1. 1. HOW MUCH IS A MILLION? By David Schwartz
Summary: A group of children are traveling around in a hot air balloon with
Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician as he tries puts into proportion
the quantity of a million. Marvelosissimo takes everyday things like children,
goldfish, and stars and talks about what it would be like to have a million of
them. If you ever wondered what a million goldfish would look like, this book
is for you! Marvelosissimo not only shows what it would look like to have a million of
these objects but he puts a picture of a child next to it, to help keep it proportionate. Just
to keep things interesting, at the end some of the items are discussed in billions, and
even trillions! Do you know how long it would take you to count from one to one trillion?
Read this book and you will learn!
2. The Best of Times by Greg Tang
Summary: If you need help learning your multiplication tables, this is the book
for you. This book has a fun and easy rhyme to help you remember the rules of
multiplication starting from zero all the way up to the number ten. This book is
bright and colorful with great illustrations. The pictures are of silly animals to
make things even more exciting and memorable. This is a great alternative to
the monotonous memorization. If you are only in need of a review this book can
help you too. The last couple of pages breaks down each number and shows you how
the riddle works mathematically. With this book anyone can learn their “times tables.”
3. MILLIONS TO MEASURE by David Schwartz
Summary: This is another book with Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician.
Some children want to have a race but don’t know how to decide where to race to,
so they ask Marvelosissimo. The math magician takes them on a fun journey back
through time to see how people long ago decided how to measure things. They
learn about what people first used to measure distance, height, weight, volume, etc. The
children learn about depending on the item they are measuring they may use different
units. They also learn how these units relate to each other, such as kilo and kilogram. If
you want to see where all the measurements that you’ve heard about came and how to
use them, this is the book for you!
4. THE DOG: DOGS RULE AND CATS DROOL! by Howard Dewin
Summary: This is a fun book for kids to see all their favorite cute and cuddly
dogs and cats, while also learning fun facts. The students will learn all kind of
interesting facts about dogs and cats from their skeletal structures, use of fur,

2. their vision and their history with humans. This book will hold students attention with the
adorable pictures while helping them learn at the same time.
5 The M&M’s Color Pattern Book by Barbara McGrath
Summary: This book helps students to explore and expand their
knowledge of colors and patterns while using tasty treats, M&Ms! The
students will learn to follow directions and create their own patterns and
problems. The book allows the students to practice their addition and multiplication with
the M&Ms as well. This is a great hands-on activity book that all students will be sure to
enjoy.
6. COLOR by Ruth Heller.
Summary: This is a fun book with rhyming text that helps to teach
students about color. There are many different colors and this book helps
teach students about the primary colors and all the different colors that
can be created from them. This book has great visual tools to help
students learn as well. There are transparency pages that create new colors when
placed over different pages. This book lends itself to being a great introduction to art as
well.
7. Incredible Inventions poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Summary: This is a great picture book that focuses on all types of
inventions. Each invention is described in an exciting way through a poem.
This book offers a different way to learn interesting facts about inventions.
The pictures and poetry will draw the students in before they even realize
they are learning!
8. HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS: From Toilets to Toasters (Which Came First)
by Natalie Lunis
Summary: This is an excellent way for students to learn about household
inventions that they use every day. This book also gives them a timeline as to
when these inventions came about and which ones came first. The book is set

3. up in a quiz format where the reader gets to guess which invention out of two came first.
With each answer comes a small paragraph with facts about each invention.
9: UNCOVER HUMAN BODY by Luann Colombo
Summary: This 3-dimensional book is a great way for students to learn facts
about the human body. This book offers in-depth and hands-on explorations
of the human body. The students will learn how the human body works in an
interesting and less complex way than other books may offer.
10. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen
Rappaport
Summary: This is an amazing book to introduce this amazing leader to
students. Original quotes from King’s writing and speeches are used
throughout the book. This book starts with King’s childhood all through
his efforts for civil rights. The illustrations are amazing and only add the
mystique of the book.