Multiplication Madness
Children's Literature Connections

Title Author ISBN # Level Description
2 x 2 = Boo! A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories Leedy, Loreen 0-590-05886-X Elementary Comic book style; chapters include Triple Scare, Foursight, Boo Stew
A Remainder of One Pinczes, Elinor J. 0-395-69455-8 Primary Twenty five bugs march in different formations but one bug is always left out
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream Neuschwander, Cindy 0-590-30012-1 Primary Rows of cookies, window panes, and sheep on bikes introduce multiplication
Anno's Magic Seeds Anno, Mitsumasa 0-698-11618-6 Elementary Readers use addition, subtraction, and multiplication to follow this story
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar Anno, Masaichiro 0-698-11753-0 Elementary Three mountains each have 4 kingdoms which each have 5 villages_
Bats on Parade Appelt, Kathi 0-439-20709-6 Primary Marching band sections illustrate square number arrays
Divide and Ride Murphy, Stuart 0-590-21427-6 Primary Friends re-group different ways to sit together on carnival rides
Each Orange Had Eight Slices Giganti, Paul 0-688-13985-X Primary Illustrated riddles introduce the concept of multiplication
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication Book Pallotta, Jerry 0-439-23623-1 Elementary Rectangular sections of Hershey bars illustrate arrays and other math concepts
More M & M's Math McGrath, Barbara 0-88106994-9 Elmentary Children use M & M candies to estimate, sort, graph, compare, divide, and multiply
Necco Sweethearts Math Magic Hirrschmann, Kris 0-439-36538-4 Elementary Candy hearts are sorted, grouped, multiplied and divided
One Grain of Rice Demi 0-590-93998-X Elementary A raja rewards a girl one grain of rice, to be doubled each day for 30 days
One Hundred Hungry Ants Pinczes, Elinor J. 0-395-97123-3 Primary Lines of ants marching to a picnic introduce multiplication arrays
One Hungry Cat Rocklin, Joanne 0-590-93972-6 Primary Tom bakes, divides, and shares yummy treats with friends
Sea Squares Hulme, Joy N. 0-156-282520-8 Primary Poetic sea creatures illustrate square number arrays
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All Burns, Marilyn 0-590-94459-2 Primary A family arranges and rearranges tables and chairs for a family reunion
The Best of Times Tang, Greg 0-439-21044-5 Elementary Clever rhymes and strategies to learn the multiplication tables from zero to 10
The Grapes of Math Tang, Greg 0-439-21033-X Elementary Challenges reader to use patterns, groupings, and number combinations to count
The King's Chessboard Birch, David 0-140-54880-7 Elementary A wise man requests a grain of rice doubled on each square of the king's chessboard
The Trouble with Pets Keenan, Sheila 0-439-30472-5 Primary A girl counts eyes, paws, and equal groups of animals from a pet shop
Too Many Cooks! Buckless, Andrea 0-439-16966-6 Primary Three children use multiplication to increase a recipe, with hilarious results
Two Tickets to Ride Slater, Teddy 0-439-30474-1 Primary Children divide and share 50 amusement park tickets