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Mathical Award, 2015-2018

Mathical Award, 2015-2018

Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2015 -- honoring the most inspiring math-related fiction and nonfiction books

Resources for this booklist include:

  • 36 Videos
  • 24 Book Readings
  • 67 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 405 resources

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Secret Coders
Secret Coders
  • by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 31
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    Boy Who Loved Math, The: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
    The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
  • by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Phantom Tollbooth, The
    The Phantom Tollbooth
  • by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer
    • Mathical Award (Commended, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Count the Monkeys
    Count the Monkeys
  • by Mac Barnett and Kevin Cornell
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2014)
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • by Lewis Carroll
    • Mathical Award (Commended, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
    Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
  • by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2016)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Zero the Hero
    Zero the Hero
  • by Joan Holub and Tom Lichtenheld
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Have You Seen My Dragon?
    Have You Seen My Dragon?
  • by Steve Light
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2015)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    One Big Pair of Underwear
    One Big Pair of Underwear
  • by Laura Gehl and Tom Lichtenheld
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2015)
    Zolotow Award (Commended, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
    Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
  • by J. Patrick Lewis and Michael Slack
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
  • by Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Over in a River: Flowing Out to the Sea
    Over in a River: Flowing Out to the Sea
  • by Marianne Berkes and Jill Dubin
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Meanwhile
    Meanwhile
  • by Jason Shiga
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2017)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
    Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
  • by Lola M. Schaefer and Christopher Silas Neal
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
    Orbis Pictus Award (Commended, 2014)
  • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds
    Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds
  • by Ann McCallum and Leeza Hernandez
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Navigating Early
    Navigating Early
  • by Clare Vanderpool
  • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Absolutely One Thing
    Absolutely One Thing
  • by Lauren Child
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little
    Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little
  • by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Baby Goes to Market
    Baby Goes to Market
  • by Atinuke and Angela Brooksbank
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Feel the Fear
    Feel the Fear
  • by Lauren Child
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Count with Maisy, Cheep, Cheep, Cheep!
    Count with Maisy, Cheep, Cheep, Cheep!
  • by Lucy Cousins
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Really Big Numbers
    Really Big Numbers
  • by Richard Evan Schwartz
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
    Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
  • by Lewis Carroll
    • Mathical Award (Commended, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Genius: The Game
    Genius: The Game
  • by Leopoldo Gout
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Mind-Boggling Numbers
    Mind-Boggling Numbers
  • by Michael J. Rosen and Julia Patton
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Nearly Gone
    Nearly Gone
  • by Elle Cosimano
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, A
    A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars
  • by Seth Fishman and Isabel Greenberg
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2018)
    BGHB Awards (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    How Many Jelly Beans?
    How Many Jelly Beans?
  • by Andrea Menotti and Yancey Labat
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
    Cook Prize (Winner, 2013)
  • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    One Very Big Bear
    One Very Big Bear
  • by Alice Briere-Haquet, Olivier Philipponneau, and Raphaele Enjary
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Max's Math
    Max's Math
  • by Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Goodnight, Numbers
    Goodnight, Numbers
  • by Danica McKellar and Alicia Padron
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
    Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
  • by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Mousy Mess, A
    A Mousy Mess
  • by Laura Driscoll and Deborah Melmon
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Which One Doesn't Belong?: A Shapes Book
    Which One Doesn't Belong?: A Shapes Book
  • by Christopher Danielson
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Bedtime Math
    Bedtime Math
  • by Laura Overdeck and Jim Paillot
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Numbed!
    Numbed!
  • by David Lubar
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra
    Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra
  • by Wendy Lichtman
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
    What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
  • by Jeffrey Bennett
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Sheep Won't Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
    Sheep Won't Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
  • by Judy Cox and Nina Cuneo
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    8: An Animal Alphabet
    8: An Animal Alphabet
  • by Elisha Cooper
    • Mathical Award (Winner, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
    Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
  • by Joseph D'Agnese and John O'Brien
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Rookie Bookie, The
    The Rookie Bookie
  • by L. Jon Wertheim and Tobias J. Moskowitz
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Ice Castle, The: An Adventure in Music
    The Ice Castle: An Adventure in Music
  • by Pendred Noyce and Joan Charles
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Shapes, Reshape!
    Shapes, Reshape!
  • by Silvia Borando
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Leonardo Da Vinci Gets a Do-Over
    Leonardo Da Vinci Gets a Do-Over
  • by Mark P. Friedlander, Jr.
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Unknowns, The: A Mystery
    The Unknowns: A Mystery
  • by Benedict Carey
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Mathemagic!: Number Tricks
    Mathemagic!: Number Tricks
  • by Lynda Colgan and Jane Kurisu
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    I Know Numbers!
    I Know Numbers!
  • by Taro Gomi
    • Mathical Award (Honor, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 2
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