Math Summer Reading

Suggested books that involve math from Beecher Road School summer math packets. Also includes books about perseverance.

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Book cover for "12 ways to get to 11"
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Uses ordinary experiences to present twelve combinations of numbers that add up to eleven. Example: At the circus, six peanut shells and five pieces of popcorn.
Book cover for "Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday"
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Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
Book cover for "Anno's mysterious multiplying jar"
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Simple text and pictures introduce the mathematical concept of factorials.
Book cover for "Bedtime math"
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"In Bedtime Math, math and fun facts combine for one wacky and wild adventure! Now kids can discover the truth behind all their favorite things: marshmallows, Coca-Cola, astronaut ice cream, and more!"--
Book cover for "Charlie Piechart and the case of the missing pizza slice"
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Book cover for ""Could you lift up your bottom?""
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An introduction to such concepts as naming and combining shapes and problem solving explains mathematical properties through the story of a frog who tries to recover the hat on which an elephant is sitting by finding the big animal food.
Book cover for "A day at Grandma's"
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An introduction to such concepts as time and the way people do different things during different times of day explains these properties through the story of Yujin and her mother, who miss each other when the girl is at her grandmother's.
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Explains basic multiplication concepts through the story of an old carpenter who is inspired to build birdhouses and uses math to help him make decisions throughout the building process.
Book cover for "Fraction action"
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Miss Prime and her animal students explore fractions by finding many examples in the world around them.
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Book cover for "Giraffes can't dance"
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"Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music." --
Book cover for "The girl who never made mistakes"
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Beatrice is so well-known for never making a mistake that she is greeted each morning by fans and reporters, but a near-error on the day of the school talent show could change everything.
Book cover for "The grapes of math"
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Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.
Book cover for "The greedy triangle"
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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.
Book cover for "How many guinea pigs can fit on a plane?"
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Answers to unusual questions, using mathematics. First two questions, as examples: How many birds would it take to pick you up and fly with you?; and, How many bees does it take to make one jar of honey?
Book cover for "How much is a million?"
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Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.
Book cover for "Math at the art museum"
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An introduction to such concepts as patterns, composition, and symmetry explains mathematical properties that can be found in art through the story of a young boy who explores hidden and visible mathematical elements in famous masterpieces.
Book cover for "Math curse"
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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.
Book cover for "Math for all seasons"
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Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.
Book cover for "Mystery math"
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Introduces readers to algebra by using simple addition, subtration, multiplication, and division to solve equations.