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Math Books for Kids of All Ages (Updated through 2020)

December 1, 2020 by Brian

Math is a fundamental part of STEM education. I mean, it is in the name. And it is one subject that kids sometimes struggle to fully comprehend. One of the common strategies for helping students is to incorporate math in daily activities at home. And including it with reading is an extra bonus!

On this page, I have included many (many!) different books that could be useful for kids of all ages. I’ve added some categories where I think it makes sense based on the types of books I’ve read with my daughter (currently age 7).

I plan for this list to continue growing, so while it may be comprehensive (i.e., every math-related book available), I hope to keep adding useful books as they are released or as I discover them.

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Math Board Books (babies and toddlers)

  • Basic counting book
  • Who doesn’t love cats
  • Especially cats stacked on each other…
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  • What other books teaches a baby or toddler the term Euclidean Geometry?
  • But, really, lots of math terms presented with colorful pictures
  • Written by Chris Ferrie, author of many different STEM-related books
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  • Classic rock themed
  • features preschool number skills (e.g., counting to ten)
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  • Takes something kids know and (mostly) enjoy and adds in math learning
  • It’s another math book written by Winnie CooperDanica McKellar
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  • It teaches babies Bayesian probability!!!
  • Ok, it probably doesn’t. But this is a fun baby gift for STEM moms or dads.
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Math Workbooks

Grade 1

  • Practice adding and sutracting numbers up to 100
  • Learn place value
  • Draw 2-D and 3-D shapes
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  • Comprehensive math curriculum
  • Complementary access to supplemental digital content
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Grade 2

  • Practice learning how to tell time
  • Lots of activities to learn about money
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  • It’s Star Wars!
  • Great activities; for example, color by number that requires you to solve the math problem first
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Fiction Books about Specific Math Concepts

General Math

  • Lexile Score: 460L
  • Recommended Grades: Preschool – 2nd
  • Publisher Description:

    Telling a story about pigeons should be simple. But what’s a narrator to do when the number of feathered friends is constantly changing? Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the unstable quantities. . . or is this pigeon-centric tale doomed?

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Books About Fractions

  • Lexile Score: 580L
  • Recommended Grades: Preschool – 3rd
  • Publisher Description:

    From the author The Three Ninja Pigs comes the fractioned fairy tale of Cinderella and her less-famous sister.

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  • Lexile Score: 610L
  • Recommended Grades: 2nd – 5th
  • Publisher Description:

    Join Sir Cumference and the gang for more wordplay, puns, and problem solving in the clever math adventure that introduces readers to the concept of fractons

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  • Lexile Score: n/a
  • Recommended Grades: Preschool – 2nd
  • Publisher Description:

    It’s lunchtime at Peg’s Pizza Place! Peg and Cat are excited to take their first order — from the Teens! — only to learn that some customers want a whole pizza while one of them wants half a pie.

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  • Lexile Score: 530L
  • Recommended Grades: 1st – 4th
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  • Lexile Score: 680L
  • Recommended Grades: 2nd – 5th
  • Publisher Description:

    Crack the case with George Cornelius Factor in this entertaining math adventure that introduces simplified and reduced fractions with equal parts intrigue and humor.

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  • Lexile Score: n/a
  • Recommended Grades: 1st – 2nd
  • Publisher Description:

    This extra special and delightfully silly story teaches children fractions in a fun, exciting way, all while showing the special power of friendship and the funny way perspective can be skewed. An action packed and sweet tasting activity is included at the end of the story so all little ‘monsters’ can bake along!

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Nonfiction Books about Mathematicians

  • Lexile Score: 550L
  • Recommended Grades: Preschool – 2nd
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About Brian

Brian is an engineer, librarian, and general STEM enthusiast who hopes his daughter one day conquers the world. Even if it is just one of her own creation.

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