Math Books to Read
Math Stories to Read Together this Summer!
Print out this list and take it to the library for some fun summer reading! Or, some of the stories are linked to an online version of the book that you can read along with directly from your device! Here's the link: Math Books to Read
How many can you enjoy this summer?
Adding and Subtracting
Quack and Count by Keith Baker
Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle
Elevator Magic by Stuart J. Murphy
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
Albert Adds Up by Eleanor May
Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart J. Murphy and Scott Nash
If you Were a Minus Sign by Trisha Sue Speed Shaskan
Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise and Victoria Chess
Shark Swimathon by Stuart J. Murphy and Lynne Cravath
What’s New at the Zoo? by Suzanne Slade and Joan C. Waites
Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy and R. W Alley
Domino Addition by Lynette Long
Counting
Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
Scary Numbers by Calli Wright
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
Eric Carle’s 123 by Eric Carle
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
Zero is the Leaves on the Trees by Betsy Franco
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang
Math Appeal by Greg Tang
Math Fables by Greg Tang
Math Fables Too by Greg Tang
Measurement and Size
Who Eats First? by Ae-hae Yoon
Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert
Balancing Act by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Next to an Ant by Mara Rockliff
Inch by Inch by Leo Leonni
The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss
Mighty Maddie by Stuart J. Murphy and Bernice Lum
Super Sand Castle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. Wells
The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy and Holly Keller
Pastry School in Paris by Cindy Neuschwander and Bryan Langdo
Room for Ripley by Stuart J. Murphy and Sylvie Wickstrom
How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller
Patterns and Fractions
Anno’s Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno
Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale by Lily Toy Hong
Mr. Noisy's Book of Patterns by Rozanne L. Williams
Slimey is Half by Calli Wright
Wholey Cow: Fractions Are Fun by Taryn Souders
Pizza Counting by Christina Dobson
Working With Fractions by David A. Adler and Edward Miller
The Lion's Share by Matthew McElligott
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions by Dayle Ann Dodds and Abby Carter
Polar Bear Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy and Kevin O'Malley
Go Fractions by Judith Stamper and Chris L. Demarest
The Wishing Club: A Story About Fractions by Donna Jo Napoli and Anna Currey
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert and Wayne Geehan
The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang
Math Potatoes by Greg Tang
Shapes/Geometry
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
Have You Seen My Monster? by Steve Light
Circus Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
Mice on Ice by Eleanor May
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
If You Were a Quadrilateral by Molly Blaisdell
Zachary Zormer: Shape Transformer by Joanne Anderson Reisberg
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by J. Ellis
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
When a Line Bends, a Shape Begins by Rhonda Growler Greene
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
Spatial Relations
Albert is Not Scared by Eleanor May
Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson
Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
Where's Spot? by Eric Hills
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
Changes, Changes by Pat Hutchins
Over, Under, and Through by Tana Hoban
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Math-terpieces by Greg Tang
Multiplication
The Best of Times by Greg Tang
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander
One Grain of Rice by Demi
Now...for My Next Number! by Margaret Park and Sophia Esterman
The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett
The King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman & Susan Guevara
Too Many Kangaroo Things To Do! by Stuart J. Murphy
The King's Chessboard by David Birch
7x9=Trouble! by Claudia Mills
Division
Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott
Multiplying Menace Divides by Pam Calvert and Wayne Geehan
One Hungry Cat by Joanne Rocklin and Rowan Barnes-Murphy
Cheetah Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Great Divide by Dayle Ann Dodds and Tracy Mitchell
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J Pinczes and Bonnie MacKain
Divide and Ride by Stuart J. Murphy
A Remainder of One by Elinor J Pinczes and Bonnie MacKain
Taking Apart Numbers
12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
Ten Friends by Bruce Goldstone