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AXE |
Pigs on a Blanket: Fun with Math
and Time by Amy Axelrod
Because the Pig family has so many delays in getting to the beach, when
they finally are ready to swim they find that the beach is closed.
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| E CARLE |
The Secret Birthday Message by
Eric Carle
By following the instructions in the coded message, Tim finds
his birthday present.
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| E CARLSON |
Harriet’s Halloween
Candy by Nancy Carlson
Harriet learns the hard way that sharing her Halloween candy makes her
feel much better than eating it all herself.
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| E FANELLI |
My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
A collection of maps provides views of the owner's bedroom, school,
playground, and other realms farther away.
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| E HUTCHINS |
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to
share Ma's wonderful cookies
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| E HUTCHINS |
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
In rhyming verses, one animal after another neighs, moos, oinks, quacks
and makes other appropriate sounds as each eats an apple from the
farmer's tree.
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| E JONAS |
Round Trip by Ann Jonas
Black-and-white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip
to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is
read from front to back and the return trip, from back to front, upside
down.
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| E KEATS |
Pet Show! By Ezra Jack Keats
When he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show,
Archie must do some fast thinking to win a prize
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| E KREBS |
We
All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs
Text mainly in English with some words in Swahili. Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe
and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the
grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African
animals as they count from one to ten. Includes facts about Tanzania
and information about each animal, the Masai people and the Swahili
language.
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| E LEEDY |
Mapping Penny’s World
by Loreen Leedy
After learning about maps in school, Lisa maps all the favorite places
of her dog Penny.
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| E LEWIS |
You are cordially invited to P.
Bear’s New Year’s Party! A Counting Book by Paul
Lewis.
Mr. P. Bear decides to throw a formal New Year's party, and invites his
friends--pandas, penguins, dairy cows, skunks, and whale--to count down
the time until it is Happy New Year.
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| E LOBEL |
One Lighthouse One Moon by Anita
Lobel
Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from
one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a
lighthouse.
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| E MARTIN |
Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin
Jr.
Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in
this rhyming chant.
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| E MCCAUGHREAN |
My Grandmother’s Clock
by Geraldine McCaughrean
A child, wondering why Grandma doesn't have the grandfather clock in
her house repaired, learns that there are many ways to measure time,
from the moment it takes to blink an eye to the years shown in gray
hairs.
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E MUNSCH
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Moira’s Birthday by
Robert Munsch
Moira invites too many kids to her birthday party with humorous
consequences.
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E POLLACK
|
Chickens on the Move by Pam
Pollack
Tom, Anne, and Gordon learn about shape and measurement when they try
to find the right spot for their chicken pen
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.
E WILLIAMS
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A Chair for My Mother by Vera B.
Williams
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a
comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
|
| F DAHL |
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by
teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
|
| F HENNESSY |
The Once Upon a Time Map Book by
B. G. Hennessy
Presents a fairy-tale tour of the lands of Once Upon a Time and
contains maps of each land, points of interest, and hidden objects to
find.
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| F SLEATOR |
The Boy Who Reversed Himself by
William Sleator
When Laura discovers that the unpopular boy living next door to her has
the ability to go into the fourth dimension, she makes the dangerous
decision to accompany him on his journeys there.
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| 152.14 HARRIS |
Pattern Bugs by Trudy Harris
Color illustrations and rhymes about insects present visual and verbal
patterns for readers to find.
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| 372.5 BRAMAN |
Kids Around the World Create! By
Arlette N. Braman
Presents illustrated instructions for a variety of simple crafts and
activities that provide lessons on the customs of cultures around the
world.
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| 510
PAPPAS |
The Adventures of Penrose the
Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas
Penrose the cat explores and experiences a variety of mathematical
concepts, including infinity, the golden rectangle, and impossible
figures.
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| 510 SCHWARTZ |
G is for Googol : A Math Alphabet
Book by David Schwartz
Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the
different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to
zillion.
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512.9 MURPHY
|
Let’s Fly a Kite by
Stuart Murphy
Two squabbling siblings learn about symmetry when their babysitter
helps them build and fly a kite.
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| 513 GILL |
The Big Buck Adventure by Shelley
Gill
Rhyming account of a little girl's quandary as she tries to decide what
she can get with her dollar in a candy shop, toy store, deli, and pet
department.
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| 513
MURPHY |
Less
Than Zero by Stuart Murphy
While trying to save enough money to buy a new ice scooter, Perry the
Penguin learns about managing his money and about negative numbers.
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| 513.2 BARRETT |
I Knew Two Who Said Moo : a
counting and rhyming book by Judi Barrett
Rhyming lines feature the numbers from one to ten.
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| 513.2 JOHNSON |
City
by Numbers by Stephen Johnson
Paintings of various sites around New York City--from a shadow on a
building to a wrought iron-gate to the Brooklyn Bridge--depict the
numbers from one to twenty-one.
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| 513.2 LEEDY |
2 x 2 = Boo! : A Set of Spooky
Multiplication Stories by Loreen Leedy
Spooky characters, including witches, ghosts, and bats, introduce the
multiplication facts from zero through five.
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| 513.2 MURPHY |
Give Me Half! By Stuart Murphy
Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a
brother and sister who do not want to share their food.
