Kids Book Index
Asia Citro, illustrated by Richard Watson
A narrator tries to tell a story about pigeons, but the number of birds keeps changing. To keep track of the shifting flock, the narrator relies on math facts. The account repeatedly returns to unstable quantities, with pigeons serving as the things being counted. Each change in the flock alters what must be counted and the math the narrator needs to use.
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Count on MeMiguel Tanco, illustrated by Miguel TancoCount on Me follows a girl who notices mathematical forms in ordinary surroundings. Circles, curved lines, patterns, and geometry become things she recognizes in the world she sees each day. Her attention rests on the beauty she finds through math, including patterns that other people may overlook in everyday life.Grades K–2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Is 2 a Lot?: An Adventure with NumbersAnnie Watson, illustrated by Rebecca EvansDuring an ordinary car ride, Joey asks questions about numbers and his mother answers them. Their exchange explores how a number can seem large or small depending on what it is counting. The conversation takes Joey into a world of numbers, where the meaning of a quantity changes with its context. Joey and his mother consider numbers together throughout the journey.Grades K–2Lexile Text Measure 520LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
All of the AboveShelley PearsallInspired by a true story, this novel centers on four students undertaking a mathematical construction challenge: making the largest tetrahedron in the world. Their work draws the wider community into the effort. The book traces how a shared goal brings students and community members together to tackle a project that changes their lives and community over the course of the undertaking.Grades 6–8Lexile Text Measure 950LATOS Book Level 5.3On one of the same reading listsView book details