Why use picture books in a maths class? Using picture books with mathematical content can be an effective way to engage students and explore problems within entertaining contexts. (read more)
Level 1 number
Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons, by Eric LitwinPublisher: Harper ISBN: 9780062110589 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Pete the cat loses this buttons… or does he? Includes a very catchy song keeping track as the buttons pop off. | |
Mathematics | Subtraction to 5. | |
Minnie's diner: A multiplying menu, by Dayle Ann DoddsPublisher: Candlewick (2004) ISBN: 9780763633134 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Through the repeated refrain of “Make it a double!” a family of brothers reveals the power of multiplication as they order from the menu at Minnie’s Diner. | |
Mathematics | Doubles. | |
Equal shmequal, by Virginia KrollPublisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 1570918929 | ||
Description | A mouse explores what it means to be equal using the concept of balance. | |
Mathematics | Meanings of equals. | |
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr.Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 068813985X | ||
Description | A collection of maths puzzles which children can explore using counting, addition or multiplication. | |
Mathematics | Counting/Multiplicative thinking. | |
The very hungry caterpillar, by Eric CarlePublisher: Puffin Books ISBN: 0140569324 | ||
Description | Tells the story of a caterpillar's week, as it eats its way through various food, forms a cocoon and then turns into a butterfly. | |
Mathematics | Counting sequence to five. Days of the week. | |
Ten apples up on top!, by Dr SeussPublisher: HarperCollins Children's Books ISBN: 9780679892472 | ||
Description | A dog, a tiger, and a lion, compete to see how many apples they can balance on their heads. | |
Mathematics | Numbers to 10. | |
How many kisses do you want tonight?, by Varsha BajajPublisher: Koala Books ISBN: 9780316067355 | ||
Description | The question “how many kisses do you want tonight?” is asked and answered by young animals and children. | |
Mathematics | Numbers to 10. | |
One bear lost, by Karen Hayles and Jenny JonesPublisher: Parragon Books ISBN: 9781407591421 | ||
Description | Ten bears leave the group one at a time, until one is left on his own. | |
Mathematics | Backwards number sequence from 10. | |
Give me half!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467018 | ||
Description | Two children learn how to share one or two food items between them fairly. | |
Mathematics | Halving, including fraction notation. | |
Little Quack's Hide and Seek, by Lauren ThompsonPublisher: Pocket Books ISBN: 9781416903253 | ||
Description | Five little ducks play hide and seek from their Mother. One at a time they hide linking in subtraction. | |
Mathematics | Subtraction. | |
123 with Millvy - Numbers in EnglishPublisher: InnovoNZ Limited ISBN: 978-0473-54030-2 | ||
Description | Follow Millvy as he gathers friends and food for a big New Year’s Day beach party, counting along the way. | |
Mathematics | Numbers to 10 and counting. |
Level 1 algebra
Level 1 geometry
A lion in the night, by Pamela AllenPublisher: Hodder and Stoughton ISBN: 9780140509397 | ||
Description | A lion steals a baby from the castle and takes her on a wild ride through the night. The members of the court have to follow the lion's path. | |
Mathematics | Directions and pathways. | |
Perfect Square, by Michael HallPublisher: Greenwillow ISBN: 9780061915130 | ||
Description | A square reinvents itself over the week as it changes shape through a series of misadventures. | |
Mathematics | 2D shape. | |
They all saw a cat, by Brendan WenzelPublisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452150130 | ||
Description | This book follows the adventures of one cat, and how perspective shapes what we see. In this case, how cats look very different depending on your point of view. | |
Mathematics | Position and orientation, and spatial awareness. |
Level 1 measurement
Ernest, by Catherine RaynerPublisher: MacMillan ISBN: 9780230712553 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Ernest the Moose is TOOO big to fit in this regular size book and after many attempts to squish in, he and his friend come up with a solution: increase the area of the book. Now he fits perfectly. | |
Mathematics | Area and size. | |
Guess how much I love you, by Sam McBratneyPublisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9781406342864 | ||
Description | Little Nut Brown Hare discovers it is difficult to measure love using his experiences with length and height. | |
Mathematics | Length and non standard units. | |
Tall, by Jez AlboroughPublisher: Walker Books ISBN: 1406301736 | ||
Description | Comparison of height of animals. | |
Mathematics | Relative size. | |
Diary of a Baby Wombat, by Jackie FrenchPublisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780007351756 | ||
Description | The daily life of a baby wombat. | |
Mathematics | Time. |
Level 1 statistics
Probably pistachio, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0064467341 | ||
Description | Over a day Jack discovers the meanings of certain, likely and possible. | |
Mathematics | Probability, vocabulary. | |
That’s A Possibility, by Bruce GoldstonePublisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 0805089985 | ||
