8 Great Books About the Number Zero

From the branches of a tree to the stars in the sky, Betsy Franco provides tangible ways for kids to understand zero in relation to other numbers and things in their surrounding environments. Paired with delicate illustrations, this book sneaks in several educational components.

Otoshi personifies zero in a book that makes the number a relatable character. Feeling worthless and left out in the beginning, zero (and the reader!) realizes her self-worth by the end.

Welcome to the land of Digitaria where the numbers love to play the game Addemup, but Zero has nothing to add! Will Zero find his place on his journey of self-discovery? Read along and find out!

While this book's educational message is prominent, it's also a story about friendship and kindness. Packed with comic book illustrations and conversations between characters, kids will love this book for it's multi-faceted approach.

Harry the bunny has a math problem! He needs to blow up 100 balloons and he's not sure if he's done it. Full of charming pictures, this book provides easy-to-follow math concepts for kids through the eyes of an adorable bunny.

Where do numbers come from? Zoom through history and fly across the world with the animals of Write Around the World to learn about the universal language: numbers.

This book is a great introductory lesson to negative numbers. Follow Perry the penguin's monetary journey as he earns, spends, finds, loses, and borrows while saving up for an ice scooter.

Everyone's favorite monkey is back! Explore the concept of zero and count by tens with Curious George, who adds a few extra zeroes to his donut order without realizing just how big his delivery problem will become.