Below is a list of books which teachers have found useful for starting conversations about data in the classroom. Book reviews from teachers and learners will be linked below each title as we receive them.
Have you used one of these books to teach data in your classroom and want to share your experience? Is there a book not listed below that you would recommend to other teachers? Get in touch!
David Smith (2018) If the world were a village. Bloomsbury Education.
Animated video version
Resources from nrich maths
World Population Clock
David Smith (2016) If… A mind bending way of looking at big ideas and numbers. Wayland.
Miranda Smith (2022) If the world were 100 animals Red Shed.
David McCandless (2009) Information is Beautiful. Collins
David McCandless (2009) Beautiful news.
Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund (2018) Factfulness. Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world and why things are better than we think. Sceptre.
Caroline Criado Perez (2019) Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men Chatto & Windus.
Georgia Lupi and Stephanie Posavec (2018) Observe, Collect, Draw! A visual journal. Discover patterns in your everyday life. Princeton Architectural Press.
Stephanie Posavec and Miriam Quick (2020) I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. Particular Books.
Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize review
Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize review
Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West (2021) Calling Bullshit. The art of scepticism in a data-driven world. Penguin Random House.
Ron Ritchart, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison (2011) Making Thinking Visible: How to promote engagement, understanding, and independence for all learners. Jossey-Bass
Stuart Murphy (2022) Show and Tell! Great graphs and smart charts: an introduction to infographics. Charlesbridge Publishing.
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti (2016) Where the animals go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics. Particular Books.
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti (2021) Atlas of the Invisible. Particular Books.