Math Book List

• Basic Math
• Geometry
• Algebra
• Logic

Basic Math Books

• Multiplying Menace: The Revenge Of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages.
• The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Tahan
  Ages 5-10. 256 pages. Originally published in Brazil in 1949, each story is built around a classic mathematical puzzle set against a Persian adventure backdrop.
• The Grapes Of Math by Greg Tang
  Ages 9-12. 40 pages. A book of math riddles set in rhyming verse that encourages the use of problem solving strategies.
• Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
  Ages 5-10. 32 pages. A silly story where a child is "afflicted" by seeing everything in life like a math problem.
• One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages. Explore grouping strategies in multiplication and division with the marching of the rhyming ants.
• Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno
  Ages 4-8. 44 pages. Explore the concept of factorials.
• How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz
  Ages 4-8. 40 pages. A fun way to conceptualize just how much is a million.
• A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure by Edward Einhorn
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages. Try your hand at chance and probability with this picturebook.
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  Ages 8 and up. 256 pages. A young boy who doesn't see the purpose of anything sets off an a fantasy adventure to save the princess, Rhyme and Reason.
• Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book by Remy Charlip
  Ages 4-8. 40 pages. Explores sequencing and elapsed time in a-day-in-the-life of a typical child.

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Geometry Math Books

• Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry by Cindy Neuschwander
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages.
• What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis
  Ages 9-12. 32 pages. A picture book about the Pythagorean theorem.
• Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages. A magical adventure picture book that explores radius and pi.
• Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander
  Ages 4-8. 32 pages. A picture book that explores the concepts and applications of geometric shapes.

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Algebra Math Books

• The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas
  Ages 9-12. 132 pages. Explores the concept of fractals.
• Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas
  Ages 4-8. 128 pages. Penrose the cat is back to demystify "x", the mathematical actor; symmetry; pi's; and more.
• Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas
  Ages 9-12. 72 pages. Explores mathematical concepts and topics such as real numbers, exponents, dimensions, and geometry in both serious and humorous ways.
• The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  Ages 9-12. 264 pages. Introduces the concepts of numeracy, such as prime numbers, irrational numbers, roots, and matrices.
• Only One by Marc Harshman
  Ages 6 and up. 32 pages. For kids who have mastered 1-1 correspondence, this books extends the concept of sets by examining groups you find at a county fair.

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Logic Books

• Anno's Hat Tricks by Mitsumasa Anno
  Ages 4-8. Three children use the concept of binary logic to figure out the color of the hats on their heads.
• One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
  Ages 4-8. 40 pages. A young girl outwits a greedy landowner when claiming a reward.
• Stories with Holes
  Ages 4-8. Approximately 20 pages. Each of the 15 books in this series offers you around 10 story puzzles to work out. You get a very basic and seemingly impossible story or mini-mystery to figure out. You ask an unlimited number of yes/no questions until you figure out how the story came to be.
• The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
  Ages 9-12. 128 pages. A modern-day fairy tale full of riddles.

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