I Love Math and Young Math
Multi-Concept series readers for elementary
► A family favorite of ours.
►The "I Love Math" series by Time-Life covers virtually every elementary math concept. These books can be used to explore math concepts within the stated themes, and are possibly the most-read math readers in our home library among all our kids. They are out of print, but many can be found at used booksellers at reasonable prices.
Play Ball: Sports Math (I Love Math) - Sports theme math, many concepts explored in one book.
Pterodactyl Tunnel: Amusement Park Math (I Love Math) Math puzzles, activities and stories with a dinosaur theme.
The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes Zoo Math (I Love Math) Math thru a trip to the zoo
The Mystery of the Sunken Treasure: Sea Math (I Love Math) Math activities with a sea theme
Alice in Numberland: Fantasy Math (I Love Math) Original stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities reflecting Alice's adventures in Numberland, where she finds mathematical challenges throughout the magical landscape
From Head to Toe, Body Math (I Love Math) multi-math concepts explored with anatomy
Look Both Ways: City Math (I Love Math) Math in Life – multi-concept stories and activities
How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? Pizza Math (I Love Math) Time Life, many math concepts including a nice introduction to early fractions and functions, my kids love this one
Right in Your Own Backyard: Nature Math (I Love Math) Math in nature theme
The Search for the Mystery Planet: Space Math (I Love Math) Math and astronomy topics
The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes Zoo Math (I Love Math) More math in nature, my kids really like this one
The House That Math Built: House Math (I Love Math)
See You Later, Escalator! Mall Math (I Love Math) Stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities introduce early math skills, focusing on the mathematics one might encounter on a trip to the shopping mall.
Young Math Series - Out of print, hard to find, nice when you do . . .
3D, 2D, 1D (Young math books) Adler, David Geometry, measurement, volume/area. Very readable.
Base Five, (Young math books) Adler, David/Ross, Larry 1975 Number base systems
Estimation (A Young Math Book) Linn, Charles/Madden, Don1970 Activities, simple intro
Circles and Curves, Razzell, Arthur/Watts, KGO/Raskin, Ellen Geometry
Counting Systems: The Familiar and the Unusual (A Math concept book) Luce, Marnie1969 History & description of number systems
The Ellipse (A Young math book) Charosh, Mannis/Kessler, Leonard1971 Geometry. Lots of activities
How Did Numbers Begin? (Young Math Books) Sitomer, Mindel&Harry/ History of numbers Young Math book
Number Families Srivastava, Jane Jonas/Ehlert, Lois1979 Number series
Number Ideas Through Pictures (Young Math Books) Charosh, Mannis1974 Odd/even,square/triangular numbers
Odds and Chances for Kids: A Look at Probability Riedel, Manfred 1979 Probability, history, stories. Much is in storytelling form
Statistics (Young Math Books), Jane Jonas 1973 Excellent intro to statistics for younger
Straight Lines, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular Lines Charosh, Mannis 1970 Geometry activities
This is 4: The Idea of a Number (Exploring Mathematics) Razzell & Watts, 1964, relationships with “4”
Yes--No, Stop--Go: Some Patterns in Mathematical Logic (Young Math Books) Gersting, Judith & Kuczkowski 1977 Patterns and logic.
Shadow Geometry (Young Math Books) by Daphne Harwood Trivett
Fun With Roman Numerals by David A. Adler
Lines, Segments, Polygons by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Odds and Evens by Thomas C. O'Brien
666 Jellybeans! All That? An Introduction to Algebra by Malcolm E. Weiss
Angles Are Easy As Pie (Youth Math Books) by Robert Froman
Area by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Averages (A Young Math Book) by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Bigger and Smaller (Young Math) by Robert Froman
Binary Numbers (Young Math Books) by Clyde Watson
Building Tables on Tables: A Book about Multiplication (Young Math) by John V. Trivett
Circles (Young Math) by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Computers by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Exploring Triangles: Paper-Folding Geometry by Jo Phillips
Fractions are parts of things, (Young math books) by J. Richard Dennis
A Game Of Functions by Robert Froman
Graph Games, (Young Math Books) by Frédérique and Papy
The Greatest Guessing Game: A Book About Dividing (Young Math Books) by Robert Froman
How Little and How Much : A Book About Scales by Franklyn M. Branley
Less Than Nothing Is Really Something (Young Math Book) by Robert Froman
Long, short, high, low, thin, wide, (A Young math book) by James T. Fey
Maps, Tracks, and the Bridges of Konigsberg: A Book About Networks (Young Math Books) by Michael Holt
Mathematical Games for One or Two. by Mannis Charosh
Measure With Metric (Young Math Books) by Franklyn M. Branley
Probability (Young math books) by Charles F. Linn
Right angles; paper-folding geometry (Young math books) by Jo Phillips
Rubber Bands, Baseballs and Doughnuts; A Book About Topology: A Book About Topology (Young Math Books) by Robert Froman
Solomon Grundy, Born on One Day: A Finite Arithmetic Puzzle (Young Math Books) by Malcolm E. Weiss
Spirals (Young math books) by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Statistics (Young Math Books) by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Venn Diagrams (A Young Math Book) by Robert Froman
Weighing & Balancing (A Young Math Book) by Jane Jonas Srivastava
What Is Symmetry? (Young Math) by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Zero is Not Nothing by Mindel and Harry Sitomer