Teaching Numbers
Counting Books That Kids Love!

Teaching numbers and counting is so much fun with children's books!  But how do you find that book when hundreds of counting books crowd shelves?  Some are fabulously inventive and educational while others simply rehash what we've all seen in numbers books for years. To stand out from the crowd, great numbers and counting books should do more than just present increasing numbers of items matched to increasing numerals. Great books in this genre should engage readers, spark imagination, and  teach other age-appropriate concepts. All these books do just that.

If you're teaching numbers and counting, check out these fun books!  They're great for math lessons, individual browsing, or a read alouds. The list below of math books for kids includes links to buy the books on Amazon.  Or, to save 50% or more on math children's books, check out our list of SALE math books.  Our books are a great deal! All are used but are in great condition, some are even like new.



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Best Books on Counting & Numbers
Make Teaching Numbers Fun!!


City by Numbers
(numerals 1-21 depicted
in common city scenes)

all ages will love it!


One Is a Snail,
Ten Is a Crab

(counting and adding
the
number of feet
different animals have)
Kindergarten - 2nd grade


Olivia Counts
(an adorable, spunky little
pig makes teaching
numbers 1-10 such fun!
Part of the Olivia series.)

Preschool - 1st grade


Click, Clack,
Splish, Splash
:

(duck and friends are
on a rescue
mission,
with each step involving
increasing numbers)
Preschool - Kindergarten


Chicka Chicka 123
(101 numbers climb up a
tree, one at a time until 20,
and then by 10s)
Preschool - 1st grade



How Do Dinosaurs
Count to Ten?

(cute book shows
dinosaurs learning
how to count)

Preschool - 1st grade


Food for Thought
(funny and cute food
sculptures teach
shapes, colors, letters,
numbers and opposites)

Preschool - 2nd grade


Missing Math
A Number Mystery
(shows what life would be

like without numbers)

Kindergarten - 2nd grade


Potato Joe
(energetic potatoes
burst from
the ground,
then back down,
to "One
Potato, Two Potato")

Preschool - 1st grade


Five Creatures
(a girl sorts and counts
her family members
based o
n various
characteristics)

1st grade - 5th grade



My Little Sister Ate
One Hare

(a girl eats delightfully
gross
items as part
of a magic act)

1st grade - 4th grade


100 Hungry Ants
(100 hungry ants
desperately
try to
get to a picnic faster;
great for teaching
numbers up to 100)

Kindergarten - 2nd grade


Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles 
An Animal Counting
Book
(plus interesting
animal facts)

Kindergarten - 3rd grade


Just a Minute
A Trickster Tale and
Counting Book (a Day
of the Dead story)

Preschool - 2nd grade


Ten Black Dots
(illustrations integrate a
certain
number of
black dots, ie: 5 dots
can
be buttons or portholes)

Preschool - 1st grade



Let's Count to 100!
(kids can practice counting
to 100
on 11 different
spreads packed with
cute, bright objects)
Preschool - 1st grade


How Many Bugs
in a Box

(a pop-up counting book
of
comical bugs that
burst
out with each page)
Kindergarten - 2nd grade


The Very Hungry
Caterpillar POP-UP
Book

(a pop-up take on the
classic
children's
book -- LOVE IT!)

Preschool - 1st grade


Follow the Line
series
(with
prompts to search
and count items

by an I
KEA designer)
Kindergarten & Up




Museum 123
uses famous works of
art from NYC's Metropolitan
Museum of Art to teach
numbers and counting 
Kindergarten - 3rd grade


One Frog Sang
an increasing frog
chorus sings out one
spring evening

Kindergarten - 2nd grade


Fish Eyes
subtitled A Book
You Can Count On
,
full of vibrantly colored
fish and die cut shapes

Preschool - 1st grade


My Granny Went
to Market

A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme
about
a jet-set granny who
buys increasing # of items
Preschool - 3rd grade




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