Brown, Marcia. Listen to a shape. New York : F. Watts, 1979.
Introduces such shapes as the circle, square, and crescent and demonstrates the many shapes found in nature.

James, Elizabeth. Understanding money. Milwaukee : Raintree Editions ;, c1977.
Explains why we use money and how the exchange of money for goods and services occurs.

Schwartz, David M. If you made a million. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1989.
Describes the various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in the bank.

Godfrey, Neale S. Neale S. Godfrey's ultimate kids' money book. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Provides an overview of economics and money, including earning, spending, saving, checks and credit cards, banks, and the history of money.

Adams, Barbara Johnston. The go-around dollar. 1st American ed. New York : Four Winds Press ;, c1992.
A story describing how a single dollar changes hands, accompanied by facts about the one-dollar bill.

McMillan, Bruce. Jelly beans for sale. New York : Scholastic, 1996.
Shows how different combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters can buy varying amounts of jelly beans. Includes information on how jelly beans are made.

Patten, J. M., 1944-. Numbers and money. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Corporation, Inc., c1996.
Explains such concepts as money, currency, paper money, banks, and banking services.

Spies, Karen Bornemann. Our money. Rev. ed. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2001.
A brief history of money in the United States and a description of its minting and use.

Grifalconi, Ann. The village of round and square houses. New York : Little, Brown, c1986.
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 in round ones.

Tang, Greg. Math appeal : mind-stretching math riddles. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2003.
Rhyming anecdotes present opportunities for simple math activities and hints for solving.

Amato, William. Math in the kitchen. New York : Children's Press, c2002.
Simple text and illustrations explain how math is used in the kitchen while baking brownies.

Clemson, David. My first math book. 1st American ed. London ; : Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
A book of number puzzles which encourage young readers to develop math skills by calculating figures, weighing and measuring objects, or comparing shapes.

Dennis, J. Richard. Fractions are parts of things,. New York, : Crowell, [1971].
Describes, through use of diagrams and illustrations, the basic concept of fractions, specifically halves, thirds, and fourths.

Gill, Shelley. The big buck adventure. Watertown, MA : Talewinds/Charlesbridge, c2000.
Rhyming account of a little girl's quandary as she tries to decide what she can get with her dollar in a candy shop, toy store, deli, and pet department.

Tang, Greg. Math for all seasons : mind-stretching math riddles. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Contains twelve riddles, each paired with a color illustration, that together pose math puzzles based on the seasons of the year. Includes an answer key.

Adler, David A. Fraction fun. New York : Holiday House, c1996.
A basic introduction to the concept of fractions.

Clemson, Wendy. Times tables! 1st American ed. New York : DK Pub., 1996.
Uses picture puzzles, number games, and other activities to provide practice for the multiplication tables from two through ten.

Gifford, Scott, 1955-. Piece=part=portion : fractions=decimals=percents. Berkeley, CA : Tricycle Press, c2003.
Explains how in the language of mathematics, fractions, decimals and percents are three different ways of describing the same parts of things.

McMillan, Bruce. Eating fractions. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic, 1991.
Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included.

McGrath, Barbara Barbieri, 1954-. The M & M's brand counting book. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c1994.
Teaches numbers one through twelve, six colors, and three primary shapes: circle, square, and triangle.

McMillan, Bruce. A comer fracciones! New York : Scholastic, 1991.
Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included.

Michelson, Richard. Ten times better. 1st ed. New York : M. Cavendish, c2000.
Descriptions of different animals highlight the numbers from one to ten and their multiples of ten, such as a sloth having three toes while a centipede has thirty feet.

Murphy, Stuart J., 1942-. Animals on board. New York : HarperCollins, c1998.
Introduces simple addition through a rhyming text about animals being delivered for a merry-go-round.

Murphy, Stuart J., 1942-. Elevator magic. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1997.
Explains the concept of subtraction through a rhyming text about a descending elevator.

Murphy, Stuart J., 1942-. Monster musical chairs. New York : HarperCollins, c2000.
As six monsters play a wild game of musical chairs, readers learn to subtract--one chair at a time.

Tang, Greg. The best of times : math strategies that multiply. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Simple rhymes offer hints on how to multiply any number by zero through ten without memorizing the multiplication tables.

Bruce, Lisa. Shapes at home. Chicago : Raintree, c2004.
Introduces rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles, and presents photos of common household objects in each shape.

Burke, Jennifer S. Squares. New York : Children's Press, c2000.
Simple text and photographs reveal different squares that can be found in the city.

