Other Book Ideas
Note: These may or may not appear on other lists. These are just books I have read and liked or those
that have been suggested. There is a rating system with up to 3 stars. If there are no starts then I
haven’t yet read that book.
Counting Books:
**The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta (counting forward to 26, letters as well) (Finley)
***Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, & Lois Ehlert (counts up to 20 then by 10’s
to 100 and then counts back as well) (Diane, Finley)
**Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle (counts forward to 5 and back) (Finley)
**Count! By Denise Fleming (counts forward to 10 then by 10’s to 50) (Finley)
***The Ants Go Marching Illustrated by Jeffrey Scherer (counts up to 10, could also use for doubles)
(Diane, Finley)
***Underwater Counting by Jerry Pallotta & David Biedrzycki (counts by 2’s up to 50) (Finley)
**Click, Clack, Splish, Splash by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin (counts forward to 10 and back) (Diane,
Finley)
**Little Monster’s Counting Book by Mercer Mayer (counts up to 10 and then back then up to 21)
(Finley)
***One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root (counts up to 10, teamwork message) (Pemberville Library)
**Let’s Count it Out, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom (counts up to 20, uses the idea of one more)
(Pemberville Library)
**Pigs Love Potatoes by Anika Denise (counts up to 10) (Pemberville Library)
***Fifteen Animals by Sandra Boynton (counts up to 15) (Diane, Pemberville Library)
***Five Little Pumpkins pictures by Dan Yaccarino (counts down from 5) (Diane)
***The Gummy Candy Counting Book by Amy & Richard Hutchings (counts up to 12, colors, introduces
idea of addition, groups that make 12) (Pemberville Library)
**Five Little Ducks (counts down from 5) (Pemberville Library)
***10 in the Bed adapted by Charnan Simon (count back from 10) (Pemberville Library)
***10 Trick-or-Treaters: A Halloween Counting Book by Janet Schulman (count back from 9)
(Pemberville Library)
*** Five Little Monkeys With Nothing To Do by Eileen Christelow (count back from 5) (Pemberville
Library)
***Five Little Monkeys Play Hide-and-Seek by Eileen Christelow (count back from 5) (Pemberville
Library)
***Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow (count back from 5) (Diane)
***The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by John O’Brien (Count up to 12 and back; lots of
repetition) (Pemberville Library)
***The M&M’s Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath (count up to 12; colors; shapes; sets of 12)
(Diane)
**Ten Silly Dogs: A Countdown Story by Lisa Flather (count back from 10) (Pemberville Library)
***Ten Little Fish by Audrey & Bruce Wood (count back from 10) (Shafer)
**Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart J. Murphy (subtracting one is the same as counting down- from 6)
(Waterville Library)
**Every Buddy Counts by Stuart J. Murphy (Waterville Library)
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (subtracting one/counting down)
Splash by Ann Jonas (subtracting one/counting down)
Six Brave Explorers by Kees Morbeck and Carla Dijs (subtracting one/counting down)
Counting On Books:
Jack the Builder by Stuart J. Murphy
Skip Counting Books:
***Spunky Monkeys on Parade by Stuart J. Murphy (counts by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s) (Waterville Library)
What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s by Suzanne Aker
Counting Kangaroos by Joy N. Hulme
Artic Fives Arrive by Elinor J. Pinczes
***Leaping Lizards by Stuart J. Murphy (counting by 5’s and 10’s)
Numbers 1-100 Books:
***100 Days of Cool by Stuart J. Murphy (a variety of numbers up to 100) (Waterville Library)
100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler
The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis
100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
Subitizing Books:
***10 Black Dots by Donald Crews (Pemberville Library)
***The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang (Finley)
Sorting Books:
***3 Little Firefighters by Stuart J. Murphy (Waterville Library)
Matching Books:
***A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Murphy (Pemberville and Waterville Libraries, Diane)
Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes by Tana Hoban
Knowabout Pattern by Henry Pluckrose
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Seaweed Soup by Stuart J. Murphy
Comparing Books:
The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy
Just Enough Carrots by Stuart J. Murphy
Mighty Maddie by Stuart J. Murphy
More or Less by Stuart J. Murphy
Sequencing Books:
Rabbit’s Pajama Party by Stuart J. Murphy
Time Books:
**Hickory Dickory Dock by Keith Baker (on the hour) (Pemberville Library)
**Pigs in a Blanket: Fun with Math and Time by Amy Axelrod (minutes) (Marcia, Finley)
***Monster Math School Time by Grace Maccarone (hour and half hour) (Finley)
**Chimp Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda & Cindy Bickel (time and elapsed time) (Finley-library)
**The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle (hour and half hour) (Finley)
It’s About Time by Stuart J. Murphy
Calendar/Elapsed Time Books:
**Pepper’s Journal: A Kitten’s First Year by Stuart J. Murphy (calendars, elapsed time, facts about
kittens) (Waterville Library)
**The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Diane, Pemberville Library)
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Gingerbread Days by Joyce Carol Thomas
Ordinals Books:
Henry the Fourth by Stuart J. Murphy
Number Order Books:
One…Two…Three…Sassafras! By Stuart J. Murphy
Odd and Even Numbers Books:
Missing Mittens by Stuart J. Murphy
Money Books:
**Pigs will be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money by Amy Axelrod (counting bills and coins) (Marcia, Finley)
***If You Made A Million by David M. Schwartz (equivalent amounts of money) (Finley)
***26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban (equivalent forms of coins & alphabet) (Dianne, Jenny)
**Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan (equivalent forms of coins up to 25 cents) (Dianne,
Pemberville Library)
