Alphabet,Math,and

Poetry
Alphabetbooksallowchildrentoexplore
theEnglishalphabetandbecomefamiliar
witheachletter.
Countingbooksallowchildrentopractice
theiraddition,subtraction,multiplication,
anddivisionskillsaswellaslearnthe
numbersinourcountingsystem.

Poetrybooksintroducechildrentorhymes
andexposethemtowritingwithasfew
wordsaspossible.

1. (P)AVeryImprobableStory:AMathAdventurebyEdward
Einhorn(Probability)

This book is about a boy named Ethan who wakes up one

morning and there is a cat stuck on the top of his head. The
cats name is Odds and he will not leave Ethans head until he
wins a game of probability. Ethan plays soccer and has a really
big game to get to but he must win the game first by either
picking out a dime from his coin collection, two matching
socks from his dresser or something else that will be
improbable. If Ethan cant do it then he will miss his soccer
game and Odds will stay on top of his head.
Interest Level: K
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5

2. (P)BeastlyVersebyJooHeeYoon(Poetry)
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Thisbookisacollectionof16poemsaboutanimalsthatarerealandmadeup.
Theauthoronlyusesthreecolors,yellow,tealandabrightpinksoitcaptures
thereadersattentionreallyfast.Fourofthepoemsareevenfoldoutssothe
readercanhavemorefunreadingandseeadifferentvisualthanjustwhatis
onthepageitself.
InterestLevel:K3
GradeLevelEquivalent:2.0

3. (P)BunnyMoneybyRosemaryWells(Predictions)

ThisbookisaboutbrotherandsisterbunniesnamedMaxandRuby.Theyare
tryingtogettheirgrandmotheragiftforherbirthdaybuttheybothhave
differentideas.Rubythinksgrandmotherwillloveaballerinabox,andMax
thinksshewilllikeapairofvampireteethinstead.Rubyhadmoneysavedto
usedbutsherunsintoproblemsunexpectedlythatcauseshermoneytoslip
awayandtheyfeartheywontbeabletobuttheirgrandmothertheperfect
present.
Interest Level: PreK-2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8

4. (P)CookieCountbyRobertSabuda(Counting)
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Thisbookisaboutdifferenttypesofcookies.Oneachpagethereisanumber
withthedifferentcookiepictured.Thebookcountsfrom110sothiswillhelp
thechildrenwiththeircounting.Bytheendofthebookyouwillhaveseenten
differentkindsofcookiesthatwillmakeyouveryhungry!
InterestLevel:K3
GradeLevelEquivalent:1.0

5. (P)FaceBugbyJ.PatrickLewis(Poetry)
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Thisbookisaboutamuseumforbugstogoto,tolearnaboutotherbugsand
interestingfactsaboutthem.Eachbughasitsownpoemandacloseupofthe
bugsfacesothereadercangetavisualofwhatthebuglookslike.Thiswill
alsohelpgetthestudentsinterestedininsectsandbugsandcreateagreat
classdiscussion.

InterestLevel:K3
GradeLevelEquivalent:4.1

6. (P)KisforKeystone:APennsylvaniaAlphabetbyKristen
Kane
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ThisbookisaboutthealphabetandthehistoryofPennsylvania.Eachletter
standsforahistoricalplaceinthestateofPennsylvania.Forexample,Eis
forEastonAtownwhereyoucansee,thebirthplaceofcrayonsandmarkers
intheCrayolaFactory.IliveinEastonandmyfatherworksforCrayolaso
thiswasveryneattoreadabout!Thisbookwillhelpkidslearntheiralphabet
andteachthemaboutafewcoolplacesinPennsylvania!
InterestLevel:1.0
GradeLevelEquivalent:6.0

7. (P)LemonadeforSalebyStuartJ.Murphy
(Money/Graphing)
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This book is about four friends and their sidekick Petey who is
a parrot. They have fun running a lemonade stand in their
neighborhood which has all sorts of interesting people in it.
One example is a juggler. Throughout their sales the kids
decide to make a bar graph to see how well they are doing
and when they are doing not so well. This book teaches the
basic concept of money and how to track it.
Interest Level: 2-5
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8

8. (P)ShiverMeLetters:APirateABCbyJuneSobel
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Thisbookisaboutacaptainofapirateshipthatmakeshiscrewofpiratesgo
outandfindeveryletterofthealphabet,andiftheydonttheyhavetowalk
theplank.ThepiratesgoonanadventuretofindallthelettersfromAZand
theycantandwontrestuntiltheyfindalloftheletters.Thisbookisa
rhymingalphabetbookthatwillhelpthestudentslearntheiralphabetby
havingavisualcluetogoalongwithitthatalsorhymes.
InterestLevel:PreK
GradeLevelEquivalent:2.4