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Math Picture Books
Emily's first 100 days of school - Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9780786824434
ISBN-10: 0786824433
From Emily's first day of school to her one hundreth, learning becomes easy as children follow the lessons, activities, and fun of Emily and her classmates. 100,000 first printing.
Used any numbers lately? - Susan Allen, Jane Lindaman and Vicky Enright
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780822586586
ISBN-10: 0822586584
Talks about how numbers are used in everyday life not just in math problems.
The Berenstain Bears dollars and sense - Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780375911248
ISBN-10: 0375911243
When Mama discovers that Brother and Sister Bear are having a hard time managing the money they get from their allowance, she comes up with a plan to make them use a homemade checkbook so that they can keep track of what they spend. Simultaneous.
Biscuit's 100th day of school - Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Mary O'Keefe Young
Publisher: HarperFestival
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780060794675
ISBN-10: 0060794674
On the one hundredth day of school, Biscuit, the puppy, helps the children celebrate, in a book with Biscuit's unique helpfulness hidden beneath flaps. Original.
Let's count it out, Jesse Bear - Nancy White Carlstrom and Bruce Degen
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780689804786
ISBN-10: 0689804784
Through amusing rhymes and fun illustrations, an exciting counting book follows Jesse Bear and his friends as they spend a fun-filled day out at the beach and amusement park and count everything they see.
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree - Eileen Christelow
Publisher: Clarion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/18/1991
ISBN-13: 9780395544341
ISBN-10: 0395544343
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree discover, one by one, that it is unwise to tease Mr. Crocodile.
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed - Eileen Christelow
Publisher: Clarion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/20/1989
ISBN-13: 9780899197692
ISBN-10: 0899197698
A counting book in which one by one the little monkeys jump on the bed only to fall off and bump their heads.
A million dots - Andrew Clements and Mike Reed
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/27/2006
ISBN-13: 9780689858246
ISBN-10: 0689858248
A one-of-a-kind picture book--which actually contains a million dots--teaches forty-six amazing facts about numbers, such as how many shoeboxes it takes to make a stack to Mount Everest and how many times the average person's heart beats.
Blockhead : the life of Fibonacci - Joseph D'Agnese and John O'Brien
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/30/2010
ISBN-13: 9780805063059
ISBN-10: 0805063056
Through prose suitable for young readers, explores the life of Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci, whose daydreaming as a young child led him to discover patterns in nature and the natural sequence that bears his name. By the illustrator of Did Dinosaurs Eat Pizza?.
Twenty is too many - Kate Duke
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9780525420262
ISBN-10: 0525420266
Twenty guinea pigs do their best to keep their small boat afloat in this amusing subtraction picture book by the creator of One Guinea Pig Is Not Enough. 10,000 first printing.
Six sandy sheep - Judith Ross Enderle, Stephanie Jacob Gordon and John O'Brien
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9781563975820
ISBN-10: 1563975823
Six sheep go to the beach one summer day, where one by one they become involved in typical seaside activities.
Zero is the leaves on the tree - Betsy Franco and Shino Arihara
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/11/2009
ISBN-13: 9781582462493
ISBN-10: 1582462496
Poetic, metaphorical text and stirring illustrations lead children on an exploration of zero as both a number and an abstract idea, in a book where zero is the sound of the stars at night, the leaves on the tree in wintertime, or the balls left at the bin at recess.
The twelve bots of Christmas - Nathan Hale
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780802722379
ISBN-10: 0802722377
The author of The Devil You Know puts a technological twist on a favorite holiday song, complementing a robotic Santa with such whimsical circuitry as three wrench hens, two turbo doves and a cartridge in a gear tree.
100 days of school - Trudy Harris and Beth Griffis Johnson
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780761312710
ISBN-10: 0761312714
Designed for special use during "100th day of school" elementary school celebrations, this picture book shows kids the many different ways of counting to one hundred, such as counting the legs on a centipede or the dots on a clown's clothes.
10 little hot dogs - John Himmelman
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780761457978
ISBN-10: 0761457976
One by one, 10 excitable dachshunds pile onto a chair to play and then fall asleep; humorous illustrations rendered in watercolor and pencil make it easy for young readers to count the hopping dogs from one to 10 and back down again.
26 letters and 99 cents - Tana Hoban
Publisher: Mulberry Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1995
ISBN-13: 9780688143893
ISBN-10: 068814389X
Color photographs of letters, numbers, coins, and common objects introduce the alphabet, coinage, and the counting system.
Ones and twos - Marthe Jocelyn and Nell Jocelyn
Publisher: Tundra Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
ISBN-13: 9781770492202
ISBN-10: 1770492208
In a colorful title by an award-winning author and her daughter, each page invites children to identify familiar objects--singularly or in pairs--ranging from kites to socks, giving toddlers and their caregivers much to discuss and to enjoy together.
Sort it out! - Barbara Mariconda and Sherry Rogers
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Pub.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/13/2008
ISBN-13: 9781934359112
ISBN-10: 1934359114
In rhyming text, Pack the Packrat sorts his collection of trinkets in a variety of ways.
How many seeds in a pumpkin? - Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/10/2007
ISBN-13: 9780375840142
ISBN-10: 0375840141
When Mr. Tiffin asks his class to guess the number of seeds inside each of the three different sized pumpkins placed on his desk, the guessing games begin and all are surprised to discover that the smallest one contains the most seeds of them all!.
12 ways to get to 11 - Eve Merriam and Bernie Karlin
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780613437165
ISBN-10: 0613437160
Uses ordinary experiences to present twelve combinations of numbers that add up to eleven. Example: At the circus, six peanut shells and five pieces of popcorn.