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| 513.2
MURPHY |
Leaping Lizards by Stuart Murphy
A group of lizards are late for their big performance, until then start
arriving in groups of five. Presented in simple rhyming text and
illustrations and introduces the basic math concept of counting by five.
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| 513.2
NAGDA |
Polar Bear Math: Learning about
Fractions from Klondike and Snow by Ann Nagda
Uses charts and recipes for bear milk prepared for two baby polar bears
born in a zoo to teach about fractions.
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| 513.2
RYAN |
The Crayon Counting Book by Pam
Munoz Ryan
Rhyming text and illustrations use crayons of different colors to teach
counting, first by even numbers and then by odd.
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| 513.2
SAYRE |
One is a Snail Ten is a Crab by
April and Jeff Sayre
Introduces the numbers one through ten by looking at creatures with
different numbers of feet, and includes counting by tens to one hundred.
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| 513.2 SCHWARTZ |
How Much is a Million? by David
M. Schwartz
Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a
million, a billion, and a trillion.
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| 513.2 TANG |
Math Fables by Greg Tang
A series of rhymes about animals introduces counting and grouping
numbers, as well as examples of such behaviors as cooperation,
friendship, and appreciation.
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| 513.2 WILLIAMS |
The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne
Williams
A counting book using everyday coins to depict counting as well as
simple math concepts.
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513.2 YORKE
|
My First Number Book by Jane Yorke
Presents a visual introduction to the concepts of numbers and counting,
with over one hundred puzzles and games.
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| 513.5 HULME |
Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
Rhyming text and illustrations of such sea animals as whale, gulls,
clown fish, and seal provide opportunities to practice counting and
squaring numbers from one to ten.
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| 515
DALTON |
Patterns Everywhere by Julie
Dalton
Presents a children's book for early readers that teaches basic math
concepts by identifying various patterns.
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| 516
DODDS |
The Shape of Things by Dayle Dodds
Introduction to shapes and items that are the shapes in the world
around children.
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| 516
CHAPPELL |
Geometry at Every Turn by Rachel
Chappell
Photographs and simple text describe how the concepts of geometry can
be found in a number of objects.
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| 516
MURPHY |
Captain Invincible and the Space
Shapes by Stuart Murphy
While piloting his spaceship through the skies, Captain Invincible
encounters three-dimensional shapes, including cubes, cylinders, and
pyramids.
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| 516 MURPHY |
Circus Shapes by Stuart Murphy
Circus animals and performers getting ready for a show form basic
geometric shapes.
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| 516.2
LINDE |
Building Washington, D.C. by
Barbara Linde
Examines the history and buildings of Washington, D.C., and uses that
study to explain how to measure the areas of rectangles.
|
| 518 NAGDA |
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph
from a Baby Tiger by Ann Nagda
Describes
the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub, by means of words and
graphs.
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| 519.2 CUSHMAN |
Do You Wanna Bet? Your Chance to
Find Out About Probability by Jan Cushman
Two boys find that the most ordinary
events and activities such as card games, coin flips, sports scores and
statistics, and even weather prediction are dependent on the subtle
interplay of many factors of chance and probability.
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| 519.2 MURPHY |
Probably Pistachio by Stuart
Murphy
Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a
boy who has a day in which nothing goes right.
|
| 529
OLDER |
Telling Time by Jules Older
Humorous text explains the concept of time, from seconds to hours on
both analog and digital clocks, from years to millennia on the calendar.
|
| 529
SWEENEY |
Me Counting Time: From Seconds to
Centuries by Joan Sweeney
Describes the relationship between a second, minute, hour, day, week,
month, year, decade, century and millennium as measurements of time
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| 530.8 SCHWARTZ |
Millions to Measure by David
Schwartz
Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units
of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height,
weight, and volume using the metric system.
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| 539
WELLS |
What’s Smaller Than a
Pygmy Shrew? By Robert Wells
Shows how microscopes are used to see the tiniest parts of the
universe. Helps readers understand that the size of any object may be
viewed in relation to things smaller and things larger.
|
| 636.8 TILDES |
Counting on Calico by Phyllis
Tildes
While counting to the number twenty, many facts about cats are
explained.
|
| 746.46
PAUL |
The Seasons Sewn by Ann Paul
Shows how the patterns and pattern names in patchwork reflect life on
the frontier in the nineteenth century.
|
| 793.74
TANG |
The Grapes of Math:
Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang
Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a
variety of math problems by using visual clues.
|
| 793.7 ZASLAVSKY |
Math Games & Activities
From Around the World by Claudia Zaslavsky
Presents games and other activities from different countries and
cultures that teach a variety of basic mathematical concepts.
|
| 793.7 ZASLAVSKY |
More Math Games &
Activities From Around the World by Claudia Zaslavsky
Presents games and other activities from different countries and
cultures that teach a variety of basic mathematical concepts.
|
| 910 CHESANOW |
Where Do I Live? By Neil Chesanow
Looks at the places that can be called home, taking a child from her
own room to the universe and back.
|
B MORGAN
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Julia Morgan: Architect of Dreams
by Ginger Wadsworth
Recounts the life of the architect whose projects included designing
the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California.
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