Search Results: 1,483 books from 34 publishers. Learn more

Math on the Job: Working in Sports

Richard Wunderlich (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427117434

This exciting book makes you a math problem solver by putting you into situations faced by people who work in sports and sports-related businesses. Math is an important part of many jobs involved in athletics. Three exciting stories lead to a problem you must solve using math. A toolbox section helps take you through similar examples and provides math exercises you can do that will help give you a better understanding of how to solve the problem in the story.

A Math Journey Around the Wonders of the World

Hilary Koll, Steve Mills (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427177193

Fun pictograms and infographics about the natural and human-made wonders of the world make learning about math topics easy and fun. In this book, readers go on a mission to explore these wonders and use their mathematical skills at such sites as the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, Mount Everest, and the Galapagos Islands. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.

Measure It!

Crystal Sikkens (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427115881

This informative book goes to great lengths to explain how scientists around the world use the metric system and related tools to help them compare, contrast, and analyze the measurement data they collect. Opportunities for hands-on learning make the content meaningful to readers as they refine their measuring skills.

Masters of Math

Rob Colson (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122346

Experiments and research challenges help reinforce mathematical concepts in this fascinating book about great math thinkers in history and their discoveries. Readers will enjoy reading the stories behind each breakthrough in math as well as the mini bios of the math "STEM-gineers" who solved them.

Spending and Saving Money

Steffi Cavell-Clarke (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122230

This intriguing title will help children learn the importance of earning, saving, raising, and spending money. They will gain an understanding of how money can make a difference in peoples’ lives.

Subtraction in Action

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122728

Friends share their strategies for figuring out how many objects remain as some are taken away.

Skip Counting My Way to School

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122711

A group of friends play a game on their way to school by counting forward and backward by twos, fives, and tens.

Building with Shapes

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122704

Friends identify the shapes of things in their neighborhood, create new shapes by joining and separating existing ones, and discover why certain shapes are useful for building structures.

Building Tens with My Friends

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122698

Friends learn different ways to construct sets of ten and find it helps them get better at working with numbers and place value.

What are opposites in nature?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427194961

Everything in nature has an opposite, or at least, that is the way people describe things that are the most unlike. This engaging book shows these extreme differences in sizes, colors and light, texture, smell and taste, the states of water, landforms, positions and directions on Earth, seasons, and even in people. An activity spread asks children to find opposite characteristics in a group of animals.

What is Money?

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125002

Leo is confused! Money is everywhere, but he never actually sees any. Then on his birthday, his aunt sends him some cash. What will Leo do with it?

Spending Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124999

Ava has inherited some money, and she can't wait to spend it! She wants a pair of cool new sneakers, but does she really need them? And where is the best place to buy them?

Saving Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124982

Marek wants a new kick scooter but he’s got to save up for it! Will Marek manage it—or will he be tempted by new clothes, toys, and treats?

Earning Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124975

Maya wants some extra money but her parents tell her she has to earn it! So Maya helps tidy up her neighbor’s garage. But it’s harder work than she thought. Will Maya finish the job and earn the money?

Data Is Information

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124647

How many of your classmates like to eat apples? This is information we call data. Read along as friends gather data at school and organize it to show the information in helpful ways.

Telling Time Together

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124630

Follow a group of friends as they discover when it is time for meals and activities using a clock with a face as well as a digital clock.

Place Value at Playtime

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427123657

During recess, friends learn about place value by working together to add and subtract by tens on the playground at school.

I See 3-D

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427123640

Join a group of friends as they spot 3-D shapes around them, and learn how the shapes are used in different and exciting ways.

Meeting Needs in Our Community

Rachel Eagen (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121370

This title introduces basic concepts related to exchange and markets, including how communities meet challenges caused by scarcity, and factors that influence pricing. Readers are encouraged to look for examples of the goods and services produced and provided in their local communities.

Veo los monos

Deborah Williams (author) Dennis Graves (illustrator)

Publisher: Kaeden Books ISBN: 9781641320993

Introduce number words as children giggle over mischievous monkeys.

Sing Through The Year

Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand (author) Iesha Wright (illustrator)

Publisher: Twin Sisters ISBN: 9781645802570

“Sing Through The Year” is perfect to teach young learners the months of the year. From January through December, each month is adorably illustrated with favorite holidays and cute objects that represent each month. This easy-to-read book will reinforce early childhood skills in a fun way!

Secret Agent Josephine's Numbers

Brenda Ponnay (author, illustrator)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9780983842842

There's a new super spy in town! Secret Agent Josephine may not look like a super mom, but when she goes to work, bad guys better watch out for her crafty tricks. In this Secret Agent Josephine adventure, our heroine travels to Paris to scope out some new craft supplies and stop an infamous art thief. Donning disguises and stocking up on the tools of her trade, Secret Agent Josephine tracks the thief through the streets of Paris. But when she's spotted, will her crafting skills be able to get her out of a jam?

Five Danny Dogs

Mia Coulton (author, illustrator)

Publisher: MaryRuth Books ISBN: 9781933624013

Five dogs are together on a quilt until they leave one by one. Where do they go? Learn to subtract as the five Danny dogs disappear one by one.

Find the Rectangle

Xist Publishing (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532410222

Beginning readers identify things that are rectangles in this very simple 20-page reader. This book is a step-up from the paired book in the Discover Shapes series, RECTANGLE.

Find the Diamond

Xist Publishing (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532410253

Beginning readers identify things that are diamonds in this very simple 20-page reader. This book is a step-up from the paired book in the Discover Shapes series, DIAMOND.