Books that support maths and numeracy
Board Books & Picture Books
Counting Books
- 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+)
- Puzzles for Spies, from GCHQ (age 10+)
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