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Posted: June 02 2010 at 11:18am | IP Logged Quote albeto
What are you favorite non text math books for middle and high school?
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Are you looking for living math suggestions?

I'm just popping this thread for some suggestions. Some might do for middle school.

I forget if MacBeth's Opinions was included in the above mentioned thread, but lots of ideas here, too.

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Posted: June 30 2010 at 8:57am | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
Don't know how I missed this...

Jenn's links have some great books. Some specific books from that list that we've enjoyed with older kids:


Mathematics A Human Endeavor by Harold Jacobs. It is a textbook, but for general math. We've used it for fun.

A Gebra Named Al by Wendy Isdell

The Dot and the Line and The Phantom Tollbooth, both by Norton Juster

The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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The Massachusetts state website for educators has a list of living math book by grade (to match the "standards" of course) that go through 8th grade. The list is here. Scroll down to the Connecting Math and Literature section.

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Penny Gardner's site has a great living math booklist!

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Posted: June 30 2010 at 8:23pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
Not a book, but helpful for adding to the Book of Centuries - Timeline of Mathematicians.

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