Math and Literature
Connection
Algebra
Scieszka, Jon and Lane Smith (1995).
Math Curse.
NY: Penguin Books.
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 comically curse!
Tang, Greg (2001).
The Grapes of Math.
NY: Scholastic Inc.
A beautifully illustrated book of math
riddles that introduce strategies for solving a variety of problems.
Data and Statistics
Geometry
Burns, Marilyn (1994).
The Greedy Triangle.
NY: Scholastic Inc.
Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle
keeps asking the local shape-shifter to add more lines and angles until it
doesn't know which side is up!
Measurement
Adams, Barbara Johnston (1992).
The Go-Around Dollar.
NY: Four Winds.
This is a delightful and informative
book that weaves together a fictional narrative about the travels of a single
dollar.
Caple, Kathy (1986).
The Purse.
NY: Houghton Mifflin.
After spending her money to buy a purse, Katie is now faced with
the problem of getting some money to put into her new purse.
Lionni, Leo (1960).
Inch by Inch.
NY: Astor Book, Inc.
To keep from being eaten, a little
inchworm measures various birds as he inches his way out of the birds' sight.
Number Sense and
Operations
Anno, Mitsumasa (1995).
Anno's Magic Seeds.
NY: Philomel Books.
The reader is asked to perform a series
of mathematical operations integrated into the story of a man who plants magic
seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest.
Anno, Mitsumasa (1983).
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar.
NY: Philomel Books.
This book illustrates the concept of
factorials. The author describes practical uses for factorials and explains in
depth how factorials are used to determine the number of arrangements of items.
Barry, David (1994).
The Rajah’s Rice.
NY: W.H. Freeman and Company.
An India folktale tells how Chandra,
the official bather of the Rajah’s elephants, saves them from serious illness
and gets a reward more costly than the Rajah realizes.
Cristaldi, Kathryn (1996).
Even Steven and Odd Todd.
(Hello Math Reader.) NY: Scholastic Inc.
The arrival of cousin Odd Todd upsets
Even Steven who likes everything to come in even numbers.
Dee, Ruby (1988).
Two Ways to Count to Ten.
NY: Henry Holt and Co.
A retelling of a Liberian folktale. The
animals try to count to ten before a spear falls to the ground. Only one animal
succeeds as he counts to ten by twos.
Feelings, Muriel (1971).
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book.
NY: Dial.
This Caldecott Honored book teaches the
young child about Africa and how to count to ten in Swahili.
Hutchins, Pat (1986).
The Doorbell Rang.
NY: Mulberry Books.
Concepts of multiplication, division,
and fractions are explored. Ma has just finished baking cookies and with each
ring of the doorbell more people come to share in
eating the cookies.
Juster, Norton (1961).
The Phantom Tollbooth.
NY: Random House.
This book is for older children. Milo
takes a fantasy journey and encounters a place called Digitopolis. Infinity,
averages, and numbers vs numerals are encountered during his journey.
Schwartz, David (1985).
How Much is a Million?
NY: Scholastic Inc.
This story helps children conceptualize
millions, billions, and trillions.
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