Children’s Math Literature
1 Hunter / Pat Hutchins / William Morrow, 1986;10 Minutes Till Bedtime / Rathmann, Peggy
A Cloak for the Dreamer / Aileen Friedman
A Million Fish? More or Less / McKissack, P.
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday / Viorst, J
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner / Schwartz, A
Anno's Counting Book / Mitsumasa Anno / HarperCollins, 1992
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar / Mitsumasa Anno
Bunny Money / Wells, Rosemary
Color Zoo / Lois Ehlert / HarperCollins, 1992
Count and See / Tana Hoban / Simon & Schuster, 1972
Doorbell Rang, The / Pat Hutchins
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On / Lois Ehlert / Harcourt, 2001
Give Me Half / Stuart J Murphy
Grandfather Tang's Story / Tompert, Ann
Holes / Sachar, Louis
How Many Bugs in a Box? / David A. Carter / Little Simon, 1988
How Many Snails? / Paul Giganti, Jr. / Scott Foresman, 1994
How Much Is A Million / Schwartz, D
I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art / Lucy Micklethwait / Mulberry, 1998
Inch by Inch / Leo Lionni / Scott Foresman, 1995
King Commissioners / Aileen Friedman
Librarian Who Measured the Earth / Lasky, Kathryn
Math Curse / Scieszka, Jon
Mathematicians are People, Too / Luetta and Wilbert Reimer
Measuring Penny / Leedy, Loreen
Millions of Cats / Gag, Wanda
My Very First Book of Shapes / Eric Carle / HarperCollins, 1985
No Coins, Please / Gordon Korman
One Grain of Rice / Demi
One Was Johnny / Maurice Sendak / HaperCollins, 1991
Over,Under and Through and Other Spatial Concepts / Tana Hoban / Simon & Schuster, 1973
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!, / Burns, Marilyn
Spots: Counting Creatures from Sky to Sea / Lesser, Carolyn
Ten Black Dots / Crews, Donald
Ten Black Dots / Donald Crews / William Morrow, 1986
Ten Little Rabbits / Grossman, Virginia
Ten, Nine, Eight / Molly Bang / Tupelo, 1998
The Doorbell Rang / Pat Hutchen
The Greedy Triangle / Burns, Marilyn
The Grouchy Ladybug / Eric Carle / Scott Foresman, 1996
The Icky Bug Counting Book / Jerry Pallotta / Charlesbridge, 1992
The Right Number of Elephants / Jeff Sheppard / HarperCollins, 1992
The Shape of Things / Dayle Ann Dodds / Scott Foresman, 1996
The Very Hungry Caterpillar / Eric Carle / Scholastic Inc
We Keep a Store / Shelby, A.
Standards for the English Language Arts
Sponsored by NCTE and IRA
The vision guiding these standards is that all students must have the opportunities and resources to develop the language skills they need to pursue life's goals and to participate fully as informed, productive members of society. These standards assume that literacy growth begins before children enter school as they experience and experiment with literacy activities—reading and writing, and associating spoken words with their graphic representations. Recognizing this fact, these standards encourage the development of curriculum and instruction that make productive use of the emerging literacy abilities that children bring to school. Furthermore, the standards provide ample room for the innovation and creativity essential to teaching and learning. They are not prescriptions for particular curriculum or instruction. Although we present these standards as a list, we want to emphasize that they are not distinct and separable; they are, in fact, interrelated and should be considered as a whole.
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Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
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Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.
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Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
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Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
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Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
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Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
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Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and non-print texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
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Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
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Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
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Students whose first language is not English make use of their first language to develop competency in the English language arts and to develop understanding of content across the curriculum.
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Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
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Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).
ATN Book Lists
middle school list
1984: a novel, Orwell, George
A girl of the Limberlost, Stratton-Porter, Gene
A tale of two cities, Dickens, Charles
A tree grows in Brooklyn, Smith, Betty
A wizard of Earthsea, Le Guin, Ursula K.
A wrinkle in time, L’Engle, Madleine
Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl, Falstein, Mark
Bearstone, Hobbs, Will
Bridge to Terabithia, Paterson, Katherine
Christy, Marshall, Catherine
Dicey’s song, Voigt, Cynthia
Ella enchanted, Levine, Fail Carson
Ender’s game, Card, Orson Scott
Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, Ray
Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone, Rowling, J. K.
Hatchet, Paulsen, Gary
Hiroshima, Hersey, John
Holes, Sachar, Louis
Homecoming, Voigt, Cynthia
Jane Eyre, Bronte, Charlotte
Just Ella, Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Little women, Alcott, Louisa May
Lord of the flies: a novel, Golding, William
Lost horizon, Hilton, James
Night, Wiesel, Elie
Of mice and men, Steinbeck, John
Petey, Mikaelsen, Ben
Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Taylor, Mildred D.
