Elementary Math Literature
Author
Title
Cost
Age Level
Math topic(s)
Lexile
Factorials
380L
Weblink
(Amazon.com
or publisher)
Anno,
Mitsumasa
Burns, Marilyn
Anno’s Mysterious
Multiplying Jar
The Greedy Triangle
$6.97
$5.98
4 and up
Geometry-Polygons
Burns, Marilyn
$5.27
4 and up
Number operations
$7.95
8 and up
Demi
Spaghetti and
Meatballs for All
Multiplying Menace:
The Revenge Of
Rumpelstiltskin
One Grain of Rice
$14.95
4 and up
Multiplying whole
numbers and
gractions
Number sequences
Dayle Ann
Dodds
Hutchins, Pat
Full House: An
Invitation to Fractions
The Doorbell Rang
$18.24
6 and up
Fractions
$6.18
4 and up
340L
Hutchins, Pat.
Clocks and More
Clocks
$6.50
4 and up
Dividing up a dozen
(simple division)
Time
440L
http://www.amazon.com/Clocks-More-PatHutchins/dp/0689717695/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361301256&sr=1-1&keywords=Clocks+and+More+Clocks
LoPresti,
Angeline
Sparagna
Mitsumasa,
Anno and Mori,
Tuyosi
Mitsumasa,
Anno
Neuschwander,
Cindy
A Place for Zero: A
Math Adventure
$13.22
6 and up
Place value
660L
http://www.amazon.com/Place-Zero-MathAdventure/dp/1570916020/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361301299&sr=11&keywords=A+Place+for+Zero%3A+A+Math+Adventure
Socrates and the Three
Little Pigs
$48.95
(used)
Anno's Magic Seeds
$8.11
Mummy Math: An
Adventure in Geometry
$6.29
Calvert, Pam
650L
830L
http://www.amazon.com/Greedy-Triangle-ScholasticBookshelf/dp/0545042208/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361300481&sr=11&keywords=the+greedy+triangle+by+marilyn+burns
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Meatballs-All-ScholasticBookshelf/dp/0545044456/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361300664&sr=11&keywords=Spaghetti+and+Meatballs+for+All
http://www.amazon.com/Multiplying-Menace-RevengeRumpelstiltskinAdventure/dp/1570918902/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361300810&sr=1-1&keywords=Multiplying+Menace
http://www.amazon.com/One-Grain-Rice-MathematicalFolktale/dp/059093998X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361300895&sr=1-1&keywords=One+Grain+of+Rice
http://www.amazon.com/Full-House-Dayle-AnnDodds/dp/0763660906/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61301116&sr=11&keywords=Full+House%3A+An+Invitation+to+Fractions
http://www.amazon.com/Doorbell-Rang-PatHutchins/dp/0688092349
Probabilities
http://www.amazon.com/Socrates-Three-Pigs-TuyosiMori/dp/0399213104/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=136
1301432&sr=11&keywords=Mitsumasa%2C+Anno+and+Mori%2C+Tuyosi
4 and up
Number sequences
http://www.amazon.com/Annos-Magic-Seeds-PictureBooks/dp/0698116186/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61301503&sr=1-1&keywords=Anno%27s+Magic+Seeds
7 and up
Geometry
530L
http://www.amazon.com/Mummy-Math-Adventure-CindyNeuschwander/dp/0312561172/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8
&qid=1361301586&sr=11&keywords=Mummy+Math%3A+An+Adventure+in+Geometr
y
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Sir Cumference and
Viking’s Map: A Math
Adventure
Sir Cumference and the
Dragon of Pi: A Math
Adventure
Sir Cumference and the
First Round Table: A
Math Adventure
Sir Cumference and the
Great Knight of
Angleland
$7.15
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Coordinates
640L
http://www.amazon.com/Cumference-Vikings-CharlesbridgeMathAdventures/dp/1570917922/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qi
d=1361301645&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+Viking%E2%80%99s+Ma
p%3A+A+Math+Adventure
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-Dragon-MathAdventure/dp/1570911649/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361301682&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+the+Dragon+of+Pi%3A+A
+Math+Adventure
$7.15
7 and up
Geometry--
510L
$7.15
6 and up
Geometry
600L
$8.84
(used)
6 and up
Geometry—Angles
