by Loreen Leedy is a fun collection of Halloween themed stories to teach the multiplication facts for 0-5. The focus of these stories is on groups of equal parts.

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by Lily Hong is a really cute folktale in which a magical pot doubles whatever is put in it. This could be a fun introduction or a good way to work on the 2’s facts.

by Greg Tang is a fantastic book! The fun rhymes can help with memorizing the facts, but also include helpful strategies for solving the facts from 0-10.

 by Cindy Neuschwander is another fun book that will help kids see the importance of multiplication. The focus of this book is on repeated addition (and why multiplication is a “faster way to count”). The pictures also includes lots of examples of arrays. There are also activity ideas included in the back of the book.

by Seon Chae is a cute tale of a mother duck and her many ducklings. The book shows all the different ways to make 12, and also demonstrates the commutative property.

by Judith Stamper is a fun early reader that gives kids a glimpse at multiplication in real life. It also includes examples of doubling a recipe.

by Stuart Murphy includes fun rhymes and silly pictures and focuses on skip counting by 2’s, 3’s and 4’s.

by Elinor Pinczes is such a great book! The adorable rhyme tells the tale of arctic animals arriving 5 at a time for a special event. Not only does it teach counting by 5’s, but is a fun way to learn about arctic animals.

by Barbara deRubertis is another fun early reader that shows kids skip counting in real life.

by Dayle Ann Dodds is a funny tale, with pictures that kids will love. This book focuses on multiplying by 2.

by Margaret Park is similar to The Best of Times. Unique and silly rhymes are told for each of the multiplication facts. This book also includes a cd, so kids can sing the songs to help them learn.

by Claudia Mills is a more advanced chapter book, which includes some tips for learning multiplication, but also shares a boy’s anxiety and feelings about learning the facts and passing his tests. If you have a child who is math anxious, or frustrated with learning the times tables, they may appreciate this story!

by Joan Horton is similar to 7×9=Trouble, but for younger kids. This is a great way to encourage math anxious kids!

by Matha F. Brenner. Mike, the main character in the book tries to avoid washing the dishes until they multiply and his dad catches him in the act.  This book embeds multiplication facts throughout the story to calculate the number of dishes that Mike needs to wash.  

by Pam Calbert. This creative story tells a tale of Rumpelstiltskin….but with multiplication! This book is fun because it gives a lot of opportunities for the teacher to pause and ask students to solve the problems in the book and predict what will happen. 

by Kathi Appelt. A great book for introducing arrays and how they relate to multiplication.

by Paul Gianti. This is a great book for an introduction to multiplication and how we might see multiplication in a word problem. Each page has a different scenario that shows multiplication and asks students a few questions about “how many in all” which you can answer together as a class. 

by Jerry Pallotta. A classroom favorite because it combines math and chocolate! The book has some great visuals and even shows students how a Hershey’s candy bar is an array. This is great for introducing basic multiplication concepts.