March Mathness for grades K-3 from Multcolib KidsLike this list

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• Zero! the Number That Almost Wasn't

  Albee, Sarah,

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  We can't imagine a world without zero. But for early civilizations, it wasn't an obvious idea. How did math work before zero was invented?

• Count on Me

  Tanco, Miguel, 1972-

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  A young girl explains why she loves math and how she finds it in her everyday life.

• I'm Trying to Love Math

  Barton, Bethany, 1982-

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  Introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways -- like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies!

• How to Count to One

  (and Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)

  Salmon, Caspar, 1981-

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  It can be very difficult not to count higher than one. If you absolutely need to count much higher, count everything in the book!

• Lemonade in Winter

  a Book About Two Kids Counting Money

  Jenkins, Emily, 1967-

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  Pauline and her brother John-John set up a stand to sell lemonade, limeade, and lemon-limeade one cold, wintry day, then try to attract customers as Pauline adds up their earnings.

• 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

  LaRochelle, David,

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  Follow each dragon and subtract their number as they leave their home for marvelous adventures, until there is but one dragon remaining.

• How Tall Was a T. Rex?

  Limentani, Alison,

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  The author uses recognizable objects for comparisons: "Its eyes were as big as baseballs. Its teeth were as big as bananas" and also compares T. rex's proportions to that of other dinosaurs:

• A Treasure of Measures

  Downs, Mike,

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  There are so many ways to measure - minutes, inches, ounces and more! Measuring rainfall could mean using decibels of sounds...or maybe how many people you see opening umbrellas, How would you measure the time it takes to read a good book?

• 9 Kilometers

  Aguilera, Claudio,

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  Consider distances and number of steps as a child walk to school. An opening note explains metric and imperial units of measurement.

• Look

  Snyder, Gabi,

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  Some patterns are obvious, some need a closer look. Information about types of patterns - alternating, fractals, etc - is included at the back along with some activities.

• CATastrophe!

  a Story of Patterns

  Stephens, Ann Marie,

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  What happens when confused kitties paddle every which way? Or when they all lean in the same direction? A pattern is needed to avoid a catastrophe!

• Pitter Pattern

  Hesselberth, Joyce,

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  Lu and her friends spot patterns in their daily activities, including patterns found in music, weather, time, play, shapes, nature, math, and language.

• Watch This!

  a Book About Making Shapes

  Godwin, Jane, 1964-

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  "Can you make a circle with your arms? Or a triangle with your fingers? If we work together, we can make a rectangle, or even a pyramid. We can make lots and lots of shapes - just watch this!"

• The Cookie Fiasco

  Santat, Dan,

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  "There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with. This is not good. This is not equal!"

• Uma Wimple Charts Her House

  Larsen, Reif,

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  "A young chart maker faces a challenge when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home"

• Every Dog in the Neighborhood

  Stead, Philip Christian,

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  Louis and his Grandmother set out to collect data about every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

• A Pair of Parrots

  Adler, David A.,

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  Ava teaches her new parrot to count, starting with pairs: two eyes, two trees. When her parrot escapes, Ava notices other things that aren't necessarily the same but go together to make a pair.

• Bedtime Math

  Overdeck, Laura,

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  Over 100 kid-friendly story math problems on topics from jalapeños and submarines to roller coasters and flamingos, designed to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives.

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