Counting Creatures, by Julia Donaldson & Sharon King-Chai
10 Dogs, by Emily Gravett
You Can't Count on Dinosaurs, by Philip Ardagh & Elissa Elwick
We all went on Safari: a counting journey through Tanzania, by Laurie Krebs & Julia Cairns
How Many Legs? by Yes Gray & Jim Field
The "Ten Little..." series by Mike Brownlow & Simon Rickerty
Books About Shapes & Numbers
Walter's Wonderful Web, by Tim Hopgood
The Perfect Fit, by Naomi Jones & James Jones
The Triangle/ Square/ Circle trilogy by Marc Barnett & Jon Klassen
A Hundred Billion Stars, by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg
How big is a million? by Anna Milbourne & Serena Riglietti
Books About Various Maths Concepts
Martha Maps it Out, by Leigh Hodgkinson - maps
Isobel Adds it Up, by Kristy Everington & AG Ford (arithmetic)
Some of these are Snails, by Carter Higgins (sorting, quantifying)
Friends Beyond Measure, by Lalena Fisher (info graphics, data handling)
Wild Fibonacci: Nature's Secret Code, by Joy N. Hulme & Carol Schwartz (Fibonacci sequence)
Fractions in Disguise, by Edward Einhorn & David Clark (fractions)
Inside, Outside, Upside Down, by Stan & Jan Berenstain (position)
A very Improbable Story, by Edward Einhorn & Adam Gustavson (probability)
What's the Time, Mr Wolf, by Debi Gliori (time)
One Very Big Bear, by Alice Briere-Haquet, Olivier Philipponneau & Raphaele Enjoy (size comparison)
Equal, Shmequal, by Virginia Kroll & Philomena O'Neill (weighing & measuring)
The Sir Cumference series by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan (the series covers various maths concepts)
Count on Me, by Miguel Tanco (mentions various maths concepts)
Molly and the Mathematical Mystery, by Eugenia Cheng & Aleksandra Artymowska (mentions various maths concepts)
A Mathematician Like Me, by Dr Shini Somara & Nadja Sarell (mentions various maths concepts)
Ada Twist, Scientist, by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (show relevance of maths in the world of work)
Picture Books About Mathematicians
The 'Little People, Big Dreams' series by Isabel Sanchez and various illustrators; includes e.g. Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman changed the course of two world wars, by Laurie Wallmark & Brooke Smart
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, by Laurie Wallmark & Katy Wu
Srinivasa Ramanujan: Friend of Numbers, by Priya Narayanan
Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakahni, by Megan Reid & Aaliya Jaleel
Counting on Katherine, by Helaine Becker & Dow Phumiruk
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life, by Laurie Wallmark & Katy Wu
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis & Phyllis Hornung
Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You've Never Heard Of, by Helaine Becker & Kari Rust
The Boy Who Loved Maths: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdös, by Deborah Heiligman & LeUyen Pham
Chapter Books & Novels
Count, by Melvin Burgess (age 7+)
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, by Maisie Chan (age 8+)
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (age 8+)
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure, by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (author), Rotraut Susanne Berger (illustrator) & Michael Henry Heim (translator) (age 8+)
Ruby Redford: Feel the Fear, by Lauren Child (age 9+)
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (age 9+)
The Jamie Drake Equation, by Christopher Edge (age 9+)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (age 10+)
I, Ada: Rebel. Genius. Visionary. by Julia Gray (age 12+)
White Rabbit, Red Wolf, by Tom Pollock (age 14+)
An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (age 14+)
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss, by Amy Noelle Parks (age 14+)
My Mechanical Romance, by Alexene Farol Follmuth (age 14+)
Maths Adventure Books
The Maths Quest series, by David Glover
The Superquesters series, by Lisa Moss, Thomas Bernard & Amy Wilcox
Poetry
Nine: A Book of Nonet Poems, by Irene Latham & Amy Huntington (age 5+)
Einstein: The Girl Who Hated Maths, by John Agard & Satoshi Kitamura (age 6+)
Graphic Novels
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, by Sydney Padua (age 11+)
Non Fiction Books
Just a Second, by Steve Jenkins (age 4+)
Look Inside Maths, by Rosie Dickens (age 4+)
How many mice make an elephant? and other big questions about size and distance, by Tracey Turner & Aaron Cushley (age 6+)
100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computing & Coding, by various authors & illustrators (age 8+)
The 'Murderous Maths' series, by Kjartan Poskitt (age 8+)
Mathematics for Beginners, by Sarah Hull, Tom Murray & Paul Boston (age 8+)
What's the Points of Maths? by DK books (age 8+)
Maths Activity & Puzzle Books
This Book Thinks You're a Maths Genius, by Mike Goldsmith (age 7+)
Don't Mess with Maths, by Anna Claybourne (age 8+)
Maths Art and Drawing Games for Kids, by Karyn Tripp (age 8+)
This is not a Maths Book, by Anna Weltman (age 10+)
To celebrate World Book Day, we’re thrilled to welcome back award-winning Glasgow-based author Maisie Chan. Last year, Maisie joined our Maths Tales programme to discuss her novel Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths and answer questions from enthusiastic pupils. We’ve followed up with Maisie for an exclusive interview, perfect for those who missed the session or had more burning questions.