Are you looking for fun counting books to help students learn how to count? These 10 books are great to use to help students with number sense from 1 to 100. There is a variety of books that teachers and parents would read aloud to kids and some that young readers can read independently.
Counting Books for Kids
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Counting in the Garden by Kim Parker
Beautiful book for counting. Each page has animals hidden in the garden. Readers will have to count the animals that blend in with the garden. A great connection with camouflage as well. This is one where readers will want to curl up and help count.
Click, Clack, Splash: A Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin
A fun counting book that would pair easily with Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type. These farm animals are working together to prepare for a big day. Each page features a different number of animals.
1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book by Juana Medina
In this book photos of vegetables are turned into animals. Readers count the number of items added to the salad. This would pair great with From the Garden: A Counting Book About Growing Food by Michael Dahl. You could extend this by having readers build their own salads with a specific number of items.
This counting book is super funny. It follows an AABB rhyming pattern. Readers follow the adventures of these zany zoo animals. This is one with more words and would be less of a book for independent readers.
The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta
Fun facts about insects along with counting? What could be more fun. The author of this book wrote the Who Would Win Series and he is full of fun facts that readers love!
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
A monkey is trying to figure out how to cross a sea of crocodiles to get to an island with lots of bananas. This sneaky monkey counts the crocodiles on his way to the island and counts backwards on the way back. This is a fun book to count and to search for the sneaky monkey on each page.
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
Each page of this counting book has a number and a key of images to find. Whatever number is written on the page is the number of that image that readers will find. The book covers 1-10, but it also builds up to 100. This is a fun one that readers can read on their own.
Ten Naughty Monkeys by Suzanne Williams
A new take on 10 Monkeys Jumping on the bed. These ten monkeys get hurt in so many ways from skating on the street to playing dress up. Each time mama calls the doctor to find out what to do.
Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards
In this funny counting book, a family of warthogs is baking cupcakes. They count out the items they put in their cupcakes, everything including pickles! The end of the book has a recipe for Human Cupcakes and for Warthog Cupcakes. This book will have readers counting while they giggle.
More Counting Book Suggestions
- Cheerio Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
- Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth
- Frankie Works the Night Shift by Lisa Westberg Peters
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