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-Knight-AnglelandAdventure/dp/1570911703/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361301739&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+the+Great+Knight+of+Ang
leland%3A+A+Math+Adventure
Sir Cumference and the
Sword in the Cone
$7.15
6 and up
Three-dimensional
geometry
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-Sword-ConeAdventure/dp/1570916012/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361301875&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+the+Sword+in+the+Cone
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Sir Cumference and All
the King's Tens
$7.15
6 and up
Place Value
720L
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-All-KingsTens/dp/1570917280/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361
303124&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+All+the+King%27s+Tens
McCallum, Ann
Rabbits Rabbits
Everywhere: A
Fibonacci Tale
Beanstalk: The
Measure Of A Giant
Blockhead: The Life of
Fibonacci
Pythagoras and the
Ratios
$6.25
6 and up
Number sequences
620L
http://www.amazon.com/Rabbits-Everywhere-FibonacciTale/dp/1570918961/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361
303208&sr=11&keywords=Rabbits+Rabbits+Everywhere%3A+A+Fibonacci
+Tale
$7.39
8 and up
Measurement
670L
$11.55
6 and up
$7.15
8 and up
Pythagoras
680L
Cut Down to Size at
High Noon
$7.15
8 and up
Scale
800L
http://www.amazon.com/Beanstalk-Measure-Giant-MathAdventure/dp/1570918945/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361303303&sr=11&keywords=Beanstalk%3A+The+Measure+Of+A+Giant
http://www.amazon.com/Blockhead-Life-Fibonacci-JosephDAgnese/dp/0805063056/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361303230&sr=11&keywords=Blockhead%3A+The+Life+of+Fibonacci
http://www.amazon.com/Pythagoras-Ratios-Adventure-JulieEllis/dp/1570917760/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361
303359&sr=11&keywords=Pythagoras+and+the+Ratios%3A+A+Math+Adve
nture
http://www.amazon.com/Cut-Down-Size-HighNoon/dp/1570911681/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=136
1303408&sr=11&keywords=Cut+Down+to+Size+at+High+Noon
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Neuschwander,
Cindy
McCallum, Ann
D'Agnese,
Joseph
Ellis, Julie
Sundby, Scott
570L
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Cumference-First-RoundAdventure/dp/1570911525/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361301714&sr=11&keywords=Sir+Cumference+and+the+First+Round+Table%3
A+A+Math+Adventure
Kroll, Virginia
L.
Leedy, Loreen
Equal Shmequal
$18.25
4 and up
Equality
http://www.amazon.com/Equal-Shmequal-Virginia-LKroll/dp/1570918929/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=136
1303543&sr=1-1&keywords=Equal+Shmequal
Measuring Penny
$6.49
7 and up
Measurement
Pinczes, Elinor
J
Dodds, Dayle
Ann
One Hundred Hungry $6.55
Ants
The Great Divide: A
$6.30
Mathematical Marathon
4 and up
Counting
5 and up
Whole number
division
Birch, David
The King's Chessboard
$6.30
6 and up
Number Sequences
Ellis, Julie
What's Your Angle,
Pythagoras
The Librarian Who
Measured the Earth
Amanda Bean’s
Amazing Dream
Mummy Math
$7.15
8 and up
Geometry- Angles
http://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Penny-LoreenLeedy/dp/0805065725/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61303527&sr=1-1&keywords=Measuring+Penny
http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Hungry-Ants-ElinorPinczes/dp/0395971233/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1361303506&sr=11&keywords=One+Hundred+Hungry+Ants
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Divide-MathematicalMarathon/dp/0763615927/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361303479&sr=11&keywords=The+Great+Divide%3A+A+Mathematical+Marat
hon
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Chessboard-PicturePuffins/dp/0140548807/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61303618&sr=1-1&keywords=The+King%27s+Chessboard
