Literature With A Mathematics Connection for Primary Grade Readers
Number Patterns and Counting:
- 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
- Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti
- Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang
- One Hundred Ways to Get to 100 by Jerry Pallotta
- Six Foolish Fishermen by Daniel San Souci
- What’s a Pair? What’s a Dozen? by Stephen R. Swinburne
- Can You Count Ten Toes?: Count to 10 in 10 Different Languages by Lezlie Evans
Number Stories and Operations:
- Math-terpieces by Greg Tang
- Ten Friends by Bruce Goldstone
- Out for the Count by Kathryn Cave
- Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
- 1001 Animals to Spot by Ruth Brocklehurst
- Bats on Parade by Kathi Appelt
- Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander
- If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz
- Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Masaichiro Anno
- The Best of Times by Greg Tang
- The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
- The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang
- One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
- A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes
Place Value:
- Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
- Can You Count to a Googol? by Robert E. Wells
- Count to a Million by Jerry Pallotta
- A Place for Zero by Angeline Sparagna LoPresti
- All the King’s Tens by Cindy Neuschwander
Estimation:
- Betcha! by Stuart J. Murphy
- How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1,000? by Helen Nolan
Fractions:
- Apple Fractions by Jerry Pallotta
- Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy
- Fraction Fun by David Adler
- Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
- How Many Snails? by Paul Giganti Jr.
- Pizza Pizzazz! by Carol A. Losi
Data and Chance:
- Bart’s Amazing Charts by Diana Ochiltree
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
- Probably Pistachio by Stuart J. Murphy
Geometry:
- A Cloak for the Dreamer by Arlene Friedman
- Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres by Tana Hoban
- Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
- The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander
- Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Cindy Neuschwander
- Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Cindy Neuschwander
Measurement:
- How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller
- Inch by Inch by Leo Lioni
- Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy
Time and Money:
- All in One Hour by Susan S. Crummel
- The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne L. Williams
- Deena’s Lucky Penny by Barbara deRubertis
- Follow the Money by Loreen Leedy
