Mathical Book Prize
Award-winning Mathical titles are selected by a nationwide committee of mathematicians, educators, librarians, early childhood experts, and others. Each year’s selections joins a growing list of stories ranging from picture books and graphic novels to chapter books and young adult literature.
The Mathical Book Prize is awarded by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and in coordination with the Children's Book Council (CBC).
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Awards by Year
2020 One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller - Kate Read
2020 Pigeon Math - Asia Citro
2020 Solving for M - Jennifer Swender
2020 Slay - Brittney Morris
2019 Crash! Boom! A Math Tale- Robie H. Harris E HAR
2019 Nothing Stopped Sohpie:The Story of Unshakeable Mathmatician Sophie Germain- Cheryl Bardoe Non-Fiction QA29.G468 B37 2018
2019 The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl-Stacy McAnulty FIC MCA
2019 To the Moon! The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo Spaceships-Jeffrey Kluger Non-Fiction TL789.8.U6 A543253 2018
2017 Baby Goes to Market - Angela Brooksbank E ATI
2017 Sheep won't Sleep - Judy Cox E COX
2017 A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars - Seth Fishman QA40.5.F575 2017
2017 Mind Boggling Numbers - Michael J. Rosen QA141.15.R65 2017
2016 One Very Big Bear - Alice Briere-Haquet E BRI
2016 Absolutely One Thing: Featuring Charlie and Lola - Lauren Child E CHI
2016 Which one doesn't belong? : A Shape's Book - Christopher Danielson QA461.D26 2016
2016 Genius: The Game - Leopoldo Gout FICTION GOU
2015 8, An Animal Alphabet - Elisha Cooper E COO
2015 Max's Math - Kate Banks E BAN
2015 Secret Coders - Gene Lun Yang FICTION YAN
2014 Have you seen my Dragon? - Steve Light E LIG
2014 One Big Pair of Underwear - Laura Gehl E GEH
2014 Really Big Numbers - Richard Evan Schwartz QA141.15.S39 2014
2014 Nearly Gone - Elle Cosimano FICTION COS