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March Mathness for grades K-3 from Multcolib Kids

[updated 3/2026] Celebrate March Mathness with these books about math concepts for grades k, 1, 2, 3.

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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?
    Book, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2025] — j Facts 513.5 A328
  • A young girl explains why she loves math and how she finds it in her everyday life.
    Book, 2019[Toronto] : Tundra, [2019] — jE TANCO 2019
  • Introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways -- like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies!
    Book, 2019New York : Viking, 2019. — j Facts 510 B2931i 2019
  • How to Count to One

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

    Salmon, Caspar, 1981-
    It can be very difficult not to count higher than one. If you absolutely need to count much higher, count everything in the book!
    Book, 2023Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2023. — jE Concept SALMON 2023
  • Lemonade in Winter

    a Book About Two Kids Counting Money

    Jenkins, Emily, 1967-
    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.
    Book, 2012New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, ©2012. — jE JENKINS 2012
  • Follow each dragon and subtract their number as they leave their home for marvelous adventures, until there is but one dragon remaining.
    Book, 2023New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. — jE LAROCHELL 2023
  • 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:
    Book, 2018[New York, New York] : Boxer Books, 2018. — j Facts 567.9129 L733 2018
  • 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?
    Book, 2024San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2024] — j Facts 530.8 D7516t 2024
  • Consider distances and number of steps as a child walk to school. An opening note explains metric and imperial units of measurement.
    Book, 2023Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2023. — jE AGUILERA 2023
  • 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.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2024] — jE SNYDER 2024
  • 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!
    Book, 2021Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021] — jE STEPHENS 2021
  • Lu and her friends spot patterns in their daily activities, including patterns found in music, weather, time, play, shapes, nature, math, and language.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — jE HESSELBER 2020
  • Watch This!

    a Book About Making Shapes

    Godwin, Jane, 1964-
    "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!"
    Book, 2020Minneapolis, Minnesota : Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications, 2020. — jE GODWIN 2020
  • "There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with. This is not good. This is not equal!"
    Book, 2016New York, New York : Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group, 2016. — Yellow Reader SANTAT 2016
  • "A young chart maker faces a challenge when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home"
    Book, 2021New York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2021] — jE LARSEN 2021
  • 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.
    Book, 2022New York : Holiday House, [2022] — jE STEAD 2022
  • 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.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Holiday House, [2024] — jgn ADLER 2024
  • 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.
    Book, 2013New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2013. — j 513.2 O964b 2013