This is an ongoing list of books that we consider to be the cream of the crop!
MATH
Murderous Maths series - Kjartan Poskitt
Theoni Pappas books, including
- Penrose the Mathematical Cat
- The Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
- The Joy of Mathematics
- Fractals, Googols, and other Mathematical Tales
G is for Googol - David Schwartz
The Number Devil - Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan books, including
- Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
- Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
- Sir Cumference and the Sword and the Cone
- Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
- Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Numberlies - Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
SCIENCE
Horrible Science series - Nick Arnold
Q is for Quark - David Schwartz
1,2,3, Infinity - George Gamow
The Joy of Chemistry - Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf
The Periodic Kingdom - Peter W. Adkins
ENGLISH/VOCABULARY/READING
The Absolutely Awful Alphabet - Mordicai Gerstein
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHIES/GEOGRAPHY
Horrible Geography series- Anita Ganeri
Horribly Famous series (was Dead Famous) - Alan MacDonald
Horrible History series- Terry Deary
REFERENCE
Upside-Down Brilliance - Linda Kreger Silverman
The Educated Child - William J. Bennett
