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For Families » Math-Oriented Books

  To learn more about using literature to teach mathematics:

» Find out why and how teaching mathematics using literature works.

Book List

" ... using mathematics to tell stories and using stories to explain mathematics are two sides of the same coin. They join what should never have been separated: the scientist's and the artist's ways of uncovering truths about the world."
— William Frucht

The Literature-Math Connection
Math is all around us-especially in many great child- and youth-centered books. Explore some of these books together as a family to see the connection first-hand.

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