Description | Introduces children to the ideas of something being possible, probable, or impossible. Each spread features an easy-to-understand scenario such as dice rolling, with questions about probable outcomes and simple explanations. | |
Mathematics | Probability, vocabulary. |
Level 2 number
365 Penguins, by Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle JolivetPublisher: Abrams ISBN: 9780810944602 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | On day one a penguin turns up, day by day the numbers grow. | |
Mathematics | Time, factors, grouping. | |
The biggest number in the universe, by Julie LeibrichPublisher: Scholastic New Zealand ISBN: 1869436024 | ||
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. | |
Mathematics | Different types of numbers. | |
One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff SayrePublisher: Walker (2004) ISBN: 1844281647 | ||
Description | 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. | |
Mathematics | Part whole and multiplicative thinking, number combinations. | |
One hundred hungry ants, by Elinor J. PinczesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780395971239 | ||
Description | A group of ants explores arrays for 100 as they try to find the fastest way to get to the picnic. | |
Mathematics | Multiplication, arrays. | |
A remainder of one, by Elinor J. PinczesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780618250776 | ||
Description | A group of 25 marching bugs assemble themselves in various arrays trying to get to even rows and not have a remainder. | |
Mathematics | Division, arrays. | |
Mr Chicken Goes to Paris, by Leigh HobbsPublisher: Allen and Unwin ISBN: 9781741757699 | ||
Description | A hilarious story where Mr. Chicken goes to visit Paris. Full of incidental maths conversations. | |
Mathematics | Arrays, grouping. | |
The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann DoddsPublisher: Candlewick ISBN: 9780763615925 | ||
Description | 80 competitors begin a marathon. The number remaining is systematically halved until 5 remain. | |
Mathematics | Halving. | |
How much is a million?, by David SchwartzPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780688040499 | ||
Description | The relative size of large numbers is explored with pictures and interesting facts. | |
Mathematics | Numbers 1 million to 1 trillion. | |
The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565548639 | ||
Description | A story that describes the creation of an abacus as a way to manage a systematic count. | |
Mathematics | Counting, number systems, multiples. | |
Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn BurnsPublisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780545044455 | ||
Description | Mr. and Mrs. Comfort need to arrange the tables and chairs to ensure all their guests have a seat. | |
Mathematics | Division, multiplication, equal shares. | |
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr.Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 068813985X | ||
Description | A collection of maths puzzles which children can explore using counting, addition or multiplication. | |
Mathematics | Counting/Multiplicative thinking. | |
Math-terpieces, by Greg TangPublisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439443883 | ||
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 | ||
Description | As the boy teaches his dog 100 words, the progress is tracked. | |
Mathematics | Numbers to 100. | |
Bears on wheels, by Stan and Jan BerenstainPublisher: Random House ISBN: 9780394809670 | ||
Description | An adventure with bears stacking in different combinations as they ride bikes. | |
Mathematics | Combinations of numbers to 10. | |
Divide and ride, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780590214278 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Description | Australian animals multiply. Add the things they have to do. | |
Mathematics | Multiplication and addition. | |
Give me half!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 978006447018 | ||
Description | Two children learn how to share one or two food items between them fairly. | |
Mathematics | Halving, including fraction notation. | |
The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 158980077X | ||
Description | The characters must come to grips with the concept of proportion as they create new puppets. | |
Mathematics | Proportion, fraction. | |
Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallumPublisher: Charlesbridge (2011) ISBN: 9781570917806 | ||
Description | A collection of recipes each illustrating a mathematical idea and with suggestions for further explorations and including fun facts. For example explore tessellation with a brownie recipe, probability with trail mix, or Fibonacci's sequence with fruit kebabs. | |
Mathematics | Algebra, probability, fractions. |
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. | ||
Description | 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. | |
Mathematics | Number patterns. | |
Wild Fibonacci - Nature's secret revealed, by Joy HulmePublisher: Tricycle Press ISBN: 9781582463247 Activity based on this book | ||
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 BurnsPublisher: Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN: 9780545042208 | ||
Description | A story about a triangle that wants to change its number of sides. | |
