UCSMP: Everyday Mathematics

Literature Resources

Recommended Kindergarten Books by Author

Title	Author	Source	ISBN
Fraction Fun	Adler, David A.	New York: Holiday House, 1996	0823413411
“The Tortoise and the Hare” Aesop’s Fables	Aesop	Many sources
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar	Anno, Masaichiro	New York: Putnam, 1999	0698117530
All in a Day	Anno, Mitsumasa	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999	0698117727
Anno’s Counting Book	Anno, Mitsumasa	New York: HarperCollins, 1986	0064431231
Anno’s Journey	Anno, Mitsumasa	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1997	0698114337
Ten, Nine, Eight	Bang, Molly Garrett	New York: HarperCollins, 1996	0688149014
Father Christmas	Briggs, Raymond	New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997	0679887768
Benny’s Pennies	Brisson, Pat	New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1995	0440410169
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo: A Counting Book	Carle, Eric	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1996	0399230130
Rooster’s Off to See the World	Carle, Eric	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1999	0606163166
The Secret Birthday Message	Carle, Eric	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1986	0064430995
Very Hungry Caterpillar	Carle, Eric	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2000	0399236414
Out for the Count: A Counting Adventure	Cave, Kathryn	London: Frances Lincoln, 1991	0711206651
The April Rabbits	Cleveland, David	New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1987	0590401319
Ten Black Dots	Crews, Donald	New York: Morrow/Avon, 1995	0688135749
Pancakes for Breakfast	de Paola, Tomie	New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 1978	0156707683
The Hunter and the Animals	de Paola, Tomie	New York: Holiday House, 1981	0823404285
The Shape of Things	Dodds, Dayle Ann	Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1996	1564026981
Big Dog, Little Dog: A Bedtime Story	Eastman, Philip D	New York: Random House, 1973	0394826698
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On	Ehlert, Lois	New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 2001	015216281X
Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book	Feelings, Muriel L.	Magnolia, MA: Peter Smith Publisher, Inc., 1996	0844669008
A Cloak for the Dreamer	Friedman, Aileen	New York: Scholastic, 1995	0590489879
Millions of Cats	Gag, Wanda	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1996	0698113632
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish	Geisel, Theodore Seuss	New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2001	0375811648
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book	Giganti, Paul	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1999	0606167560
The Village of Round and Square Houses	Grifalconi, Ann	New York: Little Brown, 1986	0316328626
Ten Little Rabbits	Grossman, Virginia	San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998	0811821323
Nine Ducks Nine	Hayes, Sarah	Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2000	0763612847
Big Ones, Little Ones	Hoban, Tana	New York: William Morrow & Co., 1976	(out of print)
Count and See	Hoban, Tana	New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972	0027448002
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres	Hoban, Tana	New York: HarperCollins, 2000	0688153267
Is It Larger? Is It Smaller	Hoban, Tana	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1997	0606115102
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes	Hoban, Tana	New York: HarperCollins, 1986	0688058337
So Many Circles, So Many Squares	Hoban, Tana	New York: HarperCollins, 1998	0688151663
Changes, Changes	Hutchins, Pat	New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1971	0027458709
Clocks and More Clocks	Hutchins, Pat	New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994	0027459217
The Doorbell Rang	Hutchins, Pat	New York: Morrow/Avon, 1989	0688092349
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew	Kasza, Keiko	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1996	0698113748
Over in the Meadow	Keats, Ezra Jack	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999	0140565086
Much Bigger Than Martin	Kellog, Steven	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1992	0140546669
Wordless Counting Book	Kosowsky, Cindy	Bridgeport, CT: Greene Bark Press, 1992	1880851008
Fraction Action	Leedy, Loreen	New York: Holiday House, Inc., 1996	082341244X
Inch by Inch	Lionni, Leo	New York: Morrow/Avon, 1995	0688132839
My First Book of Time	Llewellyn, Claire	New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1992	1879431785
Sea Shapes	MacDonald, Suse	New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 1998	0152017003
17 Kings and 42 Elephants	Mahy, Margaret	New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1993	(out of print)
Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies	Mathews, Louise	New York: Scholastic, 1989	0590447661
A Fly Went By	McClintock, Mike	New York: Beginner Books, 1958	0394900030
A Million Fish…More or Less	McKissack, Patricia	Random House, Inc., 1996	0679880860
Eating Fractions	McMillan, Bruce	New York: Scholastic, 1992	059072732X
12 Ways to Get to 11	Merriam, Eve	Paramus, NJ: The Center for Applied Research in Education, 1998	0876283695
Moira’s Birthday	Munsch, Robert	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1987	0606054693
Elevator Magic	Murphy, Stuart J.	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1997	0064467090
Lemonade for Sale	Murphy, Stuart J.	New York: HarperCollins, 1998	0064467155
The Best Bug Parade	Murphy, Stuart J.	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1996	0064467007
The Best Vacation Ever	Murphy, Stuart J.	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1997	0060267674
How Big is a Foot?	Myller, Rolf	New York: Dell Publishing, 1992	0440803322
How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend	Oughton, Jerrie	Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996	0395779383
Getting to Know Myself	Palmer, Hap	Baldwin, NY: Educational Activities, Inc	(cassette, CD, or songbook available from http://www.edact.com)
Learning Basic Skills through Music, Vol. II	Palmer, Hap	Baldwin, NY: Educational Activities, Inc.	(cassette, CD, or songbook available from http://www.edact.com)
A Remainder of One	Pinczes, Elinor J.	Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995	0395694558
One Hundred Hungry Ants	Pinczes, Elinor J.	Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999	0395971233
Baboushka and the Three Kings	Robbins, Ruth and Nicholas Sidjakov	New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1986	0395426472
The Crayon Counting Book	Ryan, Pam Munoz and Jerry Pallotta	Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc., 1996	088106954X
How Much is a Million?	Schwartz, David M	New York: Morrow/Avon, 1993	0688099335
If You Made a Million	Schwartz, David M	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1994	0606064931
Chicken Soup with Rice	Sendak, Maurice	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1962	0060255358
One Was Johnny: A Counting Book	Sendak, Maurice	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1991	0064432513
Seven Little Monsters	Sendak, Maurice	New York: HarperCollins, 1977	(out of print)
The Right Number of Elephants	Sheppard, Jeff	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 1992	0606010009
A Giraffe & a Half	Silverstein, Shel	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1964	0060256567
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys & Their Monkey Business	Slobodkina, Esphyr	Madison, WI: Turtleback Books, 2000	0606203427
Noah’s Ark	Spier, Peter	New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1992	0440406935
Counting on Calico	Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher	Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1995	0881068640
Grandfather Tang’s Story	Tompert, Ann	New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1990	0517572729
“Chicken Licken”	Traditional	Many sources
“Cinderella”	Traditional	Many sources
“Lazy Jack”	Traditional	Many sources
“Little One Eye, Little Two Eye, Little Three Eye”	Traditional	Many sources
“Little Red Riding Hood”	Traditional	Many sources
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Gingerbread Boy”	Traditional	Many sources
“The House That Jack Built”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Little Red Hen”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Old Woman and Her Pig”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Three Bears”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Three Billy Goats Gruff”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Three Little Pigs”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Tiny Tiny Woman”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Twelve Dancing Princesses”	Traditional	Many sources
“The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids”	Traditional	Many sources
“Thumbelina”	Traditional	Many sources
1 is One	Tudor, Tasha	New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000	0689828438
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday	Viorst, Judith	Topeka, KS: Econo-Clad Books, 1999	0808527525
Mouse Count	Walsh, Ellen Stoll	New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 1995	0152002669
A Chair for My Mother	Williams, Vera	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1982	068800914X
Three Days on A River in a Red Canoe	Williams, Vera	New York: Morrow/Avon, 1984	0688040721
Over and Over	Zolotow, Charlotte	New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1995	006443415X