The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,619
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 159015
- Subject Headings
- Hungary
- Mathematicians--Hungary--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Erdò‹s, Paul, 1913-1996--Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
- Erdios, Paul
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Lists With This Book
- 9 - Sept. Book-a-Day Almanac
- M-DCPS Summer Reading List - Grade 2
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Meet-the-Author Recording with LeUyen Pham about The Boy Who Loved Math
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About the Authors 8
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Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with LeUyen Pham
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Interview with Deborah Heiligman
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2019
Honor, 2016
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2019
Honor, 2014
Cook Prize, 2012-2019
Winner, 2014
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2019
Commended, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Biography Selection, 2013
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