Book Name/Author/Copywrite Synopsis Common Core Standard(s)

The Shape of My Heart. Mark

Sperring. 2013
A warm story that not only
discusses and shows shapes but
demonstrates what a helping
hand (hand being the shape)
means.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.A.1
Describe objects in the
environment using names of
shapes, and describe the
relative positions of these
objects using terms such as
above, below, beside, in front
of, behind, and next to.

500 Hats of Bartholomew
Cubbins. Sues. 1938.
Each time Bartholomew
removes his hat a new appears,
counting to 500, when the king
offers him 500 gold coins for his
500
th
hat.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.A.3
Read and write numbers to
1000 using base-ten numerals,
number names, and expanded
form.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Eric Carle. 1969.
The book illustrates everything
that the caterpillar eats and
how much he consumes until he
is wrapped in a cocoon and
goes to sleep.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1
Count to 120, starting at any
number less than 120. In this
range, read and write numerals
and represent a number of
objects with a written numeral.
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe
Strawberry, and the Big Hungry
Bear. Don Wood. 1984.
The mouse finds the big ripe
strawberry and tries to hide it
from the big hungry bear in
different ways. In the end, the
narrator tells the mouse that he
should cut it in half and share.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.1
Interpret products of whole
numbers, e.g., interpret 5 7 as
the total number of objects in 5
groups of 7 objects each. For
example, describe a context in
which a total number of objects
can be expressed as 5 7.
The Rabbit Problem. Emily
Gravett. 2009.
A family of rabbits have to learn
to deal with their growing
family and work through the
variations of raising them
through the seasons.
CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.2
Multiply or divide to solve word
problems involving
multiplicative comparison, e.g.,
by using drawings and
equations with a symbol for the
unknown number to represent
the problem, distinguishing
multiplicative comparison from
additive comparison.
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Ten Little Beasties. Rebecca
Emberley. 2011.
More and more little beasties
appear on each page counting
up until there is a party. Before
long one starts to get into
trouble then they have to leave
slowly therefore count down.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.2
Solve addition and subtraction
word problems, and add and
subtract within 10, e.g., by using
objects or drawings to
represent the problem.
Square Cat. Elizabeth
Shoonmaker. 2011.
Eulah the cat is a square and
wants to be more round and
CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.2
Compose two-dimensional
just like the other cats. Her
other cat friends show her the
benefits of being square.
shapes (rectangles, squares,
trapezoids, triangles, half-
circles, and quarter-circles) or
three-dimensional shapes
(cubes, right rectangular prisms,
right circular cones, and right
circular cylinders) to create a
composite shape, and compose
new shapes from the composite
shape.
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365 Penguins. Jean-Luc
Fromental. 2006.
A family is finding more and
more penguins delivered to
their house every day. Though
they are cute, it gets hard to
maintain with the dirt, the food
and what they need.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.NBT.A.2
Fluently add and subtract within
1000 using strategies and
algorithms based on place
value, properties of operations,
and/or the relationship
between addition and
subtraction.
Big. Tim Hopgood. 2013 A little boy compares himself to
an ant, a bear, and an elephant.
In the end the boy is grown and
is bigger than his best friend.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A.1
Order three objects by length;
compare the lengths of two
objects indirectly by using a
third object.
Five Little Monkeys. Eileen
Christelow. 2007.
The book is just like the song
about the monkeys jumping on
the bed. With the book they will
see the illustrations as one by
one the little monkeys fall off
leaving eventually 0.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.1
Count to 100 by ones and by
tens