Book
Recommendations
Literature
List for Grades K – 3
1.
Visual Patterns, Number Patterns, and Counting
Amazing
Anthony Ant
Lornal and Graham Philpot, Random House, 1994
Anno’s
Counting Book
Mitsumasa Anno Philomel, 1982
Can
You Count Ten Toes? Count to 10 in 10
Different Languages, Lezlie Evans, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
City
by Numbers
Stephen T. Johnson, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1998
Count
Your Way through Japan
Jim Haskins, Carlrhoda Books, Inc., 1987
Count
Your Way through Korea
Jim Haskins, Carlrhoda Books, Inc., 1987
Counting
on Calico
Phyllis Tildes, Charlesbridge Publishing, 1995
The
Crayon Counting Book
Pam Munoz Ryan, Charlesbridge Publishing, 1996
Ed
Emberley’s Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book
Ed Emberley, Little, Brown, 1984
Fish
Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace, 1990
How
Many Bugs in a Box?
David A. Carter, Scholastic, 1994
How
Much Is a Million?
David M. Schwartz, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1993
I
Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art
Lucy Micklethwait, Greenwillow Books, 1998
Moira’s
Birthday
Robert Munsch, Annick Press, 1087
Moja
Means On
Muriel Feelings, Dial Books, 1971
Mouse
Count
Ellen Stoll Walsh, Voyager Books, 1995
My
First Number Book
Marie Heinst, Dorling Kindersley, 1992
1,
2, 3
Tana Goban, Morrow, William & Co., 1985
The
Right Number of Elephants
Jeff Sheppard, Scholastic, 1990
17
Kings and 42 Elephants
Margaret Mahy, Dial Books, 1993
Ten
Apples Up on Top
Theo LeSieg (Dr. Suess), Random House, 1987
Ten
Black Dots
Donald Crew, Scholastic, 1995
Ten,
Nine, Eight
Molly Bang, Mulberry Books, 1991
12
Ways to Get to 11
Eve Merriam, Simon and Schuster, 1996
Two
Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale
Rudy Dee, Henry Holt and Co., 1990
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2.
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division
Anno’s
Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Masaichiro Anno, Philomel Books, 1999
Bunches
and Bunches of Bunnies
Louise Mathews, Scholastic, 1999
Cactus
Desert, Arctic Tundra, and Tropical Rain Forest (from the
One Small Square series)
Donald Silver, McGraw, 1997
The
King’s Chessboard
David Birch, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1993
Number
One Number Fun
Kay Chorao, Holiday House, 1995
On
Hundred Hungry Ants
Elinor J. Pinczes, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995
Sea
Squares
Joy N. Hulme, Hyperion Paperbacks, 1993
Welcome
to the Green House
Jane Yolen, Putnam Publishing Group, 1997
Welcome
to the Ice House
Jane Yolen, Putnam Publishing Group, 1997
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3.
Number Stories
The
Doorbell Rang
Pat Hutchins, Greenwillow Books, 1986
Mission:
Addition
Loreen Leedy, Holiday House, 1997
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4.
Place Value
Anno’s
Counting Book
Mitsumasa Anno, Harper & Row, 1999
The
Cheerios Counting Book
Barbara Barbieri, McGrath Scholastic, 1998
A
Fair Bear Share
Stuart J. Murphy, HarperCollins Publishers, 1998
Mission:
Addition
Loreen Leedy, Holiday House, 1997
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5.
Money and Time
Alexander,
Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Judith Viorst, Atheneum, 1978,
Benny’s
Pennies
Pat Brisson, Atheneum, 1995
A
Chair for My Mother
Vera Williams, Econo-Clad Books, 1999
Chicken
Soup with Rice
Maurice Sendack, Scholastic, 1991
Clocks
and More Clocks
Pat Hutchins, Aladdin Books, 1994
Three
Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Vera B. Williams, Scholastic, 1984
The
Go-Around Dollar
Barbara Johnston Adams, FourWinds Press, 1992
How
the Second Grade Got $8,205.50
to Visit the Statue of Liberty
Nathan Zimelman, Albert Whitman and Co., 1992
If
You Made a Million
David M. Schwartz, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard books, 1989
My
First Book of Time
Claire Llewellyn
Doring Kindersley, 1996
Pigs
on a Blanket
Amy Axelrod
Simon and Schuster, 1998
You
Are Cordially Invited to P. Bear’s New Year’s Party!
(Formal Dress Required): A Counting Book
Paul Owen Lewis, Beyond Words Publishing, 1989
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6.
Measurement
The
Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale
Aaron Shepard, Atheneum, 1995
How
Big Is a Foot?
Rolf Myller, Bantam Doubleday, 1999
Inch
by Inch
Leo Lionni, Scholastic, 1995
Pancakes,
Pancakes!
Eric Carle, Scholastic, 1998
Papa,
Please Get the Moon for Me
Eric Carle, Scholastic, 1986
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7.
Fractions
Eating
Fractions
Bruce McMillan, Scholastic, 1991
Fraction
Action
Loreen Leedy, Holiday House, 1996
Fraction
Fun
David A. Adler, Holiday House, 1996
Gator
Pie
Louise Mathews, Sundance, 1995
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8.
Geometry
City
by Numbers
Stephen T. Johnson, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1998
A
Cloak for a Dreamer
Aileen Friedman, Scholastic, 1995
Color
Zoo
Lois Ehlert, HarperCollins Publishers, 1997
Fraction
Action
Loreen Leedy, Holiday House, 1996
Grandfather
Tang’s Story
Ann Tompert, Crown Publishers, 1997
The
Greedy Triangle
Marilyn Burns, Scholastic, 1995
Sea
Shapes
Suse MacDonald, Gulliver Books, 1994
The
Secret Birthday Message
Eric Carle, Harper Trophy, 1991
The
Shape of Things
Dayle Ann Dodds, Candlewick Press, 1996
Shape
Space
Cathryn Falwell, Clarion Books, 1992
Space
Race
Bob Barner, Bantam Doubleday, 1995
What
Am I? Looking through Shapes at Apples and Grapes
N.N. Charles, The Blue Sky Press, 1994
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9.
Algebra and Uses of Variables
Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Press, 1976
Puzzlers
Bill Oakes, Dial Books, 1989
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10.
Data and Chance
Caps
for Sale
Esphyr Slobodkina, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996
Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Atheneum, 1982
Harriet’s
Halloween Candy
Nancy Carlson, Puffin Books, 1997
Moira’s
Birthday
Robert Munsch, Annick Press, 1987
Purple,
Green and Yellow
Robert Munsch, Annick Press, 1992
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11.
Patterns and Sequences
The
Boy and the Quilt
Shirley Kurtz, Good Books, 1991
Eight
Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet
Ann Whitford Paul, HarperCollins Publishers, 1999
The
Patchwork Quilt
Valerie Flournoy, Scholastic, 1985
Sam
Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt
Lisa Campbell Ernst, Lothrop, Lee & Shapard Books, 1992
Ten
Little Rabbits
Virginia Brossman, Chronicle Books, 1995
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