2025 Mathical Winners Announced
Explore the 2025 award-winning books for ages 2-18, and find flyers and more to share with your community!
Publishers: Submit titles to the 2026 Mathical Book Prize (Aug.28-Sept. 26, 2025)
U.S. Educators: Join the Fall 2025 Mathical Readathon
Explore the 2025 award-winning books for ages 2-18, and find flyers and more to share with your community!
Getting Thousands of Mathical Winning Titles into Schools Mathical Books supports publishers and authors in many ways: We loved taking Mathical on the road in Summer 2024 to the first-ever joint conference of our two education partners, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). We …
The 2025 Mathical Book Prize submissions will open August 29 – September 27, 2024. Publishers are warmly invited to submit an unlimited number of qualified titles for any and all age groups. There is no fee for submission to the 2025 Mathical Book Prize. See the Call for Submissions for full details. View the 2025 …
Explore the 2024 award-winning books for ages 2-18, and find flyers and more to share with your community!
Great, you’ve signed up for the Mathical Readathon! Now what? Finding the Books It’s up to you to pull together books to use in your classroom. But be hopeful – many of them may be close at hand! Counting Your Classroom “Reads” Your class will be recognized on the Mathical website each month based on …
Meet the members of the 2026 Mathical Book Prize Selection Panel.
Who: Classroom teachers in the U.S., Grades PreK-8 When: September-December 2025 What: Free resources for all registrants including: Why: For the joy of reading & math Readathon Resources
The Guru Krupa Foundation returns as a sponsor of the Mathical Collection Development Awards in 2025-26.
Each month after Readathon participating classrooms report their total reads, we celebrate their milestones!
Free graphics to share on class or school websites or newsletters sharing Readathon participation and milestones achieved.
Free classroom printables to count individual and classroom books read, designed by Mathical author Lalena Fisher (Friends Beyond Measure).
Three Mathical authors shared their insights with K-5 educators at the second annual joint conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in Chicago, June 16-18, 2025. Kerry Aradhya, author of Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube, and Christine Liu-Perkins, author of The Quest …
Celebrating 2024-25 Mathical Collection Development Award Winners with School Library Journal and the Guru Krupa Foundation.
Celebrating 2024-25 Mathical Readathon participating schools
Four Mathical authors of books for Grades K-2 answer five questions about measurement and writing children's books: Lalena Fisher, Nicola Kent, Rilla Alexander, and Mike Downs.
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "You Rule!" author and illustrator Rilla Alexander.
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "A Treasure of Measures" author Mike Downs.
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "Measuring Me!" author and illustrator Nicola Kent.
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "Friends Beyond Measure" author and illustrator Lalena Fisher.
By Dr. John UrschelCo-Chair of the Mathical Selection Committee & Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mathical Book Prize Co-Chair Dr. John Urschel is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at MIT and former offensive lineman for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. Recently, John talked with a fellow Canadian, author Eric Zweig, about …
Celebrate March 14, the International of Mathematics — also known as Pi Day, 3.14 — with these free posters and classroom activities from the International Mathematical Union.
Mathical Selection Committee member Johanna Cinquegrana interviews author Kyla Zhao (May the Best Player Win) about her book, playing chess, and centering a love for the joys of the game over competitive pressures.
Find 2025 Mathical Book List flyers to share with your school or community, book cover images of all winners, and more.
Register via Zoom to join us on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 12-1pm U.S. Eastern Time as we share the 2025 Mathical Book Prize winners, including live conversation and readings with some of this year's winners.
Mathical Readathon 2024-25 Congratulations! You did it! Your school reached 1,000 reads. We hope you enjoy this brief congratulations video from Mathical Committee member Mike Shaughnessy. (Extra challenge: Can you figure out what mathy joke is on Mike’s sweatshirt? Can you see a math symbol there? How about a play on words?)
School Library Journal and the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute announce 36 U.S. Title I Schools as winners of $850 grants to purchase titles from the Mathical Book Prize list for their school libraries.
Information about Mathical award-winning authors who participate in school visits, both in-person and online.
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