Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2019
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2015 -- honoring the most inspiring math-related fiction and nonfiction books
Sponsored by Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and the Children's Book Council (CBC)
- 682 Resources including
- 64 Videos
- 39 Book Readings
- 94 Lesson Plans
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham(Honor, 2016)
23 Resources6 Awards
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk(Honor, 2019)
22 Resources6 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock(Winner, 2019)
18 Resources9 Awards
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath(Honor, 2016)
17 Resources3 Awards
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
by J. Patrick Lewis and Michael Slack(Honor, 2015)
13 Resources1 Award
Over in a River: Flowing Out to the Sea
by Marianne Berkes and Jill Dubin(Honor, 2015)
13 Resources2 Awards
Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
by Lola M. Schaefer and Christopher Silas Neal(Honor, 2018)
12 Resources3 Awards
Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds
by Ann McCallum and Leeza Hernandez(Honor, 2018)
12 Resources2 Awards
Crash! Boom!: A Math Tale
by Robie H. Harris and Chris Chatterton(Winner, 2019)
11 Resources3 Awards
Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little
by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton(Honor, 2016)
11 Resources2 Awards
A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars
by Seth Fishman and Isabel Greenberg(Winner, 2018)
11 Resources3 Awards
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Rotraut Susanne Berner(Commended, 2019)
10 Resources3 Awards
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald(Honor, 2018)
10 Resources4 Awards
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
by Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel(Commended, 2015)
9 Resources1 Award
To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship
by Jeffrey Kluger and Ruby Shamir(Winner, 2019)
9 Resources5 Awards
One Very Big Bear
by Alice Briere-Haquet, Olivier Philipponneau, and Raphaele Enjary(Winner, 2017)
7 Resources1 Award
The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley(Honor, 2019)
7 Resources4 Awards
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
by Joseph D'Agnese and John O'Brien(Honor, 2015)
6 Resources1 Award