Math Games & Activities

These are fun math books (yes, "fun" and "math" can coexist within the same sentence). One of the most attractive elements of most of them is that they aren't curricula or self-consciously "educational." Don't get us wrong—your kids will learn plenty from these books, but there's a good chance they won't even realize they're learning as they read. Sometimes it's easy to assume we don't like a subject when we don't really understand it or know anything about it; before you decide you hate math forever, we recommend you check out some of these titles.

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25 Mini Math Mysteries
by Bill Johnson
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
25 Super Cool Math Board Games
by Lorraine Hopping Egan; illustrated by Teresa Anderko
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist
by Martin Lee
from Teaching Resources
for Grades 4th-8th
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
for Grades 3rd-5th
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$7.00 (2 in stock)
Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
by Sean Connolly
from Workman Publishing
for 4th-10th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Book of Perfectly Perilous Math
by Sean Connolly
from Workman Publishing
for 4th-10th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Book of Think
Brown Paper School Books
by Marilyn Burns
from Little, Brown & Company
for 3rd-7th grade
in Logic Resources (Location: LOG-RES)
Cool Math
by Christy Maganzini
from Lowell House
for 4th-6th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Corners Card Deck
from Activities for Learning, Inc.
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in RightStart Mathematics (Location: MAT-RSM)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Creating Line Designs Book 1
by Randy Womack
from Golden Educational Center
for 3rd-8th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Delightful Decimals
by Lynette Long
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Decimals (Location: MATR-DEC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Designs in Math - Addition
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Addition (Location: MATR-AR1AD)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Each Orange Has 8 Slices
by Paul Giganti, Jr.
1st edition from Greenwillow Books
for Grades 1st-4th
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
Elementary Math Games
by Miryam Alter
1st edition from Critical Thinking Books
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$15.99
Fabulous Fractions
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Fractions (Location: MATR-FRA)
Family Math
by Jean Kerr Stenmark, et al.
from University of California Press
for Kindergarten-7th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$10.00 (3 in stock)
Graph Grapplers
by Evelyn B. Christensen
from Mindware
for 3rd-6th grade
in Brain Teasers & Puzzlers (Location: LOG-PUZ)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Great Graphs and Sensational Statistics
by Lynette Long
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-7th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Groovy Geometry
by Lynette Long
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Geometry & Shapes (Location: MATR-GEO)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication Book
by Jerry Pallotta & Rob Bolster
from Scholastic Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Multiplication (Location: MATR-AR3MU)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie?
from Time-Life Books
for 3rd-5th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
I Hate Mathematics! Book
by Marilyn Burns
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-7th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Marvelous Multiplication
by Lynette Long
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Multiplication (Location: MATR-AR3MU)
Math Analogies Level 2
by Doug & Linda Brumbaugh
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th-5th grade
in Critical Thinking Math (Location: MAT-CTP)
$11.99
Math Art Grades 3-5
by Carolyn Ford Brunetto
from Teaching Resources
for 3rd-5th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Math By All Means: Probability
by Marilyn Burns
from Math Solutions
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
Math Card Games Kit with AL Abacus Standard
by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D.
4th edition from Activities for Learning, Inc.
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in RightStart Mathematics (Location: MAT-RSM)
$60.00 (1 in stock)
Math Detective Beginning
by Terri Husted
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd-4th grade
in Critical Thinking Math (Location: MAT-CTP)
$19.99
Math for Smarty Pants
by Marilyn Burns
from Scholastic Inc.
for Grades 2nd-4th
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Measurement Mania
by Lynette Long
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
Mega-Fun Card Game Math
by Karol L. Yeatts
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-5th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Multiplying Menace
by Pam Calvert
from Charlesbridge
for Grades 3rd-6th
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.95
Multiplying Menace Divides
by Pam Calvert
1st edition from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-4th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.95
Multiplying Menace Divides
by Pam Calvert
1st edition from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-4th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Place for Zero
by Angeline Sparagna LoPresti
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-4th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.95 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Pythagoras and the Ratios
by Julie Ellis
from Charlesbridge
for Grades 3rd-5th
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Pythagoras and the Ratios
by Julie Ellis, illustrated by Phyllis Hornung Peacock
from Charlesbridge
for Grades 3rd-5th
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Quick Flip Arithmetic
for 1st-6th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
RightStart Clock Card Deck
from Activities for Learning, Inc.
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in RightStart Mathematics (Location: MAT-RSM)
$4.50 (3 in stock)
RightStart Fraction Card Deck
from Activities for Learning, Inc.
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in RightStart Mathematics (Location: MAT-RSM)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
RightStart Money Card Deck
from Activities for Learning, Inc.
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in RightStart Mathematics (Location: MAT-RSM)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens
by Cindy Neuschwander
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Sir Cumference Gets Decima's Point
by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan
from Charlesbridge
for 2nd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99
Sold! A Mothematics Adventure
by Bryn Barnard, Nathan Zimelman
from Charlesbridge
for 3rd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
This is NOT a Math Book
by Anna Weltman
from Kane Miller
for 4th-6th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?
by Julie Ellis
from Charlesbridge
for 3rd-6th grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$7.99