**The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy (counting money less than $1) (Diane)
Shapes Books:
**Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes by Grace Maccarone (creating shapes using tangrams)
(Finley)
***The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns (polygons) (Finley)
**When A Line Bends…A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene (basic shapes and examples)
(Finley)
**Pigs on the Ball: Fun with Math and Sports by Amy Axelrod (identifying shapes) (Marcia, Finley)
**Circus Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy (Waterville Library)
The Shape of Things by Dale Ann Dodds
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Circles and Squares Everywhere! By Max Grover
Patterns Books:
***Beep, Beep, Vroom! Vroom! By Stuart J. Murphy (different patterns) (Waterville Library)
The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Nature’s Paintbrush: The Patterns and Colors Around You by Susan Stockdale
Measurement Books:
***Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy (great measuring ideas) (Finley)
*How Big Is A Foot? By Rolf Myller (idea of a uniform measurement) (Finley)
**On the Scale, a Weighty Tale by Brian P. Cleary (connecting units to objects we relate to) (Diane)
**Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking by Amy Axelrod (measuring ingredients) (Marcia,
Finley)
A House for Birdie by Stuart J. Murphy (capacity)
Symmetry Books:
**Let’s Fly a Kite by Stuart J. Murphy (Waterville Library)
Reflections by Ann Jonas
Lao Lao Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill
Kites by Demi
Problem Solving Books:
***The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith (Jessie, Pemberville Library)
Million and Beyond Books:
***How Much is a Million? By David M. Schwartz (magnitude of million, billion, trillion) (Pemberville
Library)
**A Million Dots by Andrew Clements (images of big numbers) (Pemberville Library)
Area and Perimeter Books:
**Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns (Diane, Finey)
Sir Cumference Series Books:
**Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander (shapes and their construction)
(Diane, Finley)
**Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander (discovering Pi) (Diane, Finley)
**Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander (Euler’s Law of shapes, faces, and
edges) (Diane)
**Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Cindy Neuschwander (angles) (Diane)
**Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Cindy Neuschwander (diameter and circumference)
(Diane)
*Roundtable Geometry: 30 Activities to Connect Math and Literature (part of the series) (Diane)
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Books:
*Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by David A. Adler
Angle Books:
**What’s Your Angle Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis (angles and Pythagorean Theorem) (Diane)
Vocabulary-Related Books:
***How Many Are There? By Jo Cleland (non-specific number and size words) (Pemberville Library)
**Over, Under, Through by Tana Hoban (spatial concepts) (Pemberville Library)
***The Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy (Waterville Library)
Exactly the Opposite by Tana Hoban
Traffic: A Book of Opposites by Betsy & Giulio Maestro
Becca Backward, Becca Forward by Bruce McMillan
Bug Dance by Stuart J. Murphy (directions)
Doubling Books:
***Double the Ducks by Stuart J. Murphy (Pemberville Library)
Books About Zero:
**Zero Is The Leaves On The Tree by Betsy Franco (Pemberville Library)
Graphing Books:
***Bart’s Amazing Charts by Dianne Ochiltree (different types of graphs) (Finley)
***Tiger Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda & Cindy Bickel (different types of graphs) (Finley)
Part-Part-Whole Books:
***12 Ways to Get 11 by Eve Merriam (Finley)
Fractions Books:
**Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan (pictures of the fractions ½, 1/3, ¼, 1) (Finley, Pemberville
Library)
**Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy (fractions up to fifths) (Finley)
**Polar Bear Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda & Cindy Bickel (comparing fractions, equivalent fractions,
pictorial representations of fractions) (Finley-library)
Addition Books:
**The M&M’s Addition Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath (one and two digit addition with sorting)
(Finley)
***If You Were A Plus Sign by Trisha Speed Shaskan (basic addition practice) (Pemberville Library)
***Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy (basic addition practice) (Shafer)
***Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy (basic addition) (Waterville Library)
One, Two, Three, and Four. No More? By Catherine Gray
Little 1 by Ann & Paul Rand
So Many Cats! By Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Subtraction Books:
***Subtraction Action by Loreen Leedy (basic subtraction practice) (Shafer)
**Panda Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda (basic subtraction practice with pictorial representations)
(Finley-library)
**Shark Swimathon by Stuart J. Murphy (subtracting two digit numbers) (Waterville Library)
Pigs Will Be Pigs by Amy Axelrod
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
Multiplication Books:
**Pigs go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping by Amy Axelrod (multiplication and addition)
(Marcia, Finley)
***The Best of Times by Greg Tang (strategies for multiplying mentally) (Finley)
**2 x 2 = Boo! A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories by Loreen Leedy (basic multiplication facts)
(Finley)
**Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti, Jr. (problem solving and multiplication)
(Finley)
Division Books:
***The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins (ways to evenly divide 12) (Finley)
***A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes (the divisibility of 25 and it’s remainders) (Finley)
**Cheetah Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda (idea of division and repeated subtraction) (Finley-library)