Math and Literature: Unusual Topics

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TELLING TIME AND GROWING PATTERNS

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott
I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
Inside a House That is Haunted by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Inside a Zoo in the City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitzel
The House I'll Build for the Wrens by Shirley Neitzel
The Jacket I wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
The Cake that Mack Ate by Rose Robart
This is the House that Jack Built by Pam Adams

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PEANUT BUTTER MATH

Peanut Butter and Jelly, A Play Rhyme by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Reese's Pieces Count by Fives by Jerry Pallotta
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Jo Anne Nelson
Where the Sidewalks Ends, "Peanut Butter Sandwich"
               by Shel Silverstein
The Life and Times of the Peanut by Charles Micucci
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
              (not really about peanut butter)
Peanut Butter Gang by Siracusa
Peanut Butter Pilgrims by Delton
Peanut Butter Party by Charlip
Peanut Butter and Jelly for Shabbos by Rosenfeld

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ROUNDING WHOLE NUMBERS

(Fairy Tale twist -- Knights of the Round Table,
Conquer the Castle, both from Mailbox Magazine)
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola
The Black Cauldron by Walt Disney
Long, Long Ago by Michael Berenstain

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SNOWY MATH FUN/MITTEN MATH

Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt
Trouble With Trolls by Jan Brett
Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett
Stopping by Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook by Barbara Park
Mittens In May by Maxine Kumin
Mittens For Kittens by Lenore Blegvad
The Mitten Tree by Candace Christianson
Gabby Growing Up by Amy Hest
A Christmas Star by Linda Oatman High
The Woodcutter's Mitten, An Ukrainian Tale by Lock Koopman
The Three Little Kittens

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EGG AND MATH

Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett
The Great Easter Egg Mystery by Fran And Lou Sabin
Happy Easter, Little Critter by Mercer Mayer
Too Lonely Ducks by Roger Duvoisin
What's Hatching Out Of That Egg? by Patricia Lauber
The Legend Of The Easter Egg by Lori Walburg
Too Many Eggs by M. Christina Butler
Nina's Treasures by Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes
Pancakes For Breakfast by Tomie Depaola
The Woman With The Eggs by Jon Erickson
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Little Chick's Story by Kwitz, Mary Deball
Something To Crow About by Megan Halsey Lane
Cluck One by Louise Mathews
Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco
The Wonderful Eggs Of Furicchia by Ann Rockwell
The Talking Eggs by San Souci
Germs Make Me Sick by Melvin Berger
Chickens Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller

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JAM & OTHER FOOD & MATH

Jamberry by Bruce Degan
Jam Day by Barbara M. Josse
Blueberries For Sal by Robert Mccloskey
The Giant Jam Sandwich by Eleanor Lapp
Hurry Up Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois
It's About Time, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom
More Spaghetti, I Say by Rita Gelman
Nothing But Soup by Katy Hall And Doug Taylor
The Old Man Who Loved Cheese by Garrison Keillor
The Magic Porridge Pot by Paul Galdone
Gregory The Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
One Hungry Monster by Susan Heyboer O'keefe
Sara Squirrel And The Lost Acorns by Julie Sykes And Catherine Walters
The Hungry Things Returns by Jan Slepian And Ann Seidler
Too Much Junk Food by Jan And Stan Berenstain

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DINNER-TIME

Babar Learns To Cook by Laurent De Brunhoff
Dinnertime by Jan Pienkowski
Eating Fractions by Bruce Mcmillan
Eat Your Peas, Louise! Eat by Pegeen Snow
The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy
Green Eggs And Ham by Dr. Seuss
Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
Lunch by Denise Fleming
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Pigs Will Be Pigs by Amy Axelrod
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Sweet Potato Pie by Anne Rockwell
Two For Stew by Laura Numeroff

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FAIRY TALES

Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
Cinderella/That Awful Cinderella: A Classic Tale by Alvin Granowsky
Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters
The Classic Fairy Tales by Iona Opie And Peter Opie
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo
Jack And The Beanstalk/The Beanstalk Incident by Tim Paulson
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Alan Schroeder
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
Yen Shen: A Cinderella Story From China by Ailing Louie

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BUTTONS

Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis
Button by Sara Fanelli
The Button Box by Margarette Reid
Buttons, Buttons by Rozanne L. Williams
Button Soup by Doris Orgel
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Hole Story by Eve Merriam
Snap, Button, Zip: Inventions To Keep Your Clothes On by Vicki Cobb
The Yellow Button by Anne Mazer

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