Burke, Jennifer S. Triangles. New York : Children's Press, c2000.
Simple text and photographs reveal different triangles that can be found in the city.

Granowsky, Alvin, 1936-. Shapes. Brookfield, Conn. : Copper Beech Books, 2001.
Describes the components of several shapes, presents examples of them in color photos and illustrations, and encourages readers to find more shapes on their own.

Hoban, Tana. Circles, triangles and squares. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1974.
The geometric concepts of circles, triangles, and squares are demonstrated in photographs of bubbles, windows, stacks of pipes, tires, boats, and other objects.

Kirkby, David, 1943-. Shapes. Crystal Lake, IL : Rigby Interactive Library, c1996.
Uses simple activities to explain shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, spheres, pyramids, and cones.

Koomen, Michele. Shapes : discovering flats and solids. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c2001.
Flats and solids -- Triangles -- Quadrilaterals -- Rectangles and squares -- Many sides -- Circles and ovals -- Spheres -- Rectangular solids -- Shapes are all around us -- Hands on: make a cube. Explains basic shapes to children.

Neuschwander, Cindy. Sir Cumference and the dragon of pi : a math adventure. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c1999.
Radius, son of Sir Cumference, embarks on a quest to find the magic number known as pi in order to restore his father--who has been turned into a dragon--to his original shape.

Neuschwander, Cindy. Sir Cumference and the first round table : a math adventure. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c1997.
A math adventure in which King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table with the ideas of his wife and son, and the assistance of his knight, Sir Cumference.

Neuschwander, Cindy. Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland : a math adventure. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2001.
To earn his knighthood, Radius must find and rescue a missing king. His father, Sir Cumference, and his mother, Lady Di of Ameter, give him a circular medallion, (a protractor), that he uses to find his way through a maze of many angles.

Reiss, John J. Shapes : a book. Scarsdale, N.Y. : Bradbury Press, c1974.
Introduces common shapes such as squares and circles and demonstrates how they can easily be transformed into other forms.

Nagda, Ann Whitehead, 1945-. Tiger math : learning to graph from a baby tiger. 1st Owlet pbk. ed. New York : H. Holt, 2002, c2000.
Describes the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub, by means of words and graphs.

Toft, Kim Michelle. One less fish. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 1998.
Counting down from twelve to zero, the reader learns about some of the fish found on the Great Barrier Reef and the threats to their continued existence.

Freymann, Saxton. Food for thought : the complete book of concepts for growing minds. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
Uses bright photographs of fruit and vegetables shaped like animals and simple labels to teach toddlers shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites.

Janeczko, Paul B. Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Nonsecret codes -- book code -- dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks. Presents a guide to codemaking, codebreaking, and their role in history, describing different types of codes and ciphers, discussing codebreaking and concealment techniques, and including brief stories about exciting moments in the history of the art.

Kitamura, Keiji. Origami treasure chest. Tokyo ; : Japan Publications, 1991.
Expressions unlimited -- Origami to make you think -- Fly, crane, fly! -- Starting the animals -- Beautiful polyhedrons -- Viva origami. Models and panoramas folded from one or more squares, including animals, flowers, faces, modular models, geometric shapes, and much more.

Riggs, Sandy, 1940-. Circles. New York : Benchmark Books, c1997.
Identifies different kinds of circles and uses activities, games, and puzzles to explore this shape.

Tang, Greg. The grapes of math : mind stretching math riddles. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2001.
Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by using visual clues.

White, Laurence B. Math-a-magic : number tricks for magicians. Niles, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1990.
Provides instructions for twenty magic tricks using numbers, with explanations of the mathematics behind each trick.

Giganti, Paul. Each orange had 8 slices : a counting book. 1st Mulberry Big Book ed. New York : Mulberry, 1994.
An illustrated introduction to counting and simple addition.

Mathews, Louise, 1950-. Bunches and bunches of bunnies. New York : Scholastic, c1985.
Busy bunnies demonstrate multiplication tables from one to twelve.

Mitzo, Kim. Rap with the facts, multiplication. Copley, Ohio : Twin Sisters Productions, [1990?].

Axelrod, Amy. Pigs at odds : fun with math and games. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000.
While trying their luck at various games at the county fair, members of the Pig family find out what the odds are that they will go home as winners. Includes an explanation of odds and probability.

Axelrod, Amy. Pigs on the ball : fun with math and sports. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
The Pig family visits a miniature golf course and learns about shapes, angles, and geometry.

Axelrod, Amy. Pigs will be pigs : fun with math and money. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994.
The hungry Pig family learns about money and buying power as they turn the house upside down looking for enough money to buy dinner at the local restaurant.

