Math Literature

Middle School Math Literature

1) The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster


2) Counting on Frank by Rod Clement


3) Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas


4) G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by David M. Schwartz


5) How Much is a Million by David M. Schwartz


6) Millions to Measure by David M. Schwartz


7) If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz


8) On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey by David M. Schwartz


9) One Grain of Rice by Demi


10) Math-terpieces by Greg Tang


11) Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (A Math Adventure) by Pam Calvert


12) Twizzlers Percentages Book by Jerry Palotta


13) The Greedy Triangle by Gordon Silveria


14) Pythagoras and the Ratio by Julie Ellis


15) The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky


16) Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (A Math Adventure) by Cindy Neuschwander


17) Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith


18) Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D'Agnese


19) Mathematicians are People, Too: Stores from the Lives of Great Mathematicians by Luetta Reimer and Wilbert Reimer


20) The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger


21) The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas


22) The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Tahan


23) Go Figure: A Totally Cool Book About Numbers by Johnny Ball


24) Why Pi?:  How Math Applies to Everyday Life by Johnny Ball


25) Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstone


List of Children's Literature with Math themes listed by topics and appropriate grades by Marilyn Burns