Homework

How to Do Homework without Throwing Up by Trevor Romain. Free Spirit, 1997. Funny book that gives helpful
advice about doing homework. See also the video by the same name.

Research ate my brain: the panic-proof guide to surviving homework. Toronto Public Library.
Annick Press, 2005.

Surviving Homework: Tips from Teens by Amy Nathan. Millbrook Press, 1996. The book offers tips from 300 top
high school juniors and seniors.

 

Other Math Ideas

Big Numbers: And Pictures That Show Just How Big They Are! by Edward Packard. Millbrook Press, 2000.

Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti, Jr. Greenwillow Books, 1992. Counting or multiplying
the parts of things. For example, a page with several clowns, each holding bunches of balloons asks,
“How many clowns? How many bunches of balloons? How many balloons?”

The Great Math Tattle Battle by Anne Bowen. A. Whitman, 2006. Two kids learn to stop tattling while doing
math.

Hat Tricks Count: A Hockey Number Book by Matt Napier. Sleeping Bear Press, 2005. Numbers introduce rules,
history and famous names in hockey.

Math for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns. Little, Brown, 1982. Lots of puzzles and patterns and things to do for
kids who are good readers.

Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy. Holiday House, 1997. A class gets introduced to addition facts and solves a mystery.

The Mission of Addition by Brian P. Cleary. Millbrook Press, 2005. Fun ways to learn addition.