Measurement

Title
Author
Grade
Comments
Actual Size Jenkins
PK-5
Animal collages in actual size
A House for Hermit Crab Carle
PK-3
Measurement; months of the year; timeline
Alley Oop! Mayer
PK-3
Estimate weight of each animal; total
A Pig is Big Florian
PK-3
Size
Armadillo Rodeo Brett
PK-3
Lesson
Block City Stevenson
PK-3
Measurement; architecture; city design      Lesson
Carrie Measures Up Aber
PK-3
Measuring things around the house
Come Away From the Water, Shirley Burningham & Cape
PK-3
Capacity
Counting on Frank Clement
PK-6
Volume and other measurements
Esio Trot Dahl
4-6
Size; tortoises
Fannie in the Kitchen Hopkinson
PK-3
Precise measurements; cooking recipes
Farmer Mack Measures His Pig Johnston
PK-3
Fatter and better jumper
Fish Fry Tonight Koller
PK-3
Size comparison
How Big is a Foot? Myller
PK-3
Non-standard measurements      
How Tall, How Short, How Far Away Adler
PK-3
Metric/standard measurements; history of measurement     Lesson
How to Weigh an Elephant Barner
PK-3
Animals compare weight to an elephant
The 100-Pound Problem Dussling
PK-3
Weight; problem solving
If You Hopped Like a Frog Schwartz
PK-3
Ratio of sizes
Inch by Inch Lionni
PK-3
Non-standard units
1960 Caldecott winner     Webpage
Inchworm and a Half Pinczes
PK-3
Measuring the garden; whole numbers & fractions
Is the Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Wells
PK-3
Measurement, large number sense      Lesson
Jack & the Beanstalk  
Estimation of measurement      
Webpage
Jim & the Beanstalk Briggs
PK-3
Twisted tale of measurement and proportion
Just a Little Bit Tompert
PK-3
Weight & balancing amounts
Keep Your Distance Herman
PK-3
Distance in inches, feet, yards, miles
Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide Fey
Measurement
Lulu's Lemonade Derubertis
PK-3
Recipe doubling; teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, and gallons
The Man Who Walked Between The Towers Gerstein
K-6
Highest towers; 44 pound cable; height
Caldecott book
Mapping Penny's World Leedy
PK-3
Map scale, key, symbols
Marvin Measures Up Browning
PK-3
Measuring sticks
Marvin Weighs In Browning
PK-3
Weight
The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities & Recipes for Kids D'Amico & Eich
4-6
Makes fractions, measurements, multiplication and other math concepts fun
Measuring Penny Leedy
PK-3
Non-standard measurement
Millions to Measure Schwartz
PK-3
Origins of measurement
Miss Nelson is Missing! Allard
PK-3
Non-standard measurement      
More for Me Kleinhenz
PK-3
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw McMillan
PK-3
Point of view, perspective, size
Much Bigger Than Martin Kellogg
PK-3
Size
Mushroom in the Rain Ginsburg
PK-3
Mushroom grows to fit; measurement
My Friend Rabbit
2003 Caldecott
Rohmann
PK-3
Height
My Place in Space Hirst
PK-3

Distance, space, micro/macrocosm
Lesson

The Mysterious Tadpole Kellogg
PK-3
Measure the tadpole
Nature Got There First Gates
4-7
Spatial relations, weight, geometric form
One-Eyed Jake Hutchins
PK-3
Pirates; heavier, lighter; balance
"One Inch Tall" from Where the Sidewalk Ends Silverstein
Measurement
Lesson
Pardon? Said the Giraffe West
PK-3
Comparative sizes
Patrick's Dinosaurs Carrick
PK-3
Large creatures
Pigs in the Pantry Axelrod
PK-3
Cooking measurements; following recipes
Pigs on the Move Axelrod
PK-3
Distance
Re-Zoom Banyai
PK-3
Size; proportion; sequencing
Slower than a Snail Schreiber
PK-3
Speed; size
Star Maiden Esbensen
PK-3
Non-standard measurement; Native American tale
Storybook Stew: Cooking with Books Kids Love Barchers
4-6
Cooking measures
Strega Nona dePaola PK-3 Volume; measurement; too much pasta
Super Sand Castle Saturday Murphy
PK-3
Non-standard measurement; multi-ethnic
Tell Me How Far It Is (Spanish) Willis
PK-3
Length; distance
The Best Bug Parade: Comparing Sizes Murphy
PK-3
Size
The Biggest Fish Keenan
PK-3
Non-standard
The Borrowers Norton
4-6
Scale, ratio, and proportion
The Dragon's Scales Albee
PK-3
Weight; balance scales
The Fattest, Tallest, Biggest Snowman Ever Rex
PK-3
Size
The Foot Book Seuss
PK-3
Estimating measurement     
Lesson
The Enormous Turnip Tolstoi
PK-3
Size vs ability
The Light Princess MacDonals
4-6
Weight, mass, weightlessness; gravity
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale Brett
PK-3
Size; Ukrainian folktale
The Trouble with Elephants Riddell
PK-3
Size, weight
The Mysterious Tadpole Kellogg
PK-3
Size
The Village of Round and Square Houses Grifalconi
PK-3
Actual African village story
There's No Place Like Space Rabe
4-8
Space; distance; measurement      Webpage
Thunder Cake Polacco
PK-3
Cooking
Tiddalick, the Frog Who Caused a Flood Roennfeldt
PK-3
Capacity; aboriginal dreamtime legend
Twelve Snails to One Lizard Hightower
PK-3
Non-standard measurement; length in inches/feet/yards
Two Greedy Bears Ginsburg
PK-3
Measurement; Hungarian folktale
Wagon Wheels Brenner
PK-3
Distance; how long to travel
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? (Spanish) Wells
4-6
Size from small to big
What's Up with That Cup Keenan
PK-3
Choosing measuring tools
Who Sank the Boat? Allen
PK-3 
Weight, balance, capacity; estimation & prediction; sink/float      Webpage
Capacity lesson
Wilma Unlimited Krull
4-6
Measurement; timeline; Olympics
Zoom Banyai
PK-3
Size; perspective