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 |
| 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 |