Berenstain, Stan, 1923-. The Berenstain Bears' trouble with money. New York : Random House, c1983.
Brother and Sister Bear learn some important lessons about earning and spending money.

Brisson, Pat. Benny's pennies. Dell Dragonfly ed. New York : Dell Dragonfly Books, 2002, c1993.
Benny sets off in the morning with five shiny new pennies to spend and eventually buys something for his mother, brother, sister, dog, and cat.

Burns, Marilyn, 1941-. The greedy triangle. New York : Scholastic, c1994.
Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn't know which side is up.

Duke, Kate. Twenty is too many. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2000.
A tale of twenty adventurous guinea pigs on sea and land illustrates the process of subtraction as their numbers dwindle.

Ehlert, Lois. Color farm. 1st ed. New York : Lippincott, c1990.
The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages.

Emberley, Ed. The wing on a flea : a book about shapes. Boston : Little Brown, 1961.
Demonstrates that circles, triangles, and squares appear in many different objects.

Helakoski, Leslie. The smushy bus. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2002.
When the regular schoolbus is in the shop, a clever driver must use all that he knows about addition and subtraction to ensure that seventy-six children get on--and off--of the four-seat substitute bus.

Henkes, Kevin. Circle dogs. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow, c1998.
Circle dogs live in a square house with a square yard, eat circle snacks, and dig circle holes.

Hulme, Joy N. Counting by kangaroos : a multiplication concept book. New York : Scientific American Books for Young Readers, c1995.
When three kangaroos come to visit, Sue and Fae do multiplication to count their guests' hats, shoes, and the Australian animals in their pockets.

Kalman, Maira. Max makes a million. New York : Viking, c1990.
When Max the dog finally sells his book of poetry, he is able to fulfill his lifelong dream of traveling to Paris.

Maccarone, Grace. Monster math. New York : Scholastic, c1995.
Rhyming text and illustrations follow the activities of a group of twelve monsters that diminishes one by one. Includes a four page section of counting activities.

Mathews, Louise, 1950-. Bunches and bunches of bunnies. New York : Dodd, Mead, c1978.
Busy bunnies demonstrate multiplication operations from 1 to 12.

Mathews, Louise, 1950-. Gator pie. New York : Dodd, Mead, c1979.
Two alligators consider dividing their pie into halves, thirds, fourths, eighths, and hundredths.

Moncure, Jane Belk. Apes find shapes. Elgin, IL : Child's World ;, c1988.
Four funny apes help Tracy find shapes in the objects around her, including the circle in a doughnut, the triangle in a kite, and the rectangle in a door.

Moncure, Jane Belk. How many ways can you cut a pie? Elgin, IL : Childs World, c1988.
Squirrel promises to divide her pie into sections for her animal friends if she wins the pie contest.

Neuschwander, Cindy. Amanda Bean's amazing dream : a mathematical story. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 1998.
Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.

Pinczes, Elinor J. One hundred hungry ants. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1993.
One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies. They stop to change their line formation, showing different divisions of one hundred, causing them to lose both time and food in the end.

Scieszka, Jon. Math curse. New York : Viking, 1995.
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 real curse.

Serfozo, Mary. There's a square : a book about shapes. New York : Scholastic, 1996.
Various shapes such as the square, circle, and triangle invite the reader to search and find examples of their use in this book and in other things seen.

Wells, Rosemary. Bunny money. Viking ed. New York : Viking, 1999.
Max and Ruby spend so much on emergencies while shopping for Grandma's birthday presents, that they just barely have enough money left for gifts.

Blume, Judy. Double Fudge. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2002.
His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.

Danziger, Paula, 1944-. Not for a billion, gazillion dollars. New York : Delacorte, c1992.
Eleven-year-old Matthew, trying desperately to earn enough to buy a coveted computer program, learns the importance of money and eventually starts his own business. Sequel to "Earth to Matthew.".

Multiplication rock. Conroe, TX : Rock 'N Learn, c2000.
Introduces children to the basics of multiplying using a separate music video for each group of facts from 2 through 12.

Multiplication rap. Conroe, TX : Rock 'N Learn, c1999.
D.J. Doc Roc and the Get Smart Crew. Rap groups introduce the basics of multiplying. Has a separate music video for each group of facts through 12, and the songs include positive lyrics designed to encourage and motivate.

Math rock countdown. Torrance, CA : Davidson, c1988.
Basic multiplication and division skills are taught in a format of children attending the taping of a fictional music show.