Beyond Counting
Stories with Beginning Math Concepts
COUNTING
Double the Ducks by Stuart J. Murphy EF Mur
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: a Counting Book by Paul Giganti EC Gig
Just Enough Carrots by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
ADDITION
Adding It Up: Based on Timothy Goes to School and Other Stories by Michael Berenstain
J 514.21 Berensta
Adding with Sebastian Pig and Friends at the Circus by Jill Anderson E Anderson
Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy E Mur
Domino Addition by Lynette Long J 513.211 Lon
Mall Mania by Stuart J. Murphy E Mur
Mission—Addition by Loreen Leedy J 513.211 Lee
One Guinea Pig is Not Enough by Kate Duke EC DUK
Ten Puppies by Lynn Reiser EC Reiser
SUBTRACTION
1 + 1 Take Away Two! by Michael Berenstain J 513.21 Berensta
Sea Sums by Joy N. Hulme E Hul
COUNTING BY TWOS, FIVES, AND TENS
--98, 99, 100, Ready or Not, Here I Come! by Teddy Slater E1 Slater
Ants at the Picnic: Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
Bunches of Buttons: Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
Eggs and Legs: Counting by Twos by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
Leaping Lizards! by Stuart J. Murphy EF Murphy
Lots of Ladybugs!: Counting by Fives by Michael Dahl ED Dahl
Plenty of Petals: Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
Reese’s Pieces County by Fives by Jerry Palotta J 513.211 Pal
Tail Feather Fun: Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
Toasty Toes: Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl EC Dahl
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Number Concepts
Anno’s Math Games and Anno’s Math Games II by Mitsumasa Anno J 793.74 ANN
Henry the Fourth by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
More Than One by Miriam Schlein E SCH
One, Two, One Pair! By Bruce McMillan E MCM
Only One by Marc Harshman E HAR
What Comes in 2’s, 3’s and 4’s? by Suzanne Aker EC AKE
Multiplication
2 x 2 = Boo! A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories by Loreen Leedy J 512.213 LEE
Bats on Parade by Kathi Appelt E APP
The Best of Times: Math Strategies That Multiply by Gregg Tang J 513.213 TANG
Can You Count to a Googol? by Robert. E. Wells J 513.5 WEL
Curious George the Donut Delivery by Monica Perez EF REY
Double the Ducks by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Marvelous Multiplication by Lynette Long J 513.213 LONG
Minnie’s Diner: A Multiplying Menu by Dayle Ann Dodds E DODDS
Multiplication by David Stienecker J 513.2 STI
Multiplication Made Easy by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 513.213 WINGARD
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumplestiltskin by Pam Calvert J CALVERT
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi J 398.2095 DEMI
The Rajah’s Rice: A Mathematical Folktale from India by David Barry J 398.2 BAR
Sea Squares by Joy N. Hulme E HUL
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree E OCHILTREE
Times Tables Made Easy by Joe Harris J 513.213 HARRIS
Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
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Division
Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott E MCELLICO
Clean Sweep Campers by Lucille Recht Penner E1 PEN
Contemporary’s Number Power 1: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and
Division by Jerry Howett 513.2 HOWETT
Dazzling Division: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun by Lynette
Long J 513.213 LON
Divide and Ride by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Division and Multiplication by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 512.92 WINGARD
Division Made Easy by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 513.214 WINGARD
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins E HUT
Everybody Wins by Sheila Bruch E1 BRU
Give me Half! by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
The Great Divide by Dayle Ann Dodds E DOD
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Number Power: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division by Jerry Howett
513.21 HOWETT
Rabbit and Hare Divide an Apple by Harriet Ziefert EZ ZIE
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes E PIN
One Hungry Cat by Joanne Rocklin EZ ROC
A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes E PIN
Miscellaneous
Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang
J 793.74 TANG
Math Appeal: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang J 510 TANG
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith E SCI
Math-terpieces by Greg Tang E TANG
One Riddle, One Answer by Lauren Thompson E THO
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!: A Mathematical Story by Marilyn Burns E BUR
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Apple Fractions by Jerry Pallotta J 513.24 PALLOTTA
Big Numbers: And Pictures That Show Just How Big They Are! By Edward
Packard J 513.55 PAC
Can You Count to a Googol? By Robert E. Wells J 513.5 WEL
Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice by Eric Comstock
E SADLER
Clean Sweep Campers by Lucille Recht Penner E1 PEN
Decimals and Fractions by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 513.26 WINGARD
Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan E MCM
Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy J 513.26 LEE
Fraction Fun by David A. Adler J 512.26 ADL
Fractions and Decimals Made Easy by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 513.26
WINGARD
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by David A. Adler J 513.26 ADLER
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions by Dayle Ann Dodds E DODDS
Give Me Half! By Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
The Grizzly Gazette by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHPY
Inchworm and a Half by Elinor J. Pinczes E PIN
Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Olympic Math: Working With Percents and Decimals by Greg Roza E DODDS
On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey by David M. Schwartz
J 513.55 SCH
Piece= Part=Portion: Fractions=Decimals= Percents by Scott Gifford
J 513.26 GIFFORD
Rabbait and Hare Divide an Apple by Harriet Ziefert EZ ZIE
Ratios and Percents by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 513.24
WINGARD
Twizzlers Percentages Book by Jerry Pallotta J 513.24 PALLLOTTA
Working With Fractions by David A. Adler J 513.26 ADLER
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Time
1000 Times No by Tom Warburton E WARBURTO
Around the Clock With Harriet: A Book About Telling Time by Betsy Maestro E MAE
Bunny Day by Rick Walton E WAL
The Clock Struck One: A Time-Telling Tale by Trudy Harris E HARRIS
Go! Go! BoBo Time by Simon Basher EB BASHER
How Do You Know What Time It Is? by Robert E. Wells J 529.7 WELLS
I.Q., It’s Time by Mary Ann Fraser E FRASER
It’s About Time! by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
It’s About Time, Max! by Kitty Richards E1 RICHARDS
It’s Justin Time, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger E1 DAN
Just a Minute! By Teddy Slater E1 SLATER
Monster Math School Time by Grace Maccarone EZ MAC
My First Book of Time by Claire Llewellyn J 529.7 LLE
Night Becomes Day by Richard McGuire E MCG
Once Upon a Time, the End: Asleep in 60 Seconds by Geoffrey
Kloske E KLOSKE
Pig On a Blanket by Amy Axelrod E AXE
Sharing Time Troubles by Grace Maccarone EZ MAC
Slowpoke by Lucille Recht Penner E1 PEN
Tell Me a Season by Mary McKenna Siddals E SID
Tell the Time With Miffy by Dick Bruna E BRUNA
Through the Year With Harriet by Betsy Maestro E MAE
Time, Distance, and Speed by Marion Smoothey J 529.7 SMO
Time To—by Bruce McMillan E MCM
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming E FLE
Time Zones by Edward Miller J 389.17 ADLER
What’s the Time? By Lara Tankel J 529 TAN
Timelines
Get Up and Go! By Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
Thunderstorm by Arthur Geisert E GEISERT
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Measurement and Comparison
Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
Bigger, Better, Best! By Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Blue Sea by Robert Kalan E KALAN
Bunny Day by Rick Walton E WAL
Carrie Measures Up! by Linda William Aber E1 ABER
Case of the Shrunken Allowance by Joanne Rocklin E2 ROCKLIN
Chickens on the Move by Pam Pollock E1 POLLACK
Dragon’s Scales by Sarah Albee EZ ALB
Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller E2 MYL
How Many? How Much?: Based on Timothy Goes to School and Other Stories by Rosemary
Wells EF WEL
How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler J 530.8 ADL
Keep Your Distance! By Gail Herman E1 HER
Lulu’s Lemonade by Barbara DeRubertis E1 DER
Measure! By Ivan Bulloch J 530.8 BUL
Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy J 530.8 LEEDY
Measuring With Sebastian Pig and Friends: On a Road Trip by Jill Anderson E ANDERSON
Mighty Maddie by Stuart J. Murphy EF Murphy
A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian E FLO
Pigs in the Pantry: Fun With Math and Cooking by Amy Axelrod E AXE
Polly’s Pen Pal by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Racing Around by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Room for Ripley by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Sam’s Sneaker Squares by Nat Gabriel E1 GAB
Super Sand Castle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Temperature by Kay Manolis J 536.5 MANOLIS
Temperature and You by Betsy Maestro J 536.5 MAE
Time, Distance, and Speed by Marion Smoothey J 529.7 SMO
Titch by Pat Hutchins E HUTCHINS
Ton and Pon: Two Good Friends by Kazuo Iwamura E IWA
Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement by Susan Hightower E HIG
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Patterns and Sequences
Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
I See a Pattern Here by Bruce Goldstone J 152.1423 GOLDSTON
Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang J 513 TANG
One-- Two-- Three-- Sassafras! by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Pattern Bugs by Trudy Harris E HAR
Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris E HARRIS
Rabbit’s Pajama Party by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
What's Next, Nina? by Sue Kassirer E1 KASSIRER
Right and Left
Beach Ball—Left, Right by Bruce McMillan E MCM
Left or Right? by Karl M. Rehm E REH
Pigs in the Corner: Fun with Math and Dance by Amy Axelrod E AXE
Maps
As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps by Gail Hartman J 912.014 HAR
Curious George Lost and Found by Erica Zappy EF REY
Henry’s Map by David Elliot E ELLIOT
Mapping Penny’s World by Loreen Leedy E LEE
Treasure by Suzanne Bloom E BLOOM
Treasure Map by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Where’s That Bone? by Lucille Recht Penner E1 PEN
X Marks the Spot by Lucille Recht Penner E1 PEN
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Shapes
Apes Find Shapes by Jane Belk Moncure E MON
Baby’s Shapes by Karen Katz EB KATZ
Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone EB BLACKSTO
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Roseanne Thong E THO
Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson EZ WILSON
Circus Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres by Tana Hoban E HOB
Eye Spy Shapes by Debbie MacKinnon E MACKI
Go! Go! BoBo Shapes by Simon Basher EB BASHER
Go, Shapes, Go! By Denise Fleming E FLEMING
If You Were a Polygon by Marcie Aboff J 516.154 ABOFF
If You Were A Quadrilateral by Molly Blaisell J 516.154 BLAISDEL
Little Critter Shapes by Mercer Mayer E MAYER
Little Grover’s Book of Shapes: Featuring Jim Henson’s Sesame Street Muppets by Anna Ross
E ROS
Listen to a Shape by Marcia Brown J 153.7 BRO
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh E WALSH
Museum Shapes E MUSEUM
Red Bear’s Fun With Shapes by Bodel Rikys E RIK
Richard Scarry’s Shapes & Opposites by Richard Scarry EB SCARRY
Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong E THO
Shapes by Ivan Bulloch J 516.15 BUL
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban E HOBAN
Shapes, Sizes & More Surprises: A Little Hands Early Learning Book by Mary Tomczyk
J 619.5 TOM
Ship Shapes by Stella Blackstone E BLACKSTO
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander J 516 NEU
Starring Shapes! By Tania Howells E HOWELLS
Twizzlers Shapes and Patterns by Jerry Pallotta E PALLOTTA
What is a Triangle? By Rebecca Kai Dotlich E DOT
What is Round? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich E DOT
What Shape? By Debbie MacKinnon E MAC
Wing on a Flea by Ed Emberley E EMB
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Geometry
Algebra & Geometry: Anything but Square! by Basher J 512 GREEN
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart Murphy EF MURPHY
Circles: Fun Ideas for Getting A-round in Math by Catherine Sheldrick Ross
J 516.15 ROS
Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy EF MUR
Hamster Champs by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry by Cindy Neuschwander J 516 NEUSCHWA
Points, Lines, and Planes by Marnie Luce J 516 LUCE
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Cindy Neuschwander J 516 NEUSCHWA
So Many Circles, So Many Squares by Tana Hoban E HOB
Graphing
Charts and Graphs: Fun, Facts, and Activities by Caroline Arnold J 001.4226 ARN
Discovering Graph Secrets: Experiments, Puzzles, and Games Exploring Graphs
by Sandra Markle J 001.4226 MAR
Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth by Julie Glass E 2 GLA
Graphs with Giraffes by Ethan Weingarten J 001.4226 WEINGART
Lemonade for Sale by Stuart J. Murphy EF MURPHY
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda
J 511.5 NAG
Who's Got Spots? by Linda Williams Aber E 1 ABE
X Marks the Spot! By Lucille Recht Penner E 1 PEN
Tangrams
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert E TOM
Tangrams: 330 Puzzles by Ronald Read J 793.73 READ
Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes by Grace Maccarone E 2 MACCA
Warlord's Puzzle by Virginia Walton Pilegard E PIL
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Books With Math Problems
Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra by David Adler J 512 ADLER
Arithme-tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-rhymes by Patrick Lewis J 513 LEW
Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang J 513 TAN
Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late by Laura Overdeck J 513.2 OVERDECK
Exploring Numbers by Andrew King
J 513 KIN
Fraction Fun by David Adler J 513.26 ADL
Working With Fractions by David Adler J 513.26 ADLER
Math Appeal: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang J 510 TANG
Word Problems Made Easy by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson J 510.76 WINGARD
Math-terpieces by Greg Tang E TANG
One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Math by Eric Yoder
J 793.74 YODER
Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang J 793.74 TANG
Math Potatoes: Minda Stretching Brain Food by Greg Tang J 793.74 TANG
Bedtime Math II: This Time It’s Personal by Laura Overdeck J 513.2 OVERDECK
Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out by Laura Overdeck J 513.2 OVERDECK
Domino Addition by Lynnette Long J 513.211 LON
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by David Adler J 513.26 ADLER
Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie by J Patrick Lewis J 811.54 LEWIS
Yu Can,Toucan, Math by David Adler
J 511.33 ADLER
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