Literature List
for Grades 4‐6
These mathematics­related literature titles are organized by mathematical topics. Some titles may appear more than once. * These titles are out of print. Check your local library. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar Masaichiro Anno Philomel Books, 1999 Math Curse Jon Scieszka Viking Children’s Books, 1995 Arithmetic Carl Sandburg Harcourt Brace, 1993 One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale Demi Scholastic, 1997 The King’s Chessboard David Birch 2 x 2 = Boo! Loreen Leedy Holiday House, 1996 Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1993 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Fraction Action Loreen Leedy Holiday House, 1996 Gator Pie Louise Mathews Sundance, 1995 Measurement A Chair for My Mother Vera Williams Econo­Clad Books, 1999 Incredible Comparisons Russell Ash Dorling Kindersley, 1996 If You Made a Million David M. Schwartz Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1989 Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman, 1993
59 The Librarian Who Measured the Earth Kathryn Lasky Little Brown and Company, 1994 Mr. Archimedes’ Bath * Pamela Allen HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Joanna Cole Viking, 1995 Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story Marilyn Burns Scholastic, 1997 Math Curse Jon Scieszka Viking Children’s Books, 1995 What’s Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman, 1995 Geometry Explorations The Boy Who Reversed Himself William Sleator Puffin Books, 1998 Julia Morgan, Architect of Dreams Ginger Wadsworth Lerner, 1990 Flatland: The Classic Speculation on Life in Four Dimensions Edwin Abbott HarperCollins Publishers, 1994 Round Trip Ann Jonas Greenwillow Books, 1999 The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth Dr. Julie Glass Econo­Clad Books, 1999 Shape: The Purpose of Forms * Eric Laithwaite Franklin Watts, 1986 Grandfather Tang’s Story Ann Tompert Crown Publishers, 1997 Sir Cumference and the First Round Table Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan Charlesbridge Publishing, 1997 Patterns and Algebra Concepts Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet Ann Whitford Paul HarperCollins Publishers, 1999 The Mirror Puzzle Book Marion Walter Parkwest, 1985 Esio Trot Roald Dahl Viking, 1999 Patterns in the Wild National Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Federation A Grain of Rice Helena Clare Pittman Bantam Doubleday, 1996 The Quilt­Block History of Pioneer Days Mary Cobb The Millbrook Press, 1995
60 The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork Ann Whitford Paul Harcourt Brace, 2000 Visual Magic David Thomason Dial Books, 2000 Teaching Tessellating Art Jill Britton Dale Seymour Publications, 1991 Data, Chance, and Probability Calculation and Chance Laura Buller Marshal Cavendish Corp., 1994 Incredible Comparisons Russell Ash Dorling Kindersley, 1996 Do You Wanna Bet? Your Chance to Find Out about Probability Jean Cushman Clarion Books, 1991 Socrates and the Three Little Pigs * Mitsumasa Anno and Tsuyoshi Mori Philomel Books, 1986 How to Get Fabulously Rich Thomas Rockwell Franklin Watts, 1990 What Do You Mean by “Average”? Means, Medians, & Modes * Elizabeth James Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1978 Numeration and Order The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat Theoni Pappas World Wide Publishing (Tetra), 1997 How Much Is a Million? David M. Schwartz Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1993 Counting on Frank Rod Clement Gareth Stevens, 1991 Math Curse Jon Scieszka Viking Children’s Books, 1995 Every Number Is Special * Henry Boyd Dale Seymour Publications, 1985 Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices Tehoni Pappas Wide World Publishing (Tetra), 1991 G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book David M. Schwartz Tricycle Press, 1998 The Token Gift Hugh William McKibbon Annick, 1996
61 Reference Frames Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne William Morrow, 1996 Somewhere Today * Bert Kitchen Candlewick Press, 1994 The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body Joanna Cole Scholastic, 1990 Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross­Sections Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt Random House, 1992 Rain Forest Barbara Taylor Dorling Kindersley, 1992 Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Explosions Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt Random House, 1992
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