Math Group Leveled Book List

 

Author

Illustrator

Title

Level

Annotation

Schwartz, David M.

Kellogg, Steven

How Much is a Million

Pre K - 2

Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

Carle, Eric

Carle, Eric

Very Hungry Caterpillar

2

Hungry caterpillar eats through a variety of foods until he is full and forms into a cocoon and goes to sleep.  Children could count how many different things he eats before heÕs falls asleep.

Pinczes, Elinor

Mackain, Bonnie

100 Hungry Ants

K-3

One hundred hungry ants head toward a picnic to get yummies for their tummies, but they stop to change their line of formation, which shows different divisions of one hundred.

Jane, Mary and Auch, Herm

Jane, Mary and Auch, Herm

Princess and the Pizza

K-3

A princess tries to become a bride by going through several tests including making a pizza.  Have students come up with measurements of their own ingredients in their own pizza after reading the story.

Tang, Greg

Briggs, Harry

The Grapes of Math

3-4

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems using visual clues.

Baum, Frank L.

Baum, Frank L.

The Wizard of Oz

Pre-K – 3

After a cyclone transports Dorothy to Oz, she must find the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.  Have students calculate just how far Dorothy travels before she meets her friends, cowardly lion, scarecrow, tin man, and the great wizard.

Rocklyn, Joanne and Burns, Marilyn and Vanwright, Cornelius

Vanwright, Cornelius, Hu, Yinghwa

The Case of the Shrunken Allowance

3

Mike and his friends try to figure out why the money in his allowance jar appears to be shrinking.  Also includes related math activities.

Wells, Rosemary

Wells, Rosemary

Bunny Money

K-2

Max and Ruby go downtown to buy a birthday present for their grandma, but they spend too much money on emergencies.  They donÕt have enough for the bus fare home.

Collier, Bryan

Collier, Bryan

Up Town

K-3

A boy goes up town and observes everything he passes by.  Have students draw a map of everything he passes on his trip up town.

Hubbard, Patricia

Letzig, Michael

Trick or Treat Countdown

K-3

A book counting to twelve using  Halloween items.  Have students make their own count down book.