Happy 100th day! - Susan Milord and Mary Newell DePalma
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780439882811
ISBN-10: 0439882818
Dreading his classroom's upcoming 100th Day of School celebration, reluctant student Graham is frustrated by the discovery that the event will occur on the same day as his in-school birthday party, in a tale complemented by vibrant multimedia illustrations that feature counting challenges and hidden objects.
A pair of socks - Stuart J. Murphy and Lois Ehlert
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780060258795
ISBN-10: 0060258799
Introduces pattern recognition as a sock searches the house for its lost mate.
The best bug parade : Comparing Sizes - Stuart J. Murphy and Holly Keller
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780060258726
ISBN-10: 0060258721
Comparing and contrasting sizes is fun and easy in a basic math skills book that uses different and amusing drawings to teach and retain interest.
Mighty Maddie - Stuart J. Murphy and Bernice Lum
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780060531591
ISBN-10: 0060531592
For Mighty Maddie a toy train is heavy and a teddy bear is light, but you don't have to be a superhero to learn the difference between light and heavy. Simultaneous.
The greatest gymnast of all : Opposites, Level 1 - Stuart J. Murphy and Cynthia Jabar
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780060276089
ISBN-10: 0060276088
While performing an energetic gymnastic routine, Zoe demonstrates such spatial opposites as on and off, inside and outside, and over and under.
Captain Invincible and the space shapes : Level 2-Three Dimensional Shapes - Stuart J. Murphy and Rémy Simard
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780060280239
ISBN-10: 0060280239
Captain Invincible, along with his faithful canine companion Comet, must use his knowledge of three-dimensional shapes to avoid such dangers as flying saucers, meteor showers, and poison gas in order to make it safely back to Earth. Simultaneous.
Just enough carrots - Stuart J. Murphy and Frank Remkiewicz
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9780060267780
ISBN-10: 006026778X
While a bunny and his mother shop in a grocery store for lunch guests, the reader may count and compare the amounts of carrots, peanuts, and worms in the grocery carts of other shoppers.
Sir Cumference and the dragon of pi : a math adventure - Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9781570911668
ISBN-10: 1570911665
When Sir Cumference drinks a potion which turns him into a dragon, his son Radius searches for the magic number known as pi which will restore him to his former shape.
Pastry school in Paris : an adventure in capacity - Cindy Neuschwander and Bryan Langdo
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/26/2009
ISBN-13: 9780805083149
ISBN-10: 0805083146
Twins Matt and Bibi travel to Paris to take a class at the International Pastry Academy where they will learn to make an array of sweet treats; relying on their math skills to measure everything perfectly in the hopes of making the most scrumptious brownies of the bunch.
Sir Cumference and the first round table : a math adventure - Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9781570911606
ISBN-10: 1570911606
Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table.
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland : a math adventure - Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9781570911705
ISBN-10: 1570911703
To earn his knighthood, Radius uses a circular medallion to find and rescue a missing king.
Zero - Kathryn Otoshi
Publisher: Ko Kids Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/15/2010
ISBN-13: 9780972394635
ISBN-10: 097239463X
As budding young readers learn about numbers and counting, they are also introduced to accepting different body types, developing social skills and character, and learning what it means to find value in oneself and others--though Zero feels empty and without value, she soon learns that she has an important place as well.
One - Kathryn Otoshi
Publisher: Distributed by Publishers Group West
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780972394642
ISBN-10: 0972394648
Introduces young readers to numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors by offering the story of ill-tempered Red who got too powerful for his own good and had to be brought down to size by One--a single entity with the courage to stand up for what was right.
How much is a million? - David M. Schwartz and Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/1985
ISBN-13: 9780688040505
ISBN-10: 0688040500
Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.
Math curse - Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/1995
ISBN-13: 9780670861941
ISBN-10: 0670861944
When a girl comes down with a case of math mania, she finds that she tabulates her teeth, counts her morning corn flakes, and displays other disturbing symptoms of the dreaded math curse. BOMC Main.
Black? white! day? night! : a book of opposites - Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/03/2006
ISBN-13: 9781596431850
ISBN-10: 1596431857
Through a series of ingenious die-cut pages, the young reader discovers things that are the opposite of what they seem within eighteen questions and their answers. By the author of Lemons Are Not Red.
Counting coconuts - Wendi Silvano and Marty Granius
Publisher: Raven Tree Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780972019262
ISBN-10: 097201926X
Hungry Monkey wants to count his coconuts before he starts eating, but every time he tries, another rain forest animal suggests a different way of grouping them for the count, in a story that also offers the Spanish words for the numbers.
Caps for sale : a tale of a peddler, some monkeys, and their monkey business - Esphyr Slobodkina
Publisher: Harper & Row
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1947
ISBN-13: 9780201091472
ISBN-10: 020109147X
A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.
Zero, zilch, nada : counting to none - Wendy K. Ulmer and Laura Knorr
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9781585364619
ISBN-10: 1585364614
Colorful illustrations and a clever storyline introduce the concept of counting up to and down from 100 by tens, fives, twos and singles, so that young readers can help Harry solve his math dilemma at the Four Color Balloon Factory where Mr. Huffy, Harry's new boss, instructs him to blow up 100 balloons for Mrs. Doopido's birthday party.
Bunny money - Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9780803721470
ISBN-10: 0803721471
Ruby and Max head into town to buy presents for Grandma's birthday, but their simple trip soon becomes a rollicking adventure as one mishap leads to another. By the author of Bunny Cakes.
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