Mathematics | Features of shapes. | |
My Map Book, by Sara FanelliPublisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9780060264550 | ||
Description | A look at mapping from a variety of perspectives including the neighbourhood, family map, and a bedroom. | |
Mathematics | Maps. | |
Perfect Square, by Michael HallPublisher: Greenwillow ISBN: 9780061915130 | ||
Description | A square reinvents itself over the week as it changes shape through a series of misadventures. | |
Mathematics | 2D shape. | |
They all saw a cat, by Brendan WenzelPublisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452150130 | ||
Description | This book follows the adventures of one cat, and how perspective shapes what we see. In this case, how cats look very different depending on your point of view. | |
Mathematics | Position and orientation, and spatial awareness. |
Level 2 measurement
Counting on Frank, by Rod ClementPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) ISBN: 039570393X Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | A boy asks and answers questions such as "how long a line will my ball point pen draw?", and "how many humpback whales would fit in my house?" | |
Mathematics | Measurement. Enlargement. | |
Diary of a worm, by Doreen CroninPublisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 006000150X | ||
Description | A juvenile worm keeps a journal over several weeks documenting the events of his life. | |
Mathematics | Time, date, months. | |
Get up and go!, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780064467049 | ||
Description | The dog uses a simple timeline to track the time taken by a little girl as she gets ready to go to school. | |
Mathematics | Addition with time. Timelines. | |
The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565549643 | ||
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. | |
Jim and the Beanstalk, by Raymond BriggsPublisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780140500776 | ||
Description | Jim befriends the giant and needs to measure him up for some new glasses and teeth. | |
Mathematics | Length. | |
Henry's Map by David ElliotPublisher: Random House (2013) ISBN: 9781775533306 | ||
Description | "Henry is a particular sort of pig" and in an effort to record the proper place for everything on the farm he sets out to create a map. A great story about representing a 3-D environment in a 2-D map and ground views and bird's eye views. | |
Mathematics | Simple maps. |
Level 2 statistics
Lemonade for sale, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467155 | ||
Description | The kids club track the success of their lemonade stall by graphing their sales for a week. | |
Mathematics | Bar graphs. | |
That’s A Possibility, by Bruce GoldstonePublisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 0805089985 | ||
Description | Introduces children to the ideas of something being possible, probable, or impossible. Each spread features an easy-to-understand scenario such as dice rolling, with questions about probable outcomes and simple explanations. | |
Mathematics | Probability, vocabulary. |
Level 3 number
On beyond a million, by David M. SchwartzPublisher: Dragonfly Books ISBN: 0440411777 | ||
Description | This is a counting book based on the powers of ten. The place value house names are revealed as the powers climb. | |
Mathematics | Place value, large whole numbers. | |
How much is a million?, by David SchwartzPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780688040499 | ||
Description | The relative size of large numbers is explored with pictures and interesting facts. | |
Mathematics | Numbers 1 million to 1 trillion. | |
Math curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane SmithPublisher: Viking Juvenile ISBN: 9780670861941 | ||
Description | A child sees the maths problems in everything in their daily life. | |
Mathematics | Problems linked to multiple aspects of mathematics. | |
The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565548639 | ||
Description | A story that describes the creation of an abacus as a way to manage a systematic count. | |
Mathematics | Counting, number systems, multiples. | |
Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn BurnsPublisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780545044455 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Mr. and Mrs. Comfort need to arrange the tables and chairs to ensure all their guests have a seat. | |
Mathematics | Division, multiplication, equal shares. | |
The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann DoddsPublisher: Candlewick ISBN: 9780763615925 | ||
Description | 80 competitors begin a marathon. The number remaining is systematically halved until 5 remain. | |
Mathematics | Halving. | |
Takahē maths, by Julie EllisPublisher: OneTree House ISBN: 9780995117518 | ||
Description | Tells the story of changes to takahē population numbers using both text and equations. | |
Mathematics | Addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers. | |
Math-terpieces, by Greg TangPublisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439443883 | ||
Description | With reference to words of art the reader is challenged to combine numbers to 10. | |
Mathematics | Combining numbers to 10. | |
Divide and ride, by Stuart J. MurphyPublisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467100 | ||
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 | ||
Description | A group of children learn about place value as they attempt to collect 5000 cans to recycle. | |
Mathematics | Place value. | |
A million dots, by Andrew ClementsPublisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689858246 | ||
Description | The book contains 1 million dots exactly and presents a picture of just how large this set really is! Along the way interesting facts are revealed as the large numbers are presented. | |
Mathematics | Place value, large whole numbers. | |
Great estimations, by Bruce GoldstonePublisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780312608873 | ||
Description | A non-fiction introduction to training your eyes to estimate the size of sets using photographs of different kinds of objects in different contexts. | |
Mathematics | Estimation, rounding, multiplying. | |
The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 158980077X | ||
Description | The characters must come to grips with the concept of proportion as they create new puppets. | |
Mathematics | Proportion, fraction. | |
Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallumPublisher: Charlesbridge (2011) ISBN: 9781570917806 | ||
Description | A collection of recipes each illustrating a mathematical idea and with suggestions for further explorations and including fun facts. For example explore tessellation with a brownie recipe, probability with trail mix, or Fibonacci's sequence with fruit kebabs. | |
Mathematics | Algebra, probability, fractions. |
Level 3 algebra
Fifty-five feathers, by Ben BrownPublisher: Reed ISBN: 9781869486839 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Pukeko goes searching for donations from the other native birds to make a cloak for her friend Gecko. | |
Mathematics | Sums of number sequences. | |
The rabbit problem, by Emily GravettPublisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781442412552 | ||
Description | The Fibonacci sequence is explored by a family of rabbits over the course of one year. | |
Mathematics | Number patterns. |
Level 3 geometry
The warlord's puzzle, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565544951 | ||
Description | The geometric puzzle, the tangram, is explored in the context of a challenge issued by an ancient Chinese warlord to put a tile broken into 7 pieces back together again. | |
Mathematics | Shape. | |
A cloak for the dreamer, by Aileen FriedmanPublisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780590489874 | ||
Description | The tailor's three sons explore shapes that fit together as they make cloaks for the Archduke. | |
Mathematics | Tesselation. | |
Zoom, by Istvan BanyaiPublisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140557749 | ||
Description | A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement. | |
Mathematics | Transformation. | |
Re-Zoom, by Istvan BanyaiPublisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140556940 | ||
Description | A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement | |
Mathematics | Transformation. | |
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905 | ||
Description | The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume. | |
Mathematics | Volume, space. | |
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806 | ||
Description | The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army. | |
Mathematics | Area, 2-D shape. |
Level 3 measurement
Belonging, by Jeannie BakerPublisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9781406305487 | ||
Description | A wordless book that depicts the first 24 years of a person’s life documenting the changes that occur within her room, her life and outside in her community. | |
Mathematics | Time, years, decades. | |
Counting on Frank, by Rod ClementPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) ISBN: 039570393X | ||
Description | A boy asks and answers questions such as "how long a line will my ball point pen draw?", and "how many humpback whales would fit in my house?" | |
Mathematics | Measurement. Enlargement. | |
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905 | ||
Description | The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume. | |
Mathematics | Volume, space. | |
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806 | ||
Description | The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army. | |
Mathematics | Area, 2-D shape. | |
Zachary Zormer shape transformer, by Joanne ReisbergPublisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 9781570918766 | ||
Description | A interactive pop-up book that gives a humourous account of the history of the universe and evolution of life on earth. | |
Mathematics | Area, length, perimeter. | |
The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565549643 | ||
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. | |
The Warlord's Messengers, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589802713 | ||
Description | As a deadline looms the characters must use their knowledge of rate and velocity to insure they arrive at the banquet on time. | |
Mathematics | Rate, speed. | |
The Warlord's Alarm, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589803787 | ||
Description | In a time without clocks, the characters have to find a way to create an alarm that ensures they wake up in time. The answer is a water clock! | |
Mathematics | Time, rate. |
Level 3 statistics
Uno’s garden, by Graeme BasePublisher: Penguin Viking ISBN: 0670041912 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | Uno arrives in the forest and is surrounded by a diversity of animals and plants. As the human population grows in one pattern it affects the other populations in other patterns. | |
Mathematics | Populations. | |
A very improbable story, by Edward EinhornPublisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 9781570918728 | ||
Description | A humourous exploration of probability that happens when Ethan wakes up to find a cat on his head. Set up several investigations of odds and develops statistical vocabulary. | |
Mathematics | Probability and chance. |
Level 4 number
The number devil: A mathematical adventure, by Hans Magnus EnzensbergerPublisher: Granta Books ISBN: 9781862078284 | ||
Description | Follow 12 year-old Robert as he does battle with his attitude to maths each night in his dreams as he is visited by The Number Devil. An illustrated novel that presents complex (and simple) mathematical concepts in engaging ways. | |
Mathematics | Number, algebra, sequence, prime, squares, decimals. | |
Big numbers, by Mary and John GribbinPublisher: Wizard Books ISBN: 1840464313 | ||
Description | An illustrated series of short non-fiction articles on topics involving very large and very small numbers. It all depends on what you’re measuring. | |
Mathematics | Measurement, large numbers, decimals, million, time size, distance. | |
Math curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane SmithPublisher: Viking Juvenile ISBN: 9780670861941 | ||
Description | A child sees the maths problems in everything in their daily life. | |
Mathematics | Problems linked to multiple aspects of mathematics. | |
Murderous maths numbers: the key to the universe, by Kjartan PoskittPublisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9781407107110 | ||
Description | One of the Murderous Maths large series of humourous non-fiction books that explore the world of mathematics with cartoons, engaging and quirky contexts and diagrams. Filled with puzzles and problems and “no boring sums!”. | |
Mathematics | Number, algebra, bases, sequences, calculation. |
Level 4 algebra
The rabbit problem, by Emily GravettPublisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781442412552 | ||
Description | The Fibonacci sequence is explored by a family of rabbits over the course of one year. | |
Mathematics | Number patterns. |
Level 4 geometry
Re-Zoom, by Istvan BanyaiPublisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140556940 | ||
Description | A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement | |
Mathematics | Transformation. | |
A cloak for the dreamer, by Aileen FriedmanPublisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780590489874 | ||
Description | The tailor's three sons explore shapes that fit together as they make cloaks for the Archduke. | |
Mathematics | Tesselation. | |
Zoom, by Istvan BanyaiPublisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140557749 | ||
Description | A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement. | |
Mathematics | Transformation. | |
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905 | ||
Description | The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume. | |
Mathematics | Volume, space. | |
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806 | ||
Description | The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army. | |
Mathematics | Area, 2-D shape. |
Level 4 measurement
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905 | ||
Description | The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume. | |
Mathematics | Volume, space. | |
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806 | ||
Description | The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army. | |
Mathematics | Area, 2-D shape. | |
The Warlord's Messengers, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589802713 | ||
Description | As a deadline looms the characters must use their knowledge of rate and velocity to insure they arrive at the banquet on time. | |
Mathematics | Rate, speed. | |
The Warlord's Alarm, by Virginia Walton PilegardPublisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589803787 | ||
Description | In a time without clocks, the characters have to find a way to create an alarm that ensures they wake up in time. The answer is a water clock! | |
Mathematics | Time, rate. |
Level 4 statistics
If the world was a village: A book about the world’s people, by David J. SmithPublisher: Kids Can ISBN: 1550747797 Activity based on this book. | ||
Description | This book asks the reader to shrink that population to 100 people, a village, keeping the proportions intact and imagine what the village looks like. | |
Mathematics | Populations, percentages. | |
World WatchPublisher: Harper Collins (2012) ISBN: 9780007488223 | ||
Description | Collins has compiled a wide range of statistics about world populations and presented them in a colourful and engaging way with info-graphics representing the proportional relationships within the data. Statistics on population, education and health, economy, environment and development are presented. It includes tables of individual countries data and a glossary. | |
Mathematics | Statistics, graphs, percentages. |