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Encyclopedia of Education by Guthrie, James W.
Call Number: R 370.3 En19g 2003 v1-8
ISBN: 002865594X
Encyclopedia of Educational Research by Alkin, Marvin C.
Call Number: R 370.7 En19a 1992
ISBN: 0029004314
Publication Date: 1992
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education by Louise Grinstein; Sally I. Lipsey
Call Number: R 510.71 En19g
ISBN: 081531647X
Publication Date: 2001

Math Juvenile Literature

Below is a list of some selected titles at Columbia College: ( See also the page Literature Connections Books)

Anno's Counting Book
A counting book depicting the growth in a village and surrounding countryside during twelve months.
Beanstalk: The Measure of a Giant
Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk and encounters a very lonely boy giant, and by using ratios and proportion he makes toys that are the right size for each of them.
Betcha!
Uses a dialog between two friends, one who estimates, one who counts precisely, to show estimation at work in everyday life.
Clocks and More Clocks
Not one of Mr. Higgins' four clocks kept the correct time until the Clockmaker assured him that they were all correct.
Count on Your Fingers African Style
Describes how finger counting is used for communication of price and quantity in an East African market place.
Counting caterpillars and other math poems
Poems and companion activities about addition, subtraction, shapes, patterns, measurement, time, money, and more.
Equal, Shmequal
In order to have fun at a game of tug-of-war, forest animals balance the teams by using a see-saw. Includes nonfiction math notes for meanings of equal.
Fly on the Ceiling
A story about how the very messy French philosopher, Rene Descartes, invented an ingenious way to keep track of his possessions.
G is for Googol : A Math Alphabet Book
Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.
Marvelous math : a book of poems
Presents such poems as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by such writers as Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Ilo Orleans.
Math Potatoes : Mind-stretching Brain Food
Math combines with pictures, riddles, and poems
More M&M's Math
Rhyming text and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills and concepts such as estimation, graph interpretation, division, multiplication, factoring, and problem solving.
On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey
Explores counting by powers of ten all the way up to the largest numbers that exist.
Shapes and Things
Photographs, created without a camera, of familiar household objects.
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland : a Math Adventure
Geometry story
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter : a Math Adventure
Geometry story
Spaghetti and meatballs for all! : a mathematical story
The seating for a family reunion gets complicated as people rearrange the tables and chairs to seat additional guests.
The Grapes of Math : Mind Stretching Math Riddles
Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.
Topsys & turvys. [Number 2]
Puzzle pictures
M&M's Brand Counting Book
Rhyming text and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills and concepts such as estimation, graph interpretation, division, multiplication, factoring, and problem solving.
More M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Math
Rhyming text and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills and concepts such as estimation, graph interpretation, division, multiplication, factoring, and problem solving.

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