It’s back to school time! As we head back to school and get our brains back in learning mode, we love finding children’s books that introduce educational concepts. This batch of new math books for kids is full of fun and interesting books that explore math concepts in a fun and interesting way!

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A Beautiful House for Birds

Written and illustrated by Grace Lin

This cute board book follows a little girl as she paints a birdhouse. She starts painting a pattern of stripes but makes a mistake. Can she turn her mistake into a new pattern? This is a cute introduction to patterns for very young kids with a simple text and cute illustrations.

Where are the Eggs?

Written and illustrated by Grace Lin

This board book explores the math concept of spatial sense as a young girl tries to find the eggs that her chickens have laid all over the yard. The simple text and cute illustrations make this a great way to introduce direction words such as behind, on top of, and next to.

Our Favorite Apples

Written and illustrated by Grace Lin

This board book focuses on the math skills sorting and classifying. As Manny, Oliver and Mei pick apples, they sort them by color. This is a great introduction to sorting through easy to read text and cute illustrations.

Who Jumps More?

Written and illustrated by Grace Lin

This board book focuses on the math concepts measurement and proportion. The story follows Olivia and Mei as they jump in the snow. While one takes smaller leaps, the other takes large jumps. How can they figure out who jumped more? The simple text and cute illustrations explore the concept through a familiar children’s activity.

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The 90s for Babies! A Totally Rad Counting Book

Illustrated by Kim Drane

This board book uses familiar 90s trends and icons to introduce kids to numbers 1-10. Each two page spread focuses on one number, with a simple sentence and colorful cartoon illustration highlighting a 90s symbol, ranging from bucket hats to grunge rockers. This is a fun counting book with brightly colored illustrations that will entertain young kids and a fun nostalgia that adults will enjoy.

Beto’s Berry Treasure

Written by Jenny Lacika and illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda

This book introduces the math concept of mapping through a cute story of a brother and sister who disagree on what to play. Beto tries to convince his sister through a map to a hidden treasure, but he must continue to add to his map to make it easier for her to understand. The back of the book includes a note from the author about the importance of working together, as well as a glossary of Spanish words used throughout the book, and more information about the math concepts in the book. There are also activities for kids and families to try on their own!

Animal Countdown

Written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

This beautiful book counts backwards from 10 to 1, using beautiful illustrations of animals. Each number is highlighted on a foldout page with a cut-out focusing on part of the animal illustration that creates the featured numeral. When the page is folded out, there is a beautiful illustration of a group of animals. Kids will enjoy counting the animals in the illustrations on each page, and the back of the book includes more information on the endangered species highlighted throughout the book.

A Treasure of Measures

Written by Mike Downs and illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz

This picture book introduces readers to different units of measurement, from seconds and inches to decibels and minutes. The poetic text then encourages them to think of more creative ways to measure things in their lives. Can we measure how much we have grown by how high we swing or how many new words we know? The beautiful illustrations show all kinds of kids enjoying special moments in their lives. The back of the book includes more information about units of measurement, and activities for kids to practice measuring things.

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Lia & Luis Puzzled!

Written by Ana Crespo and illustrated by Giovana Medeiros

When the twins Lia and Luis receive a mysterious package in the mail from their grandmother in Brazil, they discover a puzzle with a secret message. As they attempt to put the puzzle together, they teach the reader important lesson about geometry and sorting. The back of the book includes a glossary of
Brazilian Portugese words used in the book, as well as an author’s note and activities for trying the math on your own.

A Quest for a Tangram Dragon

Written by Christine Liu Perkins and illustrated by Lynn Scurfield

This adorable picture book follows a little triangle Tangram as it goes on a quest to find a Chinese dragon to end a long drought. As it comes across other shapes, they blend together to create new shapes. The illustrations blend beautiful landscape imagery with the colorful cartoon tangrams, showing all different shapes that can be made with the tangram pieces. The back of the book includes a note from the author, as well as information about the history of tangrams and how they help kids develop math skills.

How Many Squirrels Are in the World?

Written by Ben Gundersheimer and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero

In this peppy rhyming book, a young girl decides she wants to count all the squirrels in the world. As she runs around spotting squirrels everywhere around her, she counts up to 10. But they keep zooming around everywhere, making it hard to keep track. In the end, she decides to just count the squirrels in her yard. Kids will enjoy counting along with her, and spotting the tricky squirrels in the illustrations. In the back of the book, there is a list of squirrel facts too.

Noni the Pony Counts to a Million

Written by Alison Lester

Join Noni the pony as she and her animal friends count things around them. The rhyming text and colorful illustrations follow them as they count from one tree to ten ladybugs, then counting on to dozens, hundreds, and even millions. This is a cute way to explore counting from 1 to 10, and introducing the concepts of larger numbers.

Unicorn on a Unicycle: A Counting Book of Wheels

Written by Lynda Graham-Barber and illustrated by Jordan Wray

Join a unicorn on a unicycle as he makes his way around town counting the numbers of wheels on each vehicle he passes. The rhyming text highlights the different animals and their vehicles, and kids will love the silly illustrations showing animals driving vehicles. In the end, the text  asks the reader how many wheels they can see at the big jamboree.

Friends of Numbers

Written by Priya Narayanan and illustrated by Satwik Gade

This picture book biography introduces readers to Srinivasa Ramanujan, a famous mathematician from southern India. The text follows him from his childhood to adulthood, sharing the big moments in his life and how he followed his passion for numbers to make big discoveries. The illustrations highlight how numbers and patterns appeared differently to him, inspiring him to delve further into math. The back of the book includes a note from the author with more information Ramanujan’s life, as well as an explanation of patterns in numbers.

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Math and Me

Written by Joanne Mattern

This series of nonfiction books uses real world photographs and situations to explore math concepts found in every day life. Each book is full of important nonfiction text features like headings, bolded words, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Kids can explore math concepts in their every day life through books such as Math in the Garden, Math at the Store, Math on a  Trip, Math in the Kitchen, Math and School, and Math at the Game. Each of these books explores important concepts such as counting, adding, subtracting, measuring, telling time, and more.

The Solvers: The DivMulti Ray Dilemma

Written by Jon Chad

This math graphic novel follows a team of crime fighting kid superheroes who use the power of math to defeat the arch villain Null Void. When Null Void steals a laser that can multiply or divide anything, it is up to the superheroes to learn everything they can about multiplication and division in order to save the day! Kids will love learning along with the easy to understand language and colorful, action packed illustrations as they watch the superheroes save the day.

The Solvers: The Shrinking Setback

Written by Jon Chad

In this second book in the Solvers series revisits the superhero team as they continue to fight against Null Void. When she slips them a shrinking potion, they must learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and decimals in order to get back to their regular size. This is a fun way to introduce the concepts of fractions and decimals to young readers, with each concept explored through easy language and action packed illustrations.

What are your favorite new math books for kids? Share them in the comments below!

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