Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2020
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 the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), NCTE, NCTM, and the CBC
- 873 Resources including
- 95 Videos
- 50 Book Readings
- 128 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Honor, 2019)
25 Resources7 Awards
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
(Honor, 2016)
23 Resources4 Awards
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Honor, 2016)
22 Resources6 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Winner, 2019)
22 Resources10 Awards
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald
(Honor, 2018)
15 Resources5 Awards
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
by J. Patrick Lewis and Michael Slack
(Honor, 2015)
14 Resources1 Awards
Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little
by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton
(Honor, 2016)
12 Resources2 Awards
Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds
by Ann McCallum and Leeza Hernandez
(Honor, 2018)
12 Resources2 Awards
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
by Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel
(Commended, 2015)
12 Resources1 Awards
Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
by Lola M. Schaefer and Christopher Silas Neal
(Honor, 2018)
11 Resources3 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 Resources2 Awards
Crash! Boom!: A Math Tale
by Robie H. Harris and Chris Chatterton
(Winner, 2019)
10 Resources2 Awards
To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship
by Jeffrey Kluger and Ruby Shamir
(Winner, 2019)
9 Resources4 Awards
Over in a River: Flowing Out to the Sea
by Marianne Berkes and Jill Dubin
(Honor, 2015)
8 Resources2 Awards
