Math

1. Bishop, C.  (1964).  Twenty-two bears.  New York: Viking Press.  In this book, the author explains family roles through counting.  Each number bear is represented as a member of an extended family.  This book can be used while teaching children counting.  It can also be used during social studies because of its explanation of different family members in an extended family.

2. Blegvad, L.  (1968).  One is for the sun.  New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.  Illustrated by Erik
Blegvad, this book represents the numbers, one through ten, and one million through ten million, through the use of visions, sounds, and other perceptions young children are familiar with.  This is a book which can be used to demonstrate counting, but it can also teach quantity.  One sun compared to one million raindrops, and so on.

3. Minters, F.  (2001).  Too big, too small, just right.  San Diego: Harcourt.  This book teaches
opposites through the daily activities of two rabbits.  These rabbits discover something too high and
too big, then they discover something too low and too small.  However, the two rabbits work together, and discover things that are just right.  In the classroom, this book would be good if used for teaching a lesson in opposites.  This book also shows comparison of objects, and informal measurement as well.

4. Williams, V. B.  (1990).  More more more and the baby.  New York: Greenwillow Books.  This
book consists of three different stories of babies who reply to certain actions by saying, "more,
more, more."  Each story explains distance as well through the use of where one baby gets kisses,
one baby's toes are, and the third baby's eyes are.  In the classroom, this can be used as a book
teaching quantity, through the use of the word more.  This book can also teach distance because of
the words used to describe where the kisses are given,  the toes are, and the eyes are located on the
body.  This book can also be categorized as a picture book.

5. Ye, T.  (1998).  Weighing the elephants.  New York: Annick Press.  In this children's book,  villagers are challenged by the emperor to conclude how much a baby elephant weighs.  A young boy, not
threatened by the challenge, figures out a way to measure the weight of the baby elephant, so the emperor won't take the baby elephant away.  In the classroom, this book can be used during a lesson on measurement.  This book can also be used in a science class when talking about different animals.
 

 

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