Mathical Book Prize

Given by Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute

Other Names: MSRI/CBC Mathical Books for Kids from Tots to Teens
152 Works / 159 Items 141,946 Books 5,036 Reviews 4.1
The Mathical Book Prize aims to inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages. Each year’s winners and honor books join a selective and ever-growing list of new and show more previously published fiction and non-fiction titles for youth. These titles are as varied as the intersection between literature and mathematics — that is to say, they encompass picture books, novels, poetry collections, puzzle books, biographies, and more! Mathematics is much more than the manipulation of numbers shapes, and equations: it spans pattern, sequence, creative order, logical analysis, and problem-solving. The prize seeks to expand the public understanding and enjoyment of mathematics through highlighting titles that will inspire young people of all ages to see the world in new ways. The Mathical selection panel is drawn from librarians, teachers, mathematicians, early childhood experts, and others. The jury selects winners in five grade-level categories: PreK, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (41), Hall of Fame Title (13), Honor Title (105)
Categories:
All, Ages 02-04 (36), Ages 05-07 (36), Ages 08-10 (42), Ages 11-13 (28), Ages 14-18 (17)
Years:
All, 2024 (24), 2023 (17), 2022 (20), 2021 (12), 2020 (16), 2019 (16), 2018 (15), 2017 (11), 2016 (10), 2015 (18)
Announced:
February 21: Winner2024 Recent
February 21: Honor Title2024 Recent

Winner 41

WorkCategoryYear
Kitty and Cat: Bent Out of Shape by Mirka HokkanenAges 02-042024
Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena FisherAges 05-072024
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Incredible Lives for Young Readers (ILYR)) by Priya NarayananAges 08-102024
Talia's Codebook for Mathletes by Marissa MossAges 11-132024
A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars by Hakeem OluseyiAges 14-182024
Again, Essie? (Storytelling Math) by Jenny LacikaAges 02-042023
Zero Zebras: A Counting Book about What’s Not There by Bruce GoldstoneAges 05-072023
Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy FrancoAges 08-102023
Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca BalcárcelAges 11-132023
1 Smile, 10 Toes by Nelleke VerhoeffAges 02-042022
Uma Wimple Charts Her House by Reif LarsenAges 05-072022
Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan ReidAges 08-102022
AfterMath by Emily Barth IslerAges 11-132022
Lia & Luís: Who Has More? by Ana CrespoAges 02-042021
The Animals Would Not Sleep! (Storytelling Math) by Sara LevineAges 05-072021
Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math by Rajani LaRoccaAges 08-102021
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure by John RoccoAges 11-132021
Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine AtkinsAges 14-182021
One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate ReadAges 02-042020
Pigeon Math by Asia CitroAges 05-072020
Solving for M by Jennifer SwenderAges 08-102020
SLAY by Brittney MorrisAges 14-182020
Crash! Boom! A Math Tale by Robie H. HarrisAges 02-042019
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl BardoeAges 05-072019
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyAges 08-102019
To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship by Jeffrey KlugerAges 11-132019
Sheep Won't Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s by Judy CoxAges 05-072018
A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth FishmanAges 08-102018
One Very Big Bear by Alice Brière-HaquetAges 02-042017
Absolutely One Thing: Featuring Charlie and Lola by Lauren ChildAges 05-072017
Which One Doesn't Belong?: Playing with Shapes by Christopher DanielsonAges 08-102017
Mind-Boggling Numbers (Millbrook Picture Books) by Michael J. RosenAges 08-102017
Genius: The Game by Leopoldo GoutAges 14-182017
8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha CooperAges 02-042016
Max's Math (Max's Words) by Kate BanksAges 05-072016
Secret Coders by Gene Luen YangAges 08-102016
Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve LightAges 02-042015
One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura GehlAges 05-072015
Really Big Numbers by Richard Evan SchwartzAges 08-102015
Really Big Numbers by Richard Evan SchwartzAges 11-132015
Nearly Gone by Elle CosimanoAges 14-182015

