STORIES STUDENTS CAN “COUNT” ON! An Annotated List of ...

STORIES STUDENTS CAN “COUNT” ON! An Annotated List of Children's Literature That Reinforces Mathematical Concepts (from the shelves of Dr. Karol L. Yeatts) Ada, Alma Flor (1991). In the Cow’s Backyard. MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. An ant is resting in a hammock and when his friends pass by he invites them to join him in the hammock. But then an elephant comes by and guess what happens! Adams, Barbara Johnston (1992). The Go-Around Dollar. NY: Four Winds. This is a delightful and informative book that weaves together a fictional narrative about the travels of a single dollar. Aker, Suzanne (1990). What Comes In 2's, 3's, & 4's? NY: Simon & Schuster. This book introduces the numbers two, three, and four by enumerating the ways in which they occur in everyday life - two eyes, two arms, to the four seasons of the year. Allen, Pamela (1982). Who Sank the Boat? NY: Coward-McCann, Inc. The reader is invited to guess who causes the boat to sink when five animal friends of varying sizes decide to go for a row. Anno, Mitsumasa (1975). Anno's Counting Book. NY: Harper and Row. A picture book that introduces counting and the number systems by showing mathematical relationships in nature. Anno, Mitsumasa (1995). Anno's Magic Seeds. NY: Philomel Books. The reader is asked to perform a series of mathematical operations integrated into the story of a man who plants magic seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest. Anno, Mitsumasa (1983). Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar. NY: Philomel Books. This book illustrates the concept of factorials. The author describes practical uses for factorials and explains in depth how factorials are used to determine the number of arrangements of items. Atherlay, Sara (1995). Math in the Bath (and other fun places, too!). NY: Simon & Schuster Books. Delightful illustrations displaying how mathematics is used in everyday situations. Axelrod, Amy (1998). Pigs will be Pigs. NY: Aladdin Paperbacks. The Pigs are hungry and there’s no food in the house. Mr. Pig suggest eating out, but the Pigs are out of money! The family goes on a money hunt, looking for loose coins around the house. Guess how much money they found! Bang, Molly (1983). Ten, Nine, Eight. NY: Mulberry Books. Counting backwards is introduced in this lullaby which observes the things in the room of a little girl going to bed. Bang, Molly (1985). The Paper Crane. NY: Mulberry Books. A poor old man enters a restaurant and is generously fed. For the kindness shown, the old man transforms a paper napkin into a magical crane. This books can be used to introduce origami, an ancient geometric art form. Barry, David (1994). The Rajah’s Rice. NY: W.H. Freeman and Company. An India folktale tells how Chandra, the official bather of the Rajah’s elephants, saves them from serious illness and gets a reward more costly than the Rajah realizes. Becker, John (1973). Seven Little Rabbits. NY: Scholastic Inc. Seven little rabbits go for a walk. As they travel down the path, one gets tired and stops to rest. The story proceeds as each rabbit, one at time, stops to rest. Soon all the rabbits are fast asleep. Bendick, Jeanne (1989). How Much and How Many. NY: Franklin Watts. Describes the historical development of weights and measures. Bennett, David (1990). One Cow Moo Moo! NY: Henry Holt and Company. This is a bright, bold cumulative concept book to introduce the young reader to numbers from one to ten. Berenstain, Stan & Jan (1983). The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money. NY: Random House. Brother and Sister Bear learn some important lessons about earning and spending money. Berger, Melvin and Gilda (1993). Round and Round the Money Goes. TN: Ideal Children's Books

This book explains the development of money, from its origins in the barter system to its modern usage as cash, checks, and credit cards. Birch, David (1988). The King's Chessboard. NY: Penguin Books. This book presents mathematics that is social, functional, and intrinsically rewarding. Children will enjoy outwitting the king by working out the progression in rice payments. Brenner, Barbara (1964). The Five Pennies. NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Nicky has five pennies and wants to buy an animal. But first he must buy materials to make a cage and some food. He quickly spends his money and has nothing left to buy his pet! Burns, Marilyn (1994). The Greedy Triangle. NY: Scholastic Inc. Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shape-shifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn't know which side is up! Burns, Marilyn (1997). Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! NY: Scholastic Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Comfort are having a family reunion. Mrs. Comfront arranges the tables and chairs to accommodate all of the guests. However, as each new guest arrives, people rearrange the tables making the seating of the guests a complicated problem. Children will enjoy trying to figure out how to seat all the guests. Caple, Kathy (1986). The Purse. NY: Houghton Mifflin. After spending her money to buy a purse, Katie is now faced with the problem of getting some money to put into her new purse. Carle, Eric (1969). 1,2,3 to the Zoo. NY: Philomel Books. This picture book illustrates the numbers from one to ten as a train full of animals heads to the zoo. Carle, Eric (1971). The Secret Birthday Message. NY: Harper Collins. Tim receives a birthday message written in code. The codes are shapes and each page has a cutout of the shape. Carle, Eric (1972). Rooster's Off to See the World.. NY: Simon & Schuster. This beautifully illustrated book is a simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by many animals along the way. Carle, Eric (1974). My Very First Book of Numbers. NY: Harper Collins. This flip book allows children to match the numeral to the corresponding amount. Carle, Eric (1977). The Grouchy Ladybug. NY: Harper Collins. This book illustrates sequencing of size and time to the hour and the quarter hour. Carle, Eric (1987). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. NY: Scholastics Inc. A very hungry caterpillar eats its way through the days of the week until he isn't hungry any more. The caterpillar builds a cocoon and emerges two weeks later as a beautiful butterfly. Carle, Eric (1992). Draw Me A Star. NY: Philomel Books. An artist draws a; star, sun, tree, house, flowers, clouds, etc. using beautiful geometric forms. Carle, Eric (1993). Today is Monday. NY: Philomel Books. The popular children's song is brightly illustrated by Mr. Carle. Today is Monday introduces the reader to the names of the days of the week as lively animals parade across the pages, munching on favorite dishes. The musical score is included. Carlson, Nancy (1984). Harriet's Halloween Candy. NY: Puffin Books. Harriet collects an array of candy on Halloween. When she gets home, she begins sorting it by color, size, and favorites. Carter, David (1988). How Many Bugs in a Box? NY: Simon and Schuster. This counting pop-up book has all kinds of boxes each filled with all kinds of strange bugs. Challoner, Jack (1992). The Science Book of Numbers. CA: Gulliver Books: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. This book includes simple activities that illustrate some of the ways in which numbers are used. Cole, Norma (1994). Blast Off! A Space Counting Book. MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. This simple counting book is completed with information pertaining to outer space.

Coleridge, Sara (1987). January Brings the Snow. NY: Simon & Schuster. This rhyming books clearly illustrates the months of the year. Crews, Donald (1968). Ten Black Dots. NY: Greenwillow Books. The numbers 1-10 are introduced as black dots appear in a variety of things. Cristaldi, Kathryn (1996). Even Steven and Odd Todd. (Hello Math Reader.) NY: Scholastic Inc. The arrival of cousing Odd Todd upsets Even Steven who likes everything to come in even numbers. Cuyler, Margery (2000). 100th Day Worries. NY: Simon & Schuster. Jessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school. Dee, Ruby (1988). Two Ways to Count to Ten. NY: Henry Holt and Co. A retelling of a Liberian folktale. The animals try to count to ten before a spear falls to the ground. Only one animal succeeds as he counts to ten by twos. Demi (1986). Demi's Count the Animals 1,2,3. NY: Grosset & Dunlap. A counting book that's an effective tool, with clear correlations between word, digits, and pictures. The numbers go from one to twenty. dePaola, Tomie (1975). Strega Nona. NY: Scholastic Inc. "Bubble, bubble, pasta pot, boil me some pasta, nice and hot..." But the pot will not stop and pasta is pouring out all over the town! Dunbar, Joyce and Majewska, Maria (1990). Ten Little Mice. CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Ten little mice scurry around, as one by one they find their way home. Edwards, Roberta (1989). Five Silly Fishermen. NY: Random House. This is a delightful retelling of the traditional tale in which five fishermen, who are unable to count properly, are convinced that one of their group has drowned. Ehlert, Lois (1990). Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On. FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. A beautifully illustrated counting book which shows brightly colored fish. This book illustrates the concept of plus one more. Ehlert, Lois (1989). Color Zoo. NY: Harper Collins Publishers. Brightly illustrated zoo animal faces are formed from cut-out shapes. Ehlert, Lois (1990). Color Farm. NY: Harper Collins Publishers. Brightly illustrated farm animal faces are formed from cut-out shapes. Ernst, Lisa Campbell and Ernst, Lee. (1990). The Tangram Magician. NY: Henry N. Abrams. Using the tangram pieces, a magician turns himself into various objects found within the environment. Estes, Eleanor (1944, 1971). The Hundred Dresses. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Wanda wore the same faded dress to school everyday. One day when a classmate showed up wearing a bright new dress, Wanda said, "I have a hundred dresses at home!" That started the teasing game of dresses. Did Wanda really have a hundred dresses? Read and find out. Feelings, Muriel (1971). Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book. NY: Dial. This Caldecott Honored book teaches the young child about Africa and how to count to ten in Swahili. Fleming, Denise (1992). Count! NY: Scholastic Inc. This simple counting books illustrates the numbers 1 through 10 and then counts again by tens. Flournoy, Valerie (1985). The Patchwork Quilt. NY: Dial Books. A contemporary African-American story about a grandmother making a quilt. When Grandmother becomes too ill to work, the family pitches in to help. Fowler, Edith (1969). Roll Over! A Counting Song. NY: Clarion Books -Houghton Mifflin. Before going to sleep a little boy keeps rolling over and as he does the 10 imaginary animals that are crowded into the bed with him fall out one after the other. Frances, Marian (1972). Mr. Mac-a-Doodle, You're a Genius: A Book of Numbers. NJ: Troll.

Mr. Mac-a-Doodle has a farm with lots of animals. The barn, however, is too small for all the animals so he tries to make it larger by putting sets of animals in it. Ga'G, Wanda (1928). Millions of Cats. NY: Scholastics Inc. Children love counting hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats. Geringer, Laura (1985). A Three Hat Day. NY: Harper Trophy. R.R. Pottle the Third loves hats. One day he put three hats on and went for a walk. He happened upon a hat store and meet the owner. They fell in love, married and had a child, R.R. Pottle the Fourth who loved shoes! Giganti Jr., Paul (1988). How Many Snails? A Counting Book. NY: Greenwillow Books. Number concepts are explored as a young child goes for a walk and wonders about the amount and variety of things. Giganti Jr., Paul (1992). Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book. NY: Greenwillow Books. Beginning mathematical concepts are explored as a young child sees a variety of things "on the way...". Grifalconi, Ann (1986). The Village of Round and Square House. MA: Little, Brown and Co. A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women live in round ones. Heine, Helme (1983). The Most Wonderful Egg in the World. NY: Atheneum. Attributes such as shapes, colors, and sizes are introduced as the King must choose the most beautiful egg laid by the three hens. Heller, Ruth (1987). A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns. NY: Grosset & Dunlap. This is a beautifully illustrated book that shows a collections of nouns such as: a bunch of bananas, a school of fish, a flock of sheep, etc. Henwood, Simon (1989). The Clock Shop. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This story is an amusing exploration of the clockmaker's world as everyone in the town depends on the clockmaker to keep their clocks running on time. Hightower, Susan (1997). Twelve Snails to One Lizard. NY: Simon & Schuster. Bubba the bullfrog helps Milo the beaver build a dam by explaining the concepts of inches, feet and yards. Hoban, Tana (1987). 26 Letters and 99 Cents. NY: Scholastics Inc. This picture book reinforces letter recognition and counting while depicting coins that equal one to ninety cents. Hooper, Meredith (1985). Seven Eggs. NY: Harper Collins Publishers. Once there were seven eggs. One egg hatches for each day of the week to reveal a different animal. Hulme, Joy N. (1991). Sea Squares. NY: Hyperion Books. This rhyming text and illustrations of such sea animals as whales, gulls, clown fish, and seals provide opportunities to practice counting and squaring numbers from one to ten. Hutchins, Pat (1970). Clocks and More Clocks. Little, Brown and Company. Mr. Higgins is frustrated because he does not know which clock in his house has the correct time. Hutchins, Pat (1976). Don't Forget the Bacon. NY: Mulberry Books. A little boy goes grocery shopping and tries to remember what his mother asked him to get. Hutchins, Pat (1982). 1 Hunter. NY: Greenwillow Books. A counting book that shows a hunter as he walks through the forest and is seen by two elephants, three giraffes, etc. Hutchins, Pat (1986). The Doorbell Rang. NY: Mulberry Books. Concepts of multiplication, division, and fractions are explored. Ma has just finished baking cookies and with each ring of the doorbell more people come to share in eating the cookies. Irons, Rosemary Reuille and Wilson, Mark (1992). Frowning Clowns. CA: Mimosa This book is a part of the Mimosa Mathematics Program for Kindergarten. This book illustrates facts that equal eight as clowns try to balance themselves on a see-saw. Jonas, Ann (1983). Round Trip. NY: Mulberry and Greenwillow Books.

