Prairie Boy's Winter William Kurelek Houghton Mifflin, 1973. This book about growing up on the Canadian prairie in the 1930s may be used to study time zones, maps and scales, and integers. Calculator Fun Barrie Henderson Scholastic, 1994. Suggests ways to use a calculator to play games with different kinds of numbers, including integers. How to Hunt for Buried Treasure James M. Deem Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Readers discover how to follow clues from one site to the next in a logical way.
Suggested for application of logical reasoning skills. The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People Oxford University Press, 1995. Precise biographical information on famous mathematicians and scientists including Euclid, Pythagoras, and Kelvin. Play and Playscapes Joe L. Frost Delmar Publishers, 1992. Discusses the design of playgrounds and addresses factors used in determining construction, including the age of children using the playground, handicap accessibility, the size of the area to be built, and equipment used.