Honor Title 105

WorkCategoryYear
Ten blocks to the Big Wok : a Chinatown counting book by HuAges 02-042024
Some of These Are Snails by Carter HigginsAges 02-042024
Up to My Knees! (Storytelling Math) by Grace LinAges 02-042024
¡1, 2, 3 Salsa!: English-Spanish Counting Book by Delia RuizAges 02-042024
The Great Cookie Kerfuffle by Jessica ShawAges 02-042024
You Rule! by Rilla AlexanderAges 05-072024
Rafa Counts on Papá by Joe CepedaAges 05-072024
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelleAges 05-072024
We Are Branches by Joyce SidmanAges 05-072024
How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up (How to Explain Science) by Ruth SpiroAges 05-072024
Nine: A Book of Nonet Poems by Irene LathamAges 08-102024
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America by Jan LowerAges 08-102024
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever by Don TateAges 08-102024
The Probability of Everything by Sarah EverettAges 11-132024
Violet and the Pie of Life by D.L. GreenAges 11-132024
The Last Tree Town by Beth TurleyAges 11-132024
Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us by Berna AnatAges 14-182024
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol FollmuthAges 14-182024
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler GreenfieldAges 14-182024
Usha and the Big Digger by Amitha Jagannath KnightAges 02-042023
Numbers Everywhere by Linda Leopold StraussAges 02-042023
Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf by Davide CaliAges 05-072023
Lemonade in Winter by Emily JenkinsAges 05-072023
One Boy Watching by Grant SniderAges 05-072023
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Math for Kids: Fun Math Games and Activities Inspired by Awesome Mathematicians, Past and Present; with 20 Illustrated ... from Around the World (Volume 4) by Rebecca RapoportAges 08-102023
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars by Laurie WallmarkAges 08-102023
The Book of Math by Anna WeltmanAges 08-102023
Women in Engineering by Mary WissingerAges 08-102023
Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology by Karen Latchana KenneyAges 11-132023
The Book of Math by Anna WeltmanAges 11-132023
It's a Numbers Game! Football by Eric ZweigAges 11-132023
Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology by Karen Latchana KenneyAges 14-182023
Shape Up, Construction Trucks! by Victoria AllenbyAges 02-042022
Marta! Big & Small by Jen ArenaAges 02-042022
Circle Under Berry by Carter HigginsAges 02-042022
What Will Fit? (Storytelling Math) by Grace LinAges 02-042022
We Are One: How the World Adds Up by Susan HoodAges 05-072022
Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures in Mathematical Wonderland by Eugenia ChengAges 08-102022
If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village by Jackie McCannAges 08-102022
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci SorellAges 08-102022
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie WallmarkAges 08-102022
It's a Numbers Game! Baseball: The math behind the perfect pitch, the game-winning grand slam, and so much more! by James Jr. BuckleyAges 11-132022
Much Ado About Baseball by Rajani LaRoccaAges 11-132022
In the Red by Christopher SwiedlerAges 11-132022
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle ParksAges 14-182022
One Is a Piñata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Greenfield ThongAges 02-042021
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-RansomeAges 05-072021
Billions of Bricks: A Counting Book About Building by Kurt CyrusAges 05-072021
Bird Count by Susan Edwards RichmondAges 05-072021
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented by Tanya Lee StoneAges 08-102021
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics by Laurie WallmarkAges 08-102021
David Blackwell and the Deadliest Duel by Robert BlackAges 14-182021
Animal Shapes by Christopher Silas NealAges 02-042020
One Happy Tiger by Catherine RaynerAges 02-042020
Round by Joyce SidmanAges 02-042020
Count on Me by Miguel TancoAges 05-072020
Is 2 a Lot: An Adventure With Numbers by Annie WatsonAges 05-072020
Katherine Johnson (DK Life Stories) by Ebony Joy WilkinsAges 08-102020
All of the Above by Shelley PearsallAges 11-132020
Can You Crack the Code? A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography by Ella SchwartzAges 11-132020
It’s a Numberful World: How Math Is Hiding Everywhere by Eddie WooAges 14-182020
100 Bugs!: A Counting Book by Kate NaritaAges 02-042019
Press Here by Hervé TulletAges 02-042019
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... by Molly BangAges 05-072019
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine BeckerAges 05-072019
3x4 by Ivan BrunettiAges 05-072019
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague by Julia Finley MoscaAges 05-072019
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve JenkinsAges 08-102019
Hidden Women: The African-American Mathematicians of NASA Who Helped America Win the Space Race (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Stories) by Rebecca RissmanAges 08-102019
If You Find This by Matthew BakerAges 11-132019
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforAges 14-182019
Baby Goes to Market by AtinukeAges 02-042018
I Know Numbers! by Tarō GomiAges 02-042018
Goodnight, Numbers by Danica McKellarAges 02-042018
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant by Songju Ma DaemickeAges 05-072018
How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea MenottiAges 05-072018
Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives by Lola M. SchaeferAges 05-072018
By the Numbers 3.14: 110.01 Cool Infographics Packed With Stats and Figures by National Geographic KidsAges 08-102018
Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds (Eat Your Homework) by Ann McCallumAges 08-102018
Giant Pumpkin Suite by Melanie Heuiser HillAges 11-132018
Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy LichtmanAges 11-132018
Navigating Early by Clare VanderpoolAges 11-132018
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee ShetterlyAges 14-182018
A Mousy Mess (Mouse Math) by Eleanor MayAges 02-042017
Shapes, Reshape!: A Minibombo Book by Silvia BorandoAges 05-072017
Ruby Redfort: Feel the Fear by Lauren ChildAges 11-132017
Meanwhile by Jason ShigaAges 14-182017
Count with Maisy, Cheep, Cheep, Cheep! by Lucy CousinsAges 02-042016
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah HeiligmanAges 05-072016
Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little by Nicola DaviesAges 08-102016
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly JonesAges 08-102016
Leonardo da Vinci Gets a Do-Over (Innovators in Action) by Mark P. FriedlanderAges 11-132016
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah HopkinsonAges 11-132016
Count the Monkeys by Mac BarnettAges 02-042015
Over in a River: Flowing Out to the Sea by Marianne BerkesAges 02-042015
Zero the Hero: A Book about Nothing! by Joan HolubAges 05-072015
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D'AgneseAges 08-102015
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick LewisAges 08-102015
Numbed! by David LubarAges 08-102015
Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal (Bedtime Math Series) by Laura OverdeckAges 08-102015
The Rookie Bookie by L. Jon WertheimAges 08-102015
Mathemagic!: Number Tricks by Lynda ColganAges 11-132015
The Ice Castle: An Adventure in Music by Pendred NoyceAges 11-132015
What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter by Jeffrey BennettAges 14-182015
The Unknowns: A Mystery by Benedict CareyAges 14-182015

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