Math Books
Start learning math at home and school with these fun math books!
1
City Shapes
From shimmering skyscrapers to fluttering kites a young girl walks through her neighborhood noticing exciting new shapes at every turn. This beautifully illustrated book helps readers find shapes in the most surprising places!
2
Five Little Monkeys / Cinco monitos brincando en la cama
In this fun counting book, the little monkeys have brushe their teeth, put their pajamas on, and say goonight to mama. But that is when they start to jump on the bed one by one–but they fall off and bump their heads!
3
Again, Essie? / ¡Essie! ¿Otra vez?
Rafael’s little sister, Essie, won’t leave him alone! So, to try and protect his toys from her he decides to build a wall. He gathers boxes of lots of different sizes and shapes and tries to figure out how to put them together to keep her out. But what does Essie really want?
4
Beto's Berry Treasure / El tesoro de bayas de Beto
Beto wants to play with his big sister Cora but she wants to play a different game. To win her over he makes a treasure map with delicious hidden treasures, but Cora ends up in the wrong place!
5
How Many?
Talking about math with your child is easy with this beautifully illustrated book that takes a different approach to math! This book doesn’t tell you what to count, instead you decide what to count and you have so many choices. The more you look the more you will see to spark math conversations!
6
What Will Fit? / ¿Que llenara la canasta?
Take a trip to the farmers’ market in this playful story about spatial sense. Olivia is searching for something just the right size to fill her basket. The apple is so small that it rolls around. The zucchini is so long that it sticks out. What will fit just right?
7
Lia and Luis: Who Has More? / Lia y Luis: ¿Quién tiene más?
Luís likes to brag – but when he insists he’s got more snacks than Lia, can his sister prove him wrong? Is a bag of biscoitos de polvilho really more than a pair of coxinhas de galinha? This warm, inclusive introduction to measurement and comparison is part of the Storytelling Math series.
8
The Animals Would Not Sleep / Los animales no se dormían
It’s bedtime for Marco and his stuffed animals, but the animals have other ideas. When Marco tries to put them away, they fly, swim, and slither right out of their bins! Can Marco sort the animals so everyone is happy? A playful exploration of sorting and classifying that combines math with empathy.
9
Too Small Tyson / Tyson, el pequeñito
Tyson is the youngest–and the smallest–in his family and is always trying to keep up with his brothers. But when the family pet goes missing, Tyson comes to the rescue! Tyson uses his knowledge of doubles, triples, and bigger and smaller sizes to figure out a clever way to reach his beloved pet gerbil, Swish! This book explores proportional thinking building a foundation for measurement, fractions, and alegbra!
10
Who Jumps More? / ¿Quien salta mas?
Olivia and Mei jump in the snow all the way to the tall tree–but their footprints are different! Mei leaps like a deer and Olivia hops like a bunny. Who jumped more? Each jumped “more” in their own way! Discover joyful, playful math as the children in the book encounter measurement ideas such as unit (jump size) and total distance and other quantifiable features of the world around them.
