Children's books about math: Elementary--3rd to 5th
This guide lists children's books in the Cubberley Education Library about mathematics, arithmetic, counting, and shapes.
Elementary--3rd to 5th
A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman; Isabel Greenberg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA40.5 .F575 2017Ages 5-8; Gr.2-4; Mathical Award Winner 2018.
Did you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth.Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark; April Chu (Illustrator)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA29 .L72 W35 2015Gr.2-5.
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world's first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.Mysterious Patterns: finding fractals in nature by Sarah C. Campbell (Photographer); Richard P. Campbell (Photographer)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA445.5 .C34 2014Ages 7-10; Gr.3-6.
Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards.Shapes in Math, Science and Nature by Catherine Sheldrick Ross; Bill Slavin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA445.5 .R66 2014Lexile measure 970; Ages 9-13; Gr.4-8.
The three books in the popular Shapes in Math, Science and Nature series, Squares, Triangles and Circles, are now available in one amazing compilation. The design has been refreshed, and the text by Catherine Sheldrick Ross has been lightly updated.Oxford Illustrated Math Dictionary
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA5 .O94 2012The Oxford Illustrated Math Dictionary supports and promotes success in math by making academic vocabulary accessible to high-beginning and intermediate language learners.Growing patterns : Fibonacci numbers in nature by Sarah C. Campbell; Richard P. Campbell (Photographer)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA246.5 .C36 2010 FAges 7-11, gr. 2-5.
The biggest mathematical mystery in nature--Fibonacci numbers! Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simple: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. . . . Each number in the sequence comes from adding the two numbers before it. What's the mystery? The pattern crops up in the most unexpected places.
Before 2000
Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA295 .A66 1999Ages 5-8, gr. 1-4.
A gift from a wizard makes Jack's fortune grow by ones and twos, then threes and fours, then faster and faster, challenging you to keep track of his riches.Math Curse by Jon Scieszka; Lane Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .C5746 M38 1995Guided Reading Level P; Lexile measure 560; Book level 3.7; Ages 6-9
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno; Masaichiro Anno
Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA246.5 .A5613 1983Gr. 1-4.
Simple text and pictures introduce the mathematical concept of factorials.
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