This book is excellent for understanding spatial relationships. Its vivid black and white illustrations record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. Juster, Norton (1961). The Phantom Tollbooth. NY: Random House. This book is for older children. Milo takes a fantasy journey and encounters a place called Digitopolis. Infinity, averages, and numbers vs numerals are encountered during his journey. Kasza, Keiko (1987). The Wolf's Chicken Stew. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. A very hungry wolf has a craving for chicken stew. He spots a chicken, but decides to fatten her up before eating her. He fixes her 100 pancakes, 100 doughnuts, and a 100 pound cake. When he thinks she is fat enough he visits her only to find she has 100 little chicks. He changes his mind about eating her and plans to make 100 cookies for her chicks! Kent, Jack (1973). Twelve Days of Christmas. NY: Parents' Magazine. A young girl's joy turns to dismay as the gifts she receives from her true continue to accumulate. Langstaff, John (1957). Over In The Meadow. CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Also by Wadsworth, Olive A. (1986). NY: Puffin Books. This classic Appalachian counting rhyme combines verse and brilliant illustrations to teach about animal mothers and their babies living in a meadow habitat. LeSieg, Theo (1961). Ten Apples Up On Top! NY: Random House. A Dr. Seuss counting book, illustrates a variety of animals trying to balance apples on their heads while performing silly stunts. Lindbergh, Reeve (1987). The Midnight Farm. NY: Dial Books. This beautifully illustrated poem describes a farm a midnight. The concept of sets is introduced as ten different groups of animals are shown. Lionni, Leo (1960). Inch by Inch. NY: Astor Book, Inc. To keep from being eaten, a little inchworm measures various birds as he inches his way out of the birds' sight. Lobel, Arnold (1970). "A Lost Button" from Frog and Toad are Friends. NY: Harper Collins Publishers. The concepts of attributes and classification are reinforced as Frog tries to locate Toad's lost button. Low, Joseph (1980). Mice Twice. NY: Macmillan Publishing Company. Look who's coming to dinner! Cat invites Mouse for dinner (to eat him), but Mouse is wise and brings Dog along! Mouse invites Cat to dinner and Cat brings Wolf along to eat Dog and the story goes on. Size and time are concepts explored with this book. Mac Carthy, Patricia (1990). Ocean Parade. NY: Dial Books. An array of colorful fish of different shapes and sizes introduce the numbers one through one hundred and the concepts of color and shape. Manushkin, Fran (1991). !01 Dalmatians: A Counting Book. NY: Disney Press. This wonderfully illustrated story shows groups of dalmatian puppies in various locations. Numerals that reinforce counting are printed on each page. Martin, Bill Jr. (1970). Monday, Monday, I Like Monday. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. A wonderful book that reinforces that days of the week. Matthews, Louise (1978). Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies. NY: Scholastic. This book will have children multiplying as they count all the bunnies on the page. Matthias, Catherine (1982). Too Many Balloons. IL: Childrens Press. A young child visits the zoo and buys one additional balloon after visiting various animals until she has a collection of ten colorful balloons. McGrath, Barbara Barbieri (1994). The Cheerios Counting Book. NY: Scholastic, Inc. Text and illustrations of the familiar o-shaped cereal help children count to ten and add groups of ten. McGrath, Barbara Barbieri (1994). The M & M 's Chocolate Candies Counting Book. MA: Charlesbridge. Children are introduced to simple mathematical concepts with this yummy little counting book! McKissack, Patrica C. (1992). A Million Fish More or Less. NY: Dragonfly Books.

A boy learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou Clapateaux as he gets a chance to tell his own version of a bayou tale when he goes fishing. Medearis, Angela Shelf (1990). Picking Peas For A Penny. NY: Scholastic. A rhythmical counting and biographical poem filled with the memories of the author's mother life on the farm during the 1930s. Medearis, Angela Shelf (1996). The 100th Day of School. NY: Scholastic. The children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies and “do everything the 100 way” to celebrate this special day. Merrill, Jean (1972). The Toothpaste Millionaire. MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Twelve-year old Rufus does not start out to make a million dollars, it just happens! Miller, Elizabeth and Cohen, Jane (1980). Cat and Dog Raise the Roof. NY: Franklin Watts. When the rain makes the roof on Pig's house fall in, Cat and Dog get all of their friends to help fix the house. Everyone must know their shapes or else things won't fit back together! Moncure, Jane Belk (1993). How Many Ways Can You Cut a Pie? OH: American Education Publishers. Squirrel promises to divide her pie into sections for her animal friends if she wins the pie contest, but how many pieces can she cut? Morozumi, Atsuko (1990). One Gorilla. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The 1990 winner of the New York Best Illustrated Children's Book. This is a counting books which begins with 1 gorilla who makes his way through the jungle and past 2 butterflies, 3 budgerigars, 4 squirrels, 5 pandas, 6 rabbits, 7 frogs, 8 fish, 9 birds, and 10 cats. Munsch, Robert (1987). Moira's Birthday. Annick Press. Moira wants to have a birthday party and invite all the children in kindergarten through the 6th grade. To figure out what to do requires Moira to use estimation and problem solving skills. Murphy, Stuart (1997). Math Start: The Best Bug Paraade, Everybody Count, A Pair of Socks, The Best Vacation Ever, Get Up and Go!, Give Me Half!, Divide and Ride, Ready, Set, Hop! and Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do! HarperTrophy. MathStart is a series of picture books reinforcing mathematical concepts. Myller, Rolf (1962). How Big is a Foot? Dell Publishing Company (1990). A problem arises as the King wants to give the Queen a new bed for her birthday, but nobody knows how big a bed is. This story points out the importance of a standard units of measure. Neuschwander, Cindy and Geehan, Wayne (1997). Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure. MA: Charlesbridge. King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table with the help of his knight, Sir Cumference, Lady Di from the town of Ameter and her son Radius. O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer (1989). One Hungry Monster: A Counting Book in Rhyme. MA: Little, Brown & Co. One, two, three hungry monsters eating everything in sight! Owen, Annie (1988). Annie's One to Ten. NY: Alfred A. Knopf. A variety of objects are used to demonstrate all the different combinations of numbers that add up to ten. Pallotta, Jerry (1992). The Icky Bug Counting Book. MA: Charlesbridge. This counting book identifies and counts a variety of insects, arachnids, a diplopod, and a crustacean. When read from the back cover to the front the 26 insects are listed in alphabetical order. Palmer, Helen (1961). A Fish Out Of Water. NY: Random House. A boy buys a little fish and is told never to feed him a lot. But when he gets the fish home he feeds the fish the whole box of food. The little fish begins to grow and grow and grow! Pappas, Theoni (1993). Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales. CA: Wide World Publishing/Tetra. This book includes short stories and discussions which present such mathematical concepts as decimals, tangrams, number lines and factals. Peek, Merle (illustrator) (1969). Roll Over! NY: Clarion Books. Before going to sleep, a little boy keeps rolling over and as he does the 10 imaginary animales that are crowded into the bed with him fall out one after the other.

Pluckrose, Henry (1995). Math Counts: Capacity, Length, Patterns, Sorting, NY: Childrens Press. Math Counts is a series of picture books covering various mathematical concepts. Provensen, Alice and Martin (1978). The Year At Maple Hill Farm. NY: Aladdin Books/MacMillan Publishing Company. This delightful story illustrates life on a farm during each month of the year. Rockwell, Anne (1987). Bear Child's Book of Hours. NY: Harper Collins. Bear Child participates in a different activity for each hour of the day. Rockwell, Anne (1989). Willie Can Count. NY: Arcade Publishing. There are lots of things to count as Willie and his mother go for a walk. The clever visual clues add the dimension of a guessing game. Rogers, Paul (1989). The Shapes Game. NY: Henry Holt and Company. Things made from basic geometric shapes are introduced through a rhyming verse. Rosenberg, Amye (1988). 1 to 100 Busy County Book. NY: Merrigold Press. The delightful picture book reinforces counting from one to one hundred. Salt, Jane (1990). Shapes. NY: Gallery Books. This book has the young reader discovering circles, triangles, squares, cylinders, pyramids, cubes, and patterns made with shapes. Scieszka, Jon and Lane Smith (1995). Math Curse. NY: Penguin Books. When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a comically curse! Schwager, Istar (1992). Numbers. IL: Publications International, Ltd. This book combines simple rhymes with bright, crisp photographs to introduce the young reader to the numbers one through ten. Schwartz, David (1985). How Much is a Million? NY: Scholastic Inc. This story helps children conceptualize millions, billions, and trillions. Schwartz, David (1989). If You Made a Million. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. The various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and checks is described. Additionally, how money can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in a bank are described. Schwartz, David (1998). G is for Googol. CA: Tricycle Press This story explains the meaning of mathematical term which begin with the different letters of the alphabet. Sendak, Maurice (1962). Chicken Soup With Rice. NY: Harper Collins. This nonsensical rhyme for each month of the year reflects the changing seasons along with characteristics and celebrations of each month. Sheppard, Jeff (1990). The Right Number of Elephants. NY: Harper Trophy. This books illustrates counting backward from ten as a little girl relies on the help of some eager elephants. Shulevitz, Uri (1967). One Monday Morning. NY: Aladdin Books. The days of the week are reinforced as a King and his entourage return each morning to a tenement street looking for a little boy. Silverstein, Shel (1974). Where the Sidewalk Ends. NY: Harper Collins. A collection of poems including "Smart," "Band-Aids," "Two Boxes," and "One Inch Tall." Silverstein, Shel (1981). The Missing Piece Meets the Big O. NY: Harper Collins Publishers. It was missing a piece and it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece. Slobodkina, Esphyr (1940). Caps for Sale. NY: Scholastic Inc. This funny old folktale is excellent for sorting and classifying objects. Steiner, Charlotte (1960). 10 in a Family. NY: Alfred A. Knopf. A simple story that introduces students to the concepts of addition and subtraction.

Tang, Greg (2001). The Grapes of Math. NY: Scholastic Inc. A beautifully illustrated book of math riddles that introduce strategies for solving a variety of problems. Thompson, Lauren (2001). One, Riddle, One Answer. NY: Scholastic, Inc. A sultan’s daughter who loves number and riddles devises a plan to find a husband. Time-Life for Children (1992). How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? NY: Time Life Inc. This is a collection of stories, poems, games, and activities, all focusing on food, that introduces basic mathematical skills such as number awareness, addition, subtraction, and estimation. Toft, Kim Michelle and Sheather, Allan (1998). One Less Fish. MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. Children learn about fish found on the Great Barrier Reef as they count down from twelve to zero. Tompert, Ann (1990). Grandfather Tang's Story. NY: Crown Publishers. Grandfather tells a story about two fox fairies. Shape animals are created using the tangrams. Tresselt, Alvin (1964). The Mitten. NY: Mulberry Books (1989). A retelling of the old Ukrainian folktale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals. Viorst, Judith (1968). Sunday Morning. NY: Aladdin Books. Mother and Father come home late and don't want to be disturbed until 9:45 on Sunday morning. Clocks appear throughout the story so the reader can watch the time slowly pass by. Viorst, Judith (1978). Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. NY: Aladdin Books. Alexander receives one dollar and quickly spends it. Making change, counting collections of coins, and subtracting money are skills reinforced in this story. Williams, Vera B. (1982). A Chair For My Mother. NY: Mulberry Books. After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big comfortable chair. Wood, Audrey (1984). The Napping House. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company. A cumulative tale, a little flea is on top of a number of sleeping creatures and causes a commotion with just one bite! Young, Ed (1992). Seven Blind Mice. NY: Philomel Books. The days of the week and ordinal positions are reinforced in this story about seven blind mice who are trying to identify a strange creature.