Stargirl, Spinelli, Jerry
Summer of my German soldier, Greene, Bette
Survival in Auschwitz: the Nazi assault on humanity, Levi, Primo
Tangerine, Bloor, Edward
The call of the wild, London, Jack
The chocolate war, Cormier, Robert
The circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child, Jiminez, Francisco
The coffin quilt: the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, Rinaldi, Ann
The exchange student, Gilmore, Kate
The giver, Lowry, Lois
The golden compass, Pullman, Philip
The grapes of wrath, Steinbeck, John
The heart is a lonely hunter, McCullers, Carson
The hobbit, or, There and back again, Tolkein J. R. R.
The Joy Luck Club, Tan, Amy
The light in the forest, Richter, Conrad
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, Lewis, C. S.
The lord of the rings, Tolkien, J. R. R.
The machine gunners, Westall, Robert
The Outsiders, Hinton, S. E.
The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea, Junger, Sebastian
The poisonwood Bible: a novel, Kingsolver, Barbara
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Orczy Emmuska, Orczy, Baroness
The secret garden, Burnett, Frances Hodgson
The squire’s tale, Morris, Gerald
The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
The wanderer, Creech, Sharon
The yearling, Rawlings Marjorie Kinnan
To kill a mockingbird, Lee, Harper
Watership Dow, Adams, Richard
When the legends die, Borland, Hal
6-8
? Get that Girl out of the Boys' Locker Room.
? Go Ask Alice.
Avi. Nothing But The Truth.
Avi. Something Upstairs.
Blum, Josual, Bob Holman & Mark Pellington. The United States of Poetry.
Blume, Judy. Forever.
Brooks, Bruce. What Hearts.
Clements, Andrew. Frindle (Brian Selznick, Illustrator)
Coles, Jr., William E. Another Kind of Monday.
Conly, ? Crazy Lady.
Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
Davis, Terry. If Rock and Roll Were a Machine.
Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster.
Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster.
Freeman, Suzanne. The Cuckoo's Child.
Gilstrap, John. Nathan's Run.
Glenn, Mel. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems.
Guthrie, Donna. Frankie Murphy's Kiss List.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Time for Andrew.
Hobbs, Will. Far North.
Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday.
Lisle, Janet Taylore. Afternoon of the Elves.
McGraw, Eloise. Moorchild.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Countdown.
Myers, Walter Dean. One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album.
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me.
Philbrick, ? Freak the Mighty.
Pullman, Philip. Golden Compass.
Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee.
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind.
Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God.
Turner, Megan Whalen. The Thief.
Wallace, Rich. Wrestling Sturbridge.
White, Ruth. Belle Prater's Boy.
Who Let Girls in the Boys' Locker Room
Wilkomirski, Binjamin. Fragments.
Wisler, ? Red Cap.
Yep, Laurence. Dragon's Gate.
Books To Read When You Hate To Read
[Recommended by Reluctant YA Readers in Grades 7-12]
Angelou, Maya I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [B, An431c] "An autobiography that plunges the reader into the inner and outer life of a brilliant, never-say-die black girl growing up in Arkansas and San Francisco. Episodic chapters make its length easy to manage, and every episode vibrates with the pain and challenge of being black in America." Armstrong, William H. SOUNDER [J] "The dramatic and moving story of a black man who loved his family enough to steal food for them, of a boy who loved his father enough to spend years trying to find him, and of the loyal dog who waited 'long past a dog's life' to tell the world that his beloved master was coming home at last." Bach, Richard JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL [F] "The shortest book on this list and a real thought-provoker about a seagull who wanted to be the best he could be--even if it made him an outcast from the flock." Braithwaite, Edward R. TO SIR WITH LOVE [373.42, B731] "The autobiography of a returning World War II soldier, turned down for all the jobs he is trained to do because his skin is black, who becomes a teacher in a 'last chance' high school in London." Burnford, Sheila INCREDIBLE JOURNEY [F] "A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever make a difficult and dangerous journey together through the Canadian wilderness to find the family they love. A modern-day Lassie Come Home." Craven, Margaret I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME [F] "A young minister is sent to spend a year in the Canadian wilderness with a Kwakiutl Indian tribe. Only the reader knows that he is dying--that this will be his last opportunity to understand what life is for and to do something with what is left of his." Danziger, Paula CAT ATE MY GYMSUIT [J] "Thirteen-year-old Marcy Lewis thinks of herself as fat and hopeless until the new English teacher, Ms. Finney, arrives. She makes Marcy feel strong--strong enough to stand up to her bullying father, to stand up for her frightened mother, to stand up to the principal when he fires Ms. Finney, and to stand on her own when Ms. Finney goes out of her life forever." Duncan, Lois I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER [J] "Four teenagers who are responsible for the hit-and-run death of a little boy find themselves the target of someone's hatred and revenge. A heart-stopping mystery-thriller about four very real teenagers." (Anonymous) GO ASK ALICE [F] "Purportedly based on the diary of a 15-year-old girl, this is an almost unbearably powerful first-person account of drug addiction. Once read, never forgotten." George, Jean Craighead MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN [J] "Young Sam Gribley decides to reclaim his family's land by living on it alone and unassisted. What he doesn't know about living off the land, he teaches himself from books or learns from experience. The details of his discoveries, the drawings, the quiet confidence with which he deals with unexpected problems have made this a classic." Gipson, Fred OLD YELLER [J] "A boy and a dog share the challenge, excitement, and danger of life in the Old West, until one terrible day when the boy must make a man's decision." Golding, William LORD OF THE FLIES [F] "A group of schoolboys stranded on a small Pacific island must look to themselves for the intelligence and courage to survive without adult help. Some make it; some don't." Herriot, James ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL [636.089, H435] "A collection of first-person stories--both hilarious and poignant--about the experiences of a country veterinarian in England." Hinton, S. E. OUTSIDERS [F] "In what may be the most popular book ever written for teenagers, 14-year-old Ponyboy takes readers into his own life and the lives of his family and friends who are greasers--the outsiders in his town-- and makes us care about them." Hinton, S. E. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW [J] "What do you do when you discover your best and closest friend has been selling the drugs that have destroyed the mind of someone else you care about? Sixteen-year-old Bryon is forced to answer this terrible question." Kaufman, Bel UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE [F] "High school as seen and experienced both from the point of view of a first-year English teacher, and from the individual students in her classroom. Funny, sad, frustrating, and ultimately hope- filled." Lee, Harper TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD [F] "The trial of a gentle black man accused of raping a young white woman inflames a small southern town during the Depression. The story is told through the eyes of two children whose lawyer father defends the accused. The complex story and language make this a more challenging reading experience." L'Engle, Madeleine WRINKLE IN TIME [J] "A fantasy so realistic it is hard to believe it didn't happen, and hard to put down once you start. Meg and Charles Wallace make a difficult and dangerous journey to find their vanished father and free him from the hateful force that holds him captive." Mazer, Harry LAST MISSION [F] "Using his brother's birth certificate, 15-year-old Jack Raab lies his way into the air force during World War II, finding that war is not what he dreamed it would be. When he is shot down behind enemy lines, he discovers firsthand what war is all about." O'Dell, Scott ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS [J] "Left behind on an island when the rest of her tribe is relocated to the mainland, a young Indian girl lives alone for 18 years, fighting off wild dogs and surviving an earthquake and tidal wave. A dramatic first-person story of survival simply and movingly told." Peck, Richard REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES [J] "A perceptive, emotionally involving portrait of three close friends and the adults who matter to them, and the ragged tear that the suicide of one of the teenagers leaves in the lives of the people who loved him." Peck, Robert Newton DAY NO PIGS WOULD DIE [F] "This a funny, tender first-person story of a boy and his father, of growing into manhood, of facing both life and death." Rawls, Wilson SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS [F] "Some summer! Jay Berry spends it trying to recapture a band of escaped circus monkeys to earn the reward, but the monkeys prove more than a match for him and his dog, Rowdy." Rawls, Wilson WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS [F] "One of the most popular boy-and-dog stories ever written, and one of the best. Full of warmth and love, challenge and adventure." Salinger, J. D. CATCHER IN THE RYE [F] "An extraordinary journey into the mind and heart of a doubting questioning 17-year-old boy who can't stand all the phony ideas, phony things, and phony people in his world. A classic from the fifties." Taylor, Theodore CAY [J] "Cast up on a small Pacific island, Phillip, now blind, and old Timothy are the only survivors of a shipwreck. Phillip is first cared for and then taught to take care of himself by the old black man, who knows he is going to die. A one-of-a- kind story of survival and friendship." Tolkein, J.R.R. HOBBIT; or THERE AND BACK AGAIN [F] "Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, sets off to find adventure and finds far more than he bargains for. His theft of a ring from the creature of darkness called the Gollum sets in motion the final awesome struggle between the forces of good and evil in Middle Earth. High fantasy at its very best. Also the series, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, TWO TOWERS, AND RETURN OF THE RING. Complex language and plot make the stories a challenge, but fantasy lovers will be well rewarded." Voight, Cynthia HOMECOMING [J] "When their mentally ill mother abandons the family, 13-year-old Dicey takes on the responsibility for her younger brothers and sister. With uncommon courage and determination, and not without hardship, she finds a home for all of them. The first in series of books about the Tillerman family." Zindel, Paul PIGMAN [F] "Lorraine and John take turns narrating the story of their friendship with a lonely old man. What starts as a game turns into something real and important for each of them until -- abruptly and painfully -- it ends, and something else begins."