Children's books and activities

Math and Measuring

Do you know any kids who are fascinated by numbers and love to count, puzzle out fractions, and measure stuff? We've gathered up a great collection of books, activities, apps, and websites for learning all about math and measuring.

Try pairing fiction with nonfiction books and exploring different genres (like poetry and biographies) and formats (like graphic novels and audio books). You'll be creating your own "text sets" — collections of texts focused on a specific topic, such as math and measuring. Reading widely in this way helps children build background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Math and Measuring

Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Absolutely One Thing: Featuring Charlie and Lola

By:
Lauren Child

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Bedtime Math

By:
Laura Overdeck
Illustrated by: Jim Paillot

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Cook-A-Doodle-Do!

By:
Janet Stevens
Illustrated by: Susan Stevens Crummel

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Counting on Community

By:
Innosanto Nagara

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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How Big Were the Dinosaurs?

By:
Bernard Most

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Inch by Inch

By:
Leo Lionni
Illustrated by: Leo Lionni

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Cover of Josefina showing young Mexican woman holding many clay figures.

Josefina

By:
Jeanette Winter

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Millions, Billions and Trillions: Understanding Big Numbers

By:
David Adler
Illustrated by: Edward Miller

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Musk Ox Counts

By:
Erin Cabatingan
Illustrated by: Matthew Myers

Age Level: 3-6 years old

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

By:
Kate Read

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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One Gorilla: A Counting Book

By:
Anthony Browne

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Perimeter, Area and Volume: A Monster Book of Dimensions

By:
David Adler
Illustrated by: Edward Miller

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Sheep Won't Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

By:
Judy Cox
Illustrated by: Nina Cuneo

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Teddy Bear Patterns

By:
Barbara McGrath
Illustrated by: Tim Nihoff

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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7 Ate 9

By:
Tara Lazar
Illustrated by: Ross MacDonald

Age Level: 6-9 years old

7 X 9 = Trouble

By:
Claudia Mills

Age Level: 6-9 years old

illustrated cover of A Computer Called Katherine showing a little girl looking up at the title above her.

A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

By:
Suzanne Slade

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars

By:
Seth Fishman
Illustrated by: Isabel Greenberg

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Actual Size

By:
Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

By:
Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Ants Rule: The Long and Short of It

By:
Bob Barner

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Bedtime Math 2: This Time It’s Personal

By:
Laura Overdeck
Illustrated by: Jim Paillot

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Betcha! Estimating

By:
Stuart Murphy
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

By:
Joseph D'Agnese
Illustrated by: John O'Brien

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Cover for the children's nonfiction book Counting on Katherine

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

By:
Halaine Becker

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Dinosaurs: By the Numbers

Dinosaurs: By the Numbers

By:
Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Eating Fractions

By:
Bruce MacMillan

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By:
Margot Lee Shetterly
, Winifred Conklin
Illustrated by: Laura Freeman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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How Big Is a Foot?

By:
Rolf Myller

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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How Much Is a Million?

By:
David Schwartz
Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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How Tall, How Short, How Far Away?

By:
David Adler
Illustrated by: Nancy Tobin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Just a Second

By:
Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Lemonade for Sale

By:
Stuart Murphy
Illustrated by: Tricia Tusa

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani

By:
Megan Reid
Illustrated by: Aaliya Jaleel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Math Curse

By:
Jon Sciezka
Illustrated by: Lane Smith

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Mathemagic! Number Tricks

By:
Lynda Cogan
Illustrated by: Jane Kurisu

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Me and the Measure of Things

By:
Joan Sweeney
Illustrated by: Annette Cable

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Measuring Penny

By:
Loreen Leedy
Illustrated by: Loreen Leedy

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Millions to Measure

By:
David M. Schwartz

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Mind-Boggling Numbers

By:
Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by: Julia Patton

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Money Math: Addition and Subtraction

By:
David A. Adler
Illustrated by: Edward Miller

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra

By:
David Adler
Illustrated by: Edward Miller

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book

By:
April Sayre
, Jeff Sayre
Illustrated by: Randy Cecil

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Pigeon Math

By:
Asia Citro
Illustrated by: Richard Watson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Place Value

By:
David Adler

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Stars

By:
Seymour Simon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Superhero School

By:
Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by: Andy Rash

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Tally O'Malley

By:
Stuart Murphy
Illustrated by: Cynthia Jabar

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

By:
Deborah Heiligman
Illustrated by: LeUyen Pham

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague

By:
Julia Finley Mosca
Illustrated by: Daniel Rieley

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Great Graph Contest

By:
Loreen Leedy
Illustrated by: Loreen Leedy

Age Level: 6-9 years old

illustrated cover of "The Kid's Book of Weather Forecasting" showing two children and various weather items

The Kid's Book of Weather Forecasting

By:
Mark Breen
, Kathleen Friestad
Illustrated by: Michael Kline

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Wing Wing Brothers: Carnival de Math

By:
Ethan Long

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger

By:
Ann Whitehead Nagda
Illustrated by: Cindy Bickel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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You Can, Toucan, Math: Word Problem-Solving Fun

By:
David Adler
Illustrated by: Edward Miller

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

By:
Traci Sorell
Illustrated by: Natasha Donovan

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Fractions in Disguise

By:
Edward Einhorn
Illustrated by: David Clark

Age Level: 9-12 years old

cover of Hidden Figures showing a sepia photo of a group of women

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition

By:
Margot Lee Shetterly

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences

By:
Gene Luen Yang
Illustrated by: Mike Holmes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Solving for M

By:
Jennifer Swender

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Which One Doesn't Belong? A Shapes Book

By:
Christopher Danielson

Age Level: 9-12 years old