Author/Illustrator: Greg Tang, author; Harry Briggs, illustrator
Publisher, Copyright: Scholastic, 2001
Brief summary: Hang and Briggs have provided a colorful opportunity to introduce students to new ways to look at numbers and think about solving problems. Topics include subtraction, multiplication, grouping by 5’s and 10’s, seeing shapes and patters, and problem-solving techniques. The text also contains necessary vocabulary to help students move through the course. There is not a storyline for this text, as each page introduces a new problem and concept. The suggested solution and hints are found at the end of the text.
Author/Illustrator: David Adler, author; Edward Miller, illustrator
Publisher, Copyright: Holiday House, 2011
Brief summary: A Halloween-themed introduction to algebra as readers navigate a haunted house with Mandy and Bill. Readers solve equations with help from Igor, the house’s caretaker. Students are introduced to the concept of balancing equations and finding the value of a variable.
Author/Illustrator: Cindy Neuschwander,Wayne Geehan
Publisher, Copyright: Charlesbridge, 1997
Brief summary: The takes you along as Sir Cumference, one of the knights in King Arthur’s court, works through various geometrical dilemmas to create a table for the court to meet at. As Sir Cumference and his carpenter Geo of Metry create the tables, readers are led through a review of geometrical shapes and their qualities.
Author/Illustrator: Taryn Souder, Tatjana Mai-Wyss
Publisher, Copyright: Sleeping Bear Press, 2010
Brief summary: This book moves students through an understanding of the parts and the whole; learning about 1/2s, 1/3rds, 1/4s, 1/8s, and 1/10s. Through fun word problems and crazy situations the cow provides younger students a creative platform to learn and extend their learning about fractions.
Author/Illustrator: Brian Cleary, author; Brian Gable, illustrator
Publisher, Copyright: Lerner Publishing Group, 2007
Brief summary: An excellent resource for measuring information and conversions between standard and metric systems. The book introduces students to common units of the standard measuring system (inch, foot, yard), and their metric counterparts (millimeter, centimeter, kilometer, etc.).
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