I cannot believe I forgot to mention these books in my list of fun and potentially inspiring math story books: The Life of Fred: "Math As Serious As It Needs to Be." The first title in the series is "Apples." We borrowed it from a friend once and thought it was really engaging and definitely stimulating. Some people use these books for their math curriculum, but I think they are best as "fun math" for days when I want to introduce a new concept, or get the kids interacting with ideas more independently, or just to have a break from "regular" math and do something different and fun.
Alas, the library does not appear to have any of them, and I believe we can no longer use Ocean Grove funds to purchase these books. : ( But ask your ES if there are any at the resource center.
Or, if any of you Vintage homeschool parents have any Life of Fred books and don't mind sharing, please let us know in the comments below!
I found a site that allows you to download a preview of many of the Life of Fred books. Here's the download link to the "Apples" book (let's see if that works--not sure if I can link to a pdf).
Here is the link to all of the previews.
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