Stanly Community College Library: Children's Books by Theme: Counting and Math, and Size

What This Page Contains

Find books on numbers and counting here. Also includes books on size comparison (big and small, etc.)

Click on the blue title to link to the SCC Library catalog. There you will find the book's location and if the book is on the shelf.

Using Subtraction at the Park

Using Subtraction at the Park by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432949259
Publication Date: 2011-01-01

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0394800133
Publication Date: 1960-03-12

Adding With Apes

Adding with Apes by Adele James
ISBN: 9781433956546
Publication Date: 2011-08-01

Using Addition at Home

Using Addition at Home by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432949242
Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Measuring in the Garden

Measuring in the Garden by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432949266
Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Sorting With Snakes

Sorting with Snakes by Mary Rose McDonnell
ISBN: 9781433993282
Publication Date: 2013-08-01

One red sun : a counting book

One Red Sun by Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670884782
Publication Date: 1999-05-24

Let's Paint a Rainbow

Let's Paint a Rainbow by Eric Carle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590328441
Publication Date: 1998-02-01
Counting by twos and eight colors are introduced as the painters create a rainbow cat. On board pages with die-cut holes.

My Very First Book of Numbers

My Very First Book of Numbers by Eric Carle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399245091
Publication Date: 2006-01-19
Upper and lower halves of divided pages can be turned separately, to match numbers with pictures.

Math For All Seasons

Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang; Harry Briggs (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439755379
Publication Date: 2005-07-01

Counting Kisses

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689834705
Publication Date: 2001-01-01

One Lighthouse, One Moon

One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0688155405
Publication Date: 2000-04-30
Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a lighthouse.

Spots : counting creatures from sky to sea

Spots by Carolyn Lesser; Laura Regan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152006664
Publication Date: 1999-03-01
Spotted animals from around the world, including a leopard ray, ringed seals, reticulated giraffes, and tundra butterflies, introduce the numbers from one to ten.

Over in the Meadow

Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670883441
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.

Fractions With Fish

Fractions with Fish by Maeve T. Sisk
ISBN: 9781433993084
Publication Date: 2013-08-01

What's for lunch?

What's for Lunch? by Eric Carle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590328425
Publication Date: 1998-02-01

1, 2, 3, to the Zoo

1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
ISBN: 0399230130
Publication Date: 1996-07-16

One little, two little, three little pilgrims

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B. G. Hennessy; Lynne Avril Cravath (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0142300063
Publication Date: 2001-08-06

Near and Far With Birds

Near and Far with Birds by Tyrone Mineo
ISBN: 9781433956669
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Introduces the concept of near and far, using examples from the behavior of such birds as ducks, parrots, eagles, and ostriches.

How Much Is A Million?

How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz; Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780688099336
Publication Date: 2004-12-28
Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

Twizzlers Percentages Book

Twizzlers Percentages Book by Jerry Pallotta; Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780439154307
Publication Date: 2001-12-01
Percentages book

Hershey Kisses Addition

Hershey's Kisses Addition Book by Jerry Pallotta; Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780439241731
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Addition--Juvenile literature.

Sorting at the Market

Sorting at the Market by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432949273
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Introduces the concept of sorting objects by shape, color, and size.

Math at the Airport

Math at the Airport by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432971588
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Explores how math is used at the airport and on planes, from counting tickets and taking off on time to measuring how fast the plane is going.

Spaghetti and Meatballs for All: a mathematical story

Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! by Marilyn Burns; Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545044455
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
The seating for a family reunion gets complicated as people rearrange the tables and chairs to seat additional guests.

Three

Three by Ed Emberley (Illustrator); Rebecca Emberley (Illustrator); Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0316235067
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Ed Emberley and his children, Rebecca and Michael, present a collection of original works most of which use the number or concept of three.

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. Wells (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780807536568
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Illustrates the concept of big, bigger, and biggest by comparing the physical measurements of such large things as a blue whale, a mountain, a star, and the universe.

Big and Small

Fun with Opposites by Aaron Carr
ISBN: 9781616909437
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
What is the difference between big and small? How are big, bigger and biggest different? Discover the differences between these opposites and more.

Opposites

Opposites, with Code by Aaron Carr
ISBN: 9781619130852
Publication Date: 2012-06-30
What are opposites? -- Hot and cold -- Fast and slow -- Short and tall -- Dark and bright -- Empty and full -- Thick and thin -- Light and heavy -- In and out.

Exactly the Opposite

Exactly the Opposite by Tana Hoban (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780688088613
Publication Date: 1990-09-24
Photographs of familiar outdoor scenes illustrate pairs of opposites.

Numbers

Magents with Code by Aaron Carr
ISBN: 9781619130869
Publication Date: 2012-06-30

Numbers at the Park

Numbers at the Park by Charles Ghigna; Ag Jatkowska; Terry Flaherty (Contribution by); Bright Agency Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781404883086
Publication Date: 2013-07-01

Ten Red Apples

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780688167974
Publication Date: 2000-04-05
In rhyming verses, one animal after another neighs, moos, oinks, quacks and makes other appropriate sounds as each eats an apple from the farmer's tree.

Each orange had 8 slices : a counting book

Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti; Donald Crews (Illustrator)
ISBN: 068813985X
Publication Date: 1999-04-27

Counting Lions

Counting Lions by Adeline Zubek
ISBN: 9781433956621
Publication Date: 2011-08-01

Just A Minute

Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 0811837580
Publication Date: 2003-09-01
In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.

10, 9, 8 Polar animals! : a counting backward book

10, 9, 8 Polar Animals! by Rebecca Fjelland Davis; Gail Saunders-Smith (Consultant Editor)
ISBN: 9780736863742
Publication Date: 2006-07-01

Pizza Counting

The Pizza Counting Book by Christina Dobson; Matthew Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 088106338X
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Decorated pizzas are used to introduce counting and fractions. Includes facts about pizza.

One More Bunny

One More Bunny by Rick Walton; Paige Miglio (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0694015741
Publication Date: 2001-02-28

Ten Rosy Roses

Ten Rosy Roses by Eve Merriam; Julia Horton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060278878
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
Ten rosy roses stand in a line until, one by one, ten children pick them.

Barn Cat: a counting book

Barn Cat by Carol P. Saul; Mary Azarian (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316761130
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Because she's looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals which can be counted around her.

Gray Rabbit's 1, 2, 3

Gray Rabbit's 1, 2, 3 by Alan Baker
ISBN: 0753452529
Publication Date: 1999-09-15
Gray Rabbit finds some clay and makes different kinds of animals, from one wiggly worm to ten scurrying mice.

Sorting at the Market

Sorting at the Market by Tracey Steffora
ISBN: 9781432949273
Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Problem Solving With Pigs

Problem Solving with Pigs by R. Mann Harasymiw
ISBN: 9781433993237
Publication Date: 2013-08-01

Graphs With Giraffes

Graphs with Giraffes by Ethan Weingarten
ISBN: 9781433993138
Publication Date: 2013-08-01

Emeka's gift : an African counting story

Emeka's Gift by Ifeoma Onyefulu; Alex Ayliffe (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0525652051
Publication Date: 1995-05-01

Moja means one; Swahili counting book

1 2 3

1, 2, 3 by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
ISBN: 0789452200
Publication Date: 2000-02-09

Apple Fractions

Apple Fractions by Jerry Pallotta; Rob Bolster (Illustrator); Robert Bolster (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780439389013
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
Describes a variety of apples and uses them to introduce fractions.

The Lifesize Counting Book

The Lifesize Animal Counting Book by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
ISBN: 9781564585172
Publication Date: 2001-08-15
Counting--Juvenile literature.
Animals--Juvenile literature.

More, Fewer, Less

More, Fewer, Less by Tana Hoban (Photographer)
ISBN: 9780688156930
Publication Date: 1998-10-29
Photographs illustrate groupings of objects in larger and smaller numbers.

Children's Books by Theme

What This Page Contains

Using Subtraction at the Park

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Adding With Apes

Using Addition at Home

Measuring in the Garden

Sorting With Snakes

One red sun : a counting book

Let's Paint a Rainbow

My Very First Book of Numbers

Math For All Seasons

Counting Kisses

One Lighthouse, One Moon

Spots : counting creatures from sky to sea

Over in the Meadow

Fractions With Fish

What's for lunch?

1, 2, 3, to the Zoo

One little, two little, three little pilgrims

Near and Far With Birds

How Much Is A Million?

Twizzlers Percentages Book

Hershey Kisses Addition

Sorting at the Market

Math at the Airport

Spaghetti and Meatballs for All: a mathematical story

Three

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?

Big and Small

Opposites

Exactly the Opposite

Numbers

Numbers at the Park

Ten Red Apples

Each orange had 8 slices : a counting book

Counting Lions

Just A Minute

10, 9, 8 Polar animals! : a counting backward book

Pizza Counting

One More Bunny

Ten Rosy Roses

Barn Cat: a counting book

Gray Rabbit's 1, 2, 3

Sorting at the Market

Problem Solving With Pigs

Graphs With Giraffes

Emeka's gift : an African counting story

Moja means one; Swahili counting book

1 2 3

Apple Fractions

The Lifesize Counting Book

More, Fewer, Less

Frogs Jump: a counting story