Mathical Book Prize
From the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath)
Publishers: Submit titles to the 2026 Mathical Book Prize (Aug.28-Sept. 26, 2025)
U.S. Educators: Join the Fall 2025 Mathical Readathon
On March 7, 2024, writer Marlaina Cockcroft of School Library Journal shared the story of how SLJ’s Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards has helped U.S. Title I school libraries around the nation add inspiring math stories for all ages to their school collections, pairing Mathical award-winning books with library and classroom activities for students. …
March 8 is International Women’s Day — why not explore one those Mathical award-winning stories of women in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering? Grades K-2 (Ages 5-7) Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13By Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA MathematicianBy Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated …
Explore the 2024 award-winning books for ages 2-18, and find flyers and more to share with your community!
Find 2024 Mathical Book List flyers to share with your school or community, book cover images of all winners, and more.
We at Mathical are saddened by the news of the death of Mathical author Robie Harris on January 6, 2024. We appreciated her warm and boisterous presence at the National Math Festival in Washington, DC in 2019, where she sat on the carpeted floor of the Mathical Reading Room and read books aloud to children. …
Join the Mathical Book Prize on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 12-1pm U.S. Eastern / 9-10am U.S. Pacific Time via Zoom to learn about the winning titles for the 2024 Mathical Book Prize! This online event is free and open to the public, and will feature live conversation with some of this year’s winning authors.
Do you love sports? Numbers – and other fine characters – abound in the nonfiction and fiction titles featured!
For middle-grade readers and up, curl up with a good book about intrepid puzzle-solvers and mysterious occurrences!
School Library Journal, SLMath select 32 Title I school libraries as winners of 2023-24 Mathical Collection Development Awards, receiving $850 grants to purchase Mathical Prize-winning books.
Math and…poetry? We love unlikely combinations… and hope you'll enjoy these rhythmic, rhyming treats.
You'll be amazed at how much fun math can be, when it's refracted through the lens of space travel, tech development, historical fiction, and science fiction.
We are grateful to the Bay Area chapter of ParentChild+ who distributed more than 2,450 new Mathical books to families in need during Summer 2023. The book giveaway reached more than 300 families comprising more than 1,860 children from birth to age 5. Mathical books were provided in five languages to meet the needs of …
What makes a great storybook guide? We share the Mathical Books guides for educators, librarians, and parents from our collaborators, plus resources for more!
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), in partnership with School Library Journal (SLJ), announce a fifth cycle of a funding program aimed at getting fiction and nonfiction inspiring a love of math into the hands of K–12 students in Title I schools. The 2023–24 Mathical Collection Development Awards will award $700 to up to 32 Title I U.S. …
When books mirror our lives, they are more fun to read. Here are some of our favorite Mathical children’s book titles featuring brothers, sisters, and family antics! AGAIN, ESSIE? by Jenny Lacika Rafael likes to build things. Essie likes to knock them down. What will it take for Rafael to create a barrier of makeshift …
Altogether more than 9,850 students in low-income schools received access to Mathical Books through grants to language arts and mathematics classroom teachers in Spring 2023.
Meet the members of the 2024 Mathical Book Prize Selection Panel.
Mathical is bigger than a book prize. Once a book is selected for the Mathical List, the next chapter in our relationship begins…. We distribute Mathical books to kids in need both locally in the Bay Area and nationally in Title I schools. We connect authors with schools and libraries to host book readings. We …
The 2024 Mathical Book Prize submissions will open August 30 – September 29, 2023. In honor of Mathical’s 10th anniversary, publishers are warmly invited to submit an unlimited number of qualified titles for any and all age groups. UPDATE – September 30, 2023: The 2024 Mathical Book Prize submission period has now ended. Publishers who …
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), organizer of the Mathical Book Prize, welcomes our newest supporter of Mathical, the Guru Krupa Foundation! The Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF) is a private foundation incorporated in New York. The Foundation follows a holