Picture books with level 2 content
Level 2 number
The biggest number in the universe, by Julie Leibrich
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| Description | A girl borrows a very large number from her neighbour to take to school with her, but it does not work out as she plans. | |
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Different types of numbers.
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One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff SayrePublisher: Walker (2004) ISBN: 1844281647
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When you are counting by feet then 1 is a snail and 2 is a person and 4 is a dog! This book uses the number of feet on various animals to be the units by which numbers can be expressed.
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| Mathematics | Part whole and multiplicative thinking, number combinations. | |
Nesta and the missing zero, by Julie Leibrich
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The impact on the world is immense when zero goes missing. Nesta discovers that zero means more than “nothing”.
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| Mathematics | Place value. | |
How much is a million?, by David SchwartzPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780688040499
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The relative size of large numbers is explored with pictures and interesting facts.
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| Mathematics | Numbers 1 million to 1 trillion. | |
One hundred hungry ants, by Elinor J. PinczesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780395971239
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A group of ants explores arrays for 100 as they try to find the fastest way to get to the picnic.
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| Mathematics | Multiplication, arrays. | |
A remainder of one, by Elinor J. PinczesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780618250776
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A group of 25 marching bugs assemble themselves in various arrays trying to get to even rows and not have a remainder.
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| Mathematics | Division, arrays. | |
The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565548639
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| Description | A story that describes the creation of an abacus as a way to manage a systematic count. | |
| Mathematics | Counting, number systems, multiples. | |
Math-terpieces, by Greg TangPublisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439443883
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| Description | With reference to words of art the reader is challenged to combine numbers to 10. | |
| Mathematics | Combining numbers to 10. | |
I'll teach my dog 100 words, by Michael FrithPublisher: Random House ISBN: 0394826922
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As the boy teaches his dog 100 words, the progress is tracked.
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| Mathematics | Numbers to 100. | |
Bears on wheels, by Stan and Jan BerenstainPublisher: Random House ISBN: 9780394809670
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An adventure with bears stacking in different combinations as they ride bikes.
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| Mathematics | Combinations of numbers to 10. | |
Half a slice of bread and butter, by Peter Durkin |
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Two children learn the relative size of one half as they have to share food with more and more children.
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| Mathematics | Fractions. | |
Divide and ride, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780590214278
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| Description | A group of 11 friends explore seating arrangements on carnival rides. | |
| Mathematics | Division with remainders. | |
Earth day - hooray!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060001292
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| Description | A group of children learn about place value as they attempt to collect 5000 cans to recycle. | |
| Mathematics | Place value. | |
Too many kangaroo things to do!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: Steck-Vaughn Company ISBN: 9780739825617
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| Description | Australian animals multiply. Add the things they have to do. | |
| Mathematics | Multiplication and addition. | |
The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann DoddsPublisher: Candlewick ISBN: 9780763615925
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| Description | 80 competitors begin a marathon. The number remaining is systematically halved until 5 remain. | |
| Mathematics | Halving. | |
Give me half!, by Stuart J. Murphy
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| Description | Two children learn how to share one or two food items between them fairly. | |
| Mathematics | Halving, including fraction notation. | |
The most amazing hide-and-seek numbers book, by Robert CrowtherPublisher: Walker Books Ltd ISBN: 9780744561715
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| Description | A flaps and flags book that reveals groups of creatures to 100. | |
| Mathematics | Numbers to 100. | |
Apple fractions, by Jerry PallottaPublisher: Scholastic ISBN: 978043939013
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Key fractional concepts are explored within the context of slicing up apples (but there is lots of information about apples too!)
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| Mathematics | Fractions. | |
The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 158980077X
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| Description | The characters must come to grips with the concept of proportion as they create new puppets. | |
| Mathematics | Proportion, fraction. | |
Level 2 algebra
One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff SayrePublisher: Walker (2004) ISBN: 1844281647
Activity based on this book. |
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When you are counting by feet then 1 is a snail and 2 is a person and 4 is a dog! This book uses the number of feet on various animals to be the units by which numbers can be expressed.
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| Mathematics | Number patterns. | |
Wild Fibonacci - Nature's secret revealed, by Joy HulmePublisher: Tricycle Press ISBN: 1582461546
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| Description | An introduction to the Fibonacci number sequence and its presence in the animal world, such as in the curve of beaks and claws. | |
| Mathematics | Number patterns. | |
Level 2 geometry
The greedy triangle, by Marilyn Burns |
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| Description | A story about a triangle that wants to change its number of sides. | |
| Mathematics | Features of shapes. | |
Level 2 measurement
Diary of a worm, by Doreen CroninPublisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 006000150X
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A juvenile worm keeps a journal over several weeks documenting the events of his life.
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| Mathematics | Time, date, months. | |
Get up and go!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 978078762756
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The dog uses a simple timeline to track the time taken by a little girl as she gets ready to go to school.
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Addition with time. |
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Before and after: A book of nature timescapes, by Jan ThornhillPublisher: Greey de Pencier Books ISBN: 18956889612
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Pictures of natural habitats are shown before and after a time lapse ranging from a few seconds to one year.
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| Mathematics | Time, standard units, vocabulary. | |
The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565549643
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| Description | A story about the creation of a compass to assist the characters in finding their way home after being lost in a storm. Describes pathways, direction and workings of a compass. | |
| Mathematics | Compass direction. | |
Level 2 statistics
Lemonade for sale, by Stuart J. Murphy |
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| Description | The kids club track the success of their lemonade stall by graphing their sales for a week. | |
| Mathematics | Bar graphs. | |