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Angle-PythagorasAdventure/dp/1570911509/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid
=1361303675&sr=1-1
Lasky, Kathryn
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Neuschwander,
Cindy
Schwartz, David
M
Schwartz, David
M
Schwartz, David
M
Schwartz, David
M
Schwartz,
Richard Evan
$15.38
Geometry
840L
http://www.amazon.com/Librarian-Who-MeasuredEarth/dp/0316515264/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=136
1303748&sr=11&keywords=The+Librarian+Who+Measured+the+Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Beans-Amazing-MarilynBrainy/dp/0590300121/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61303793&sr=11&keywords=Amanda+Bean%E2%80%99s+Amazing+Dream
http://www.amazon.com/Mummy-Math-Adventure-CindyNeuschwander/dp/0312561172/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8
&qid=1361303836&sr=1-1&keywords=Mummy+Math
$12.23
4 and up
Multiplication
290L
$6.29
7 and up
Geometric solids
530L
88 Pounds of Tomatoes
$4.95
7 and up
subtraction, height,
weight, and time
400L
The Chocolate Champs
$3.48
A Math Alphabet Book
$11.67
8 and up
How Much is a
Million?
$11.19
5 and up
Numbers
http://www.amazon.com/Much-Million-Reading-RainbowBooks/dp/0812449215/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61304152&sr=1-1&keywords=How+Much+is+a+Million%3F
On Beyond a Million
$6.29
3 and up
Numbers
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Million-Amazing-MathJourney/dp/0440411777/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1
361304172&sr=1-1&keywords=On+Beyond+a+Million
Millions to Measure
$6.29
4 and up
Length, weight
http://www.amazon.com/Millions-Measure-David-MSchwartz/dp/0060848065/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361304191&sr=1-1&keywords=Millions+to+Measure
You Can Count on
Monsters
$16.47
4 and up
Number sense
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monsters-Richard-EvanSchwartz/dp/1568815786/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qi
d=1361304224&sr=11&keywords=You+Can+Count+on+Monsters
http://www.amazon.com/pounds-tomatoes-Hello-mathreader/dp/0439169674/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61303877&sr=1-1&keywords=88+Pounds+of+Tomatoes
http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Champs-Level-HelloReader/dp/0439242304/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13
61303941&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Chocolate+Champs
760L
http://www.amazon.com/G-Googol-Math-AlphabetBook/dp/1883672589/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=136
1304094&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Math+Alphabet+Book
Enzensberger,
Hans Magnus
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Pilegard,
Virginia
Pilegard,
Virginia
Pilegard,
Virginia
Pilegard,
Virginia
Pilegard,
Virginia
Murphy, Frank
Wells, Robert
Wells, Robert
Moscovich,
Ivan
Ekeland, Ivar
The Number Devil: A
Mathematical
Adventure
Sideways Arithmetic
from Wayside School
$13.11
10 and up
$5.46
8 and up
More Sideways
Arithmetic from
Wayside School
Warlord's Beads
$12.05
(Hardco
ver)
$12.74
8 and up
5 and up
Novel, delves into a
variety of math
topics.
Reasoning, Logic,
Place value with
multi-digit addition
Reasoning, Logic,
Place value with
multi-digit addition
Place value
Warlord's Puzzle
$12.67
5 and up
Tangrams
http://www.amazon.com/Warlords-Puzzle-TheSeries/dp/1565544951/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Warlord's Puppeteers
$13.25
Grades 2-4
Ratios
http://www.amazon.com/Warlords-Puppeteers-TheSeries/dp/158980077X/ref=pd_sim_b_5
Warlord's Messengers
$13.25
Ages 5-8
http://www.amazon.com/Warlords-Messengers-TheSeries/dp/1589802713/ref=pd_sim_b_6
The Emporer’s Army
$13.25
Ages 5-8
Speed, time, simple
addition
Estimation
Ben Franklin and the
Magic Squares
Can you Count to a
Googol
$3.37
Ages 5-8
$7.19
Ages 6-10
How do you Know
What Time it is?
The Little Book of Big
Brain Games: 517
Ways…
Beast Academy guides
$7.19
Ages 7-10
Addition up to 20
(Magic Squares)
Large Numbers,
Powers of 10 (Place
Value)
Time
$8.05
(or less)
All ages
Puzzle book
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Big-BrainGames/dp/0761161732/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1362452784&sr=1-1&keywords=moscovich+ivan
$15
Grade 3
Comic book
presentation of
common core
Infinity, Numbers
www.beastacademy.com
The Cat in Numberland
Grade 3-4
580L
http://www.amazon.com/Number-Devil-MathematicalAdventure/dp/0805062998/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&
qid=1361300955&sr=11&keywords=The+Number+Devil%3A+A+Mathematical+A
dventure
670L
http://www.amazon.com/Sideways-Arithmetic-WaysideSchoolSachar/dp/0590457268/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1361303989&sr=11&keywords=Sideways+Arithmetic+from+Wayside+School
http://www.amazon.com/More-Sideways-ArithmeticWaysideSchool/dp/0756959233/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=
1361304018&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Warlords-Beads-VirginiaPilegard/dp/1565548639/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1
362450998&sr=1-1&keywords=warlord%27s+beads
http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperors-Army-VirginiaPilegard/dp/1589806905/ref=pd_sim_b_35
400L
http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Magic-Squares-Step-IntoReading-Step/dp/0375806210
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Googol-Wells-KnowledgeScience/dp/0807510610/ref=pd_sim_b_4
870L
http://www.amazon.com/Know-Albert-Whitman-PrairieBooks/dp/0807579408/ref=pd_sim_b_2
http://www.amazon.com/The-Cat-Numberland-IvarEkeland/dp/081262744X
Math Games List
Maker
ThinkFun
ThinkFun
ThinkFun
Gigamic
Title
Cost
(Amazo
n.com)
Rush Hour Jr.
$15
SET
$11
99 or Bust
$7.50
Chocolate Fix
$20
Shape by Shape $20
Winomino
$17
Game
Best
Grade
Levels
K-4
K-4
K-2
K-4
K-4
K-3
Math topic(s)
How played
Geometry, Logical problem Solving
Attributes, Pattern Recognition, Processing Speed
Adding, up to 99
Reasoning
Geometric Reasoning and Pattern Recognition
Geometric Reasoning
Solitaire
Any number of players(1-100)
2-4 players
Solitaire
Solitaire
1-2 players
Reproducibles
Publisher
Title
Cost
Age Level
Math topic(s)
Weblink
(Amazon.com
or publisher)
Critical
Thinking
Company
Balance Math (Levels
1-3)
$10
Grades K-4
Addition, subtraction, problem
solving, logical reasoning
http://www.criticalthinking.com/getProductDetails.do?code=c&i
d=07101
Critical
Thinking
Company
Art of Problem
Solving
Mind Benders (Levels
1-4)
$10
Grades K-4
Logical reasoning
http://www.criticalthinking.com/searchBykeyword.do?catalog=c
&searchKey=mind+benders&x=0&y=0
Beast Academy (3AD, and more
forthcoming)
$27 per
set
Grades 2-3
(more
forthcomi
ng)
Grades 3-5
Common Core Curriculum
with Extensions and additional
Problem Solving Challenges
(comic books with workbooks)
https://www.beastacademy.com/
Lessons and Problems for
Problem Solving
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/viewitem.php?ite
m=moems:problemsolving
Math Olympiads Creative Problem
for Elementary
Solving in School
Students
Mathematics
$38
REFERENCES:
Research regarding math literature: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ERIC-ED464807/pdf/ERIC-ED464807.pdf
Year by Year Math Library Suggestions by Massachusetts DOE:
Excellent websites for Math Literature Lists: www.livingmath.net,
http://www.doe.mass.edu/omste/instructional.html