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Math as Literature
Recommended Reading to Supplement the Study of Math
The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas
The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan (Illustrator)
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller Susan McCrath
Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts by Judy Liautaud, et al
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator)
Calculus by and for Young People (Ages 7, Yes 7 and Up) by Donald Cohen (worksheets available)
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Masaichiro & Mitsumasa Anno
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, et al
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Bonnie MacKain (Illustrator), et al
A Remainder of One by Bonnie MacKain (Illustrator), Elinor J Pinczes
The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Tahan, et al
Fantasia Mathematica: Being a Set of Stories, Together With a Group of Oddments and Diversions, All Drawn from the Universe of Mathematics by Clifton Fadiman (Editor)
The Mathematical Magpie: Being More Stories, Mainly Transcendental, Plus Subjects of Essays, Rhymes, Music, Anecdotes, Epigrams, and Other Prime Oddments by Clifton Fadiman (Editor)
Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas
Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices by Theoni Pappas
Conned Again, Watson! Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math, and Probability by Colin Bruce
A Gebra Named Al: A Novel by Wendy Isdell
Imaginary Numbers : An Anthology of Marvelous Mathematical Stories, Diversions, Poems, and Musings by William Frucht (Editor)
The Book of Numbers by John Horton Conway, Richard K. Guy
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton, Richard Phillips Feynman
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Edward Hutchings (Editor), et al
Math Trek : Adventures in the Math Zone by Ivars Peterson & Nancy Henderson
Math Trek 2 : A Mathematical Space Odyssey by Ivars Peterson & Nancy Henderson
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Kendahl J. Jubb
Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick (Author), Woollcott Smith
In Code: A Mathematical Journey by Sarah Flannery, David Flannery (Contributor)
Powers of Ten by Philip Morrison, et al
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider
Algebra
Unplugged by Kenn Amdahl, Jim Loats