54 of the Best Picture Books for Geometry

Is geometry a scary word in your homeschool? It doesn’t have to be! These living books for geometry help to introduce basic concepts to your children in a fun way. Stories can often help simplify math concepts in a way that kids can easily understand. The whole family is bound to enjoy these living books, especially the math adventure books towards the end of this post!

These geometry picture books can help children understand math easily!

Whether you’re hoping to teach a new concept, reiterate one, or simply read these books for fun, you won’t be disappointed. I can’t wait to hear which geometry books from this list are your favorites. Feel free to add new ones to the list by commenting below, too!

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Living Books About Shapes

Shapes are the foundation of geometry and spatial understanding. These books give children a wonderful introduction to basic 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes through stories and connections to real life. Some of them build understanding about how shapes work together, too.

Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy
Circus Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy
Goldilocks and Three Squares by Grace MacCarone
Hamster Champs by Stuart J. Murphy
Icky Bug Shapes by Jerry Pallotta
If You Were a Polygon by Marcie Aboff
If You Were a Quadrilateral by Molly Cece Barlow Blaisdell
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Round Is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
Shape Up by David A. Adler
Shapes by Henry Pluckrose
Spotted Yellow Frogs by Matthew Van Fleet
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
The Wing on the Flea by Ed Emberly
Triangles by David A. Adler
When a Line Bends…a Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Zachary Zormer Shape Transformer by Joanne Anderson Reisberg

Living Books for Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

This particular list of books will help your children dive into a deeper understanding geometry and spatial reasoning concepts through stories that have a little more meat on their bones. Many of them also help kids to develop critical thinking skills for higher level math, as well as every other area of life.

A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
Chickens on the Move by Meg Belviso
Cut Down to Size at High Noon by Scott Sundby
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
Mummy Math by Cindy Neuschwander
Perimeter, Area, and Volume by David A. Adler
Pythagoras and the Ratios by Julie Ellis
Racing Around by Stuart J. Murphy
Re-Zoom by Istvan Banyai
Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns
Tangled by Anne Miranda
The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman
The Fly on the Ceiling by Julie Glass
The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
The Librarian Who Measured Earth by Kathryn Lasky
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis
Zoom by Istvan Banyai

The Sir Cumference Series

Out Family LOVES the Sir Cumference series. They help slightly older elementary and middle school children understand geometry concepts like radius, diameter, angles, and area. They are fantastic for modeling problem-solving strategies, too. Trust me, you don’t wanna miss out on these fun math adventures!

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Viking’s Map by Cindy Neuschwander

The Warlord’s Series

The Warlord series is another great math adventure series. They are geared towards a younger age than the Sir Cumference books and would be appropriate through all of the elementary years. The books I’ve listed here tie in nicely with geometry topics, and like the Sir Cumference series, they also boost problem-solving skills. As you probably know, I’m a huge proponent of children learning critical thinking and problem solving skills!

The Warlord’s Kites by Virginia Pilegard
The Warlord’s Puppeteers by Virginia Pilegard
The Warlord’s Puzzle by Virginia Pilegard

Quilts

A fun way to enjoy the study of geometry is to focus on quilts. Yes, quilts! By design, quilts are made from shapes – and all kinds of them – fitting together into tessellation patterns. Consider actually making some real or constrution paper quilt squares as you enjoy any or all of these wonderful books about quilts.

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston
The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau

Living math is one of my favorite things to teach in our homeschool. Making connections to math concepts through literature, real-life activities, specific problem solving, and even gameschooling have made our homeschool so much better over the years. If you’d like to know more, check out either of the following resources.