Balliet, Blue, “Chasing Vermeer”. Scholastic, 2005
See http://adifferentplace.org/vermeer.htm for excellent web support!
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus, “The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure”
(Holt, 2000)
Look for the video game based on the book - for kids! Great reviews!
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth. New York: Random House, 1972. (ISBN 0-394-82199-8)
Tumanov, Vladimir, “Jayden’s Rescue”. Scholastic Canada Ltd.
To order the novel and a Teacher Guide written by Ray Appel CLICK HERE!
Books about Numeracy
Devlin, Keith, "The Math Instinct:Why You're a Mathematical Genius" Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 2005.
Paulos, John Allen, "Innumeracy" Hill and Wang Publishing 1988
(What? We can answers pages and pages of computation questions and 'basic facts', and we're still innumerate? Hmmmmm...)
Pappas, Theoni, "The Magic of Mathematics" Wide World Publishing 1994
(Check out anything by Pappas! Excellent for real world applications!)
Picture Books
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting House. New York: Philomel Books, 1982. (ISBN 0-399-20896-8)
Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar. New York: Philomel, 1983. (ISBN 0-399-20951-4)
Birch, David. The King's Chessboard. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. (ISBN 0-8037-0365-1)
Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. (A Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book) 1994. (ISBN 0-590-48991-7)
Burns, Marilyn. The I Hate Mathematics Book. Little, Brown & Company, 1975. (ISBN 0-316-11741-1)
Burns, Marilyn. Math for Smarty Pants. Little, Brown & Company, 1982. (ISBN 0-316-11739-0)
Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1991. (ISBN 0-8368-0960-2)
Friedman, Aileen. A Cloak for the Dreamer. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. (A Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book), 1994. (ISBN 0-590-48987-9)
Froman, Robert. Angles Are As Easy As Pie. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. (ISBN 0-690-00916-X) HarperCollins Publishers.
Giganti, Paul, Jr. Each Orange Had 8 Slices. New York:Greenwillow Books, 1992. (ISBN 0-688-10428-2)
Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow Publishers, 1986. (ISBN 0-688-05251-7)
Leedy, Loreen, 2 x 2 = Boo! New York: Holiday House, 1995. (ISBN 0-8234-1190-7)
Mahy, Margaret. 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. New York: A Puffin Pied Piper Book, 1990. ISBN 0-14-054597-2
Merriam, Eve. 12 Ways to Get to 11. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-671-75544-7)
Neuschwander, Cindy, “Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure Charlesbridge Publishing (April 1997)
Pappas, Theoni. Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices. San Carlos, CA: Wide World Publishing Tetra, 1991. (ISBN 0-933174-74-8)
Paul, Ann Whitford. Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. (ISBN 0-06-024689-8)
Pinczes, Elinor J. One Hundred Hungry Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. (ISBN 0-395-63116-5)
Schwartz, David. How Much is a Million? New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1985. (ISBN 0-688-04049-7) Also available in paperback from Scholastic Inc. (ISBN 0-590-33966-4)
Scieszka, Jon, “Math Curse” Viking Juvenile; Library Binding edition (October 1, 1995)
Tang, Greg, The Grapes of Math Scholastic Books.
Check out his other books at www.gregtang.com
Tompert, Ann. Grandfather Tang's Story. New York: Crown, 1990. (ISBN 0-517-57272-9)
Wells, Robert E. Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman Company, 1993. (ISBN 0-8075-3655-5)
Zaslavsky, Claudia. Zero: Is It Something? Is It Nothing? New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. (ISBN 0-531-10693-4)