Math for Kids: Children's Books that Incorporate Math in Reading

Did you know how well children do math at the start of kindergarten predicts how well they will do in 3rd grade and high school? In addition, it also predicts how well they'll doing in reading.

These books incorporate math in reading and are available at the Sussex County Library System.

Updated May 29, 2024
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Sussex County Library System (NJ)
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Have you seen my monster?
Light, Steve
Paper Book
In the sequel to Have You Seen My Dragon?, a little girl has lost her monster friend at the funfair! Can you help her find him?"Not since Where the Wild Things Are has the monstrous had such appeal." The Times A search-and-find shape book! The follow-up to Steve Light's Have You Seen My Dragon?, the...
How many jelly beans?
Menotti, Andrea.
Ebook
How many jelly beans are enough? How many are too many? Aiden and Emma can't decide. Is 10 enough? How about 1,000? That's a lot of jelly beans. But eaten over a whole year, it's only two or three a day. This giant picture book offers kids a fun and easy way to understand large numbers. Starting...
Rooster's off to see the world /
Carle, Eric
Paper Book
In colourful collage illustrations and a simple text, Eric Carle takes his young readers on a trip with the rooster & his companions.
Rosie's walk
Hutchins, Pat
Paper Book
Rosie's walk around the farmyard, pursued by the hungry but clumsy fox, has become a beacon in the world of children's picture books, an ever-popular classic which generations have enjoyed. Children love the humour of this near-wordless story. One disaster after another befalls the poor fox while...

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