day Hooray!
A Fair Bear Share
Estimation:
Betcha!
How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1,000?
The Foot Book
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
The Mitten
Fractions:
Apple Fractions
Fraction Action
Fraction Fun
Lulu's Lemonade
The Hershey's Fraction Book
Give Me Half!
Measurement:
How Big is a Foot?
Inch by Inch
Measuring Penny
Millions to Measure
Inchworm and a Half
Hershey's Weights and Measures
Bigger, Better, Best (area)
Racing Around (perimeter)
Super Sand Castle Saturday
Money:
Deena's Lucky Penny
A Dollar for Penny
Trouble with Money
Penny
Nickel
Dime
Quarter
Dollar
The Coin Counting Book
Follow the Money
Probability:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Do you Wanna Bet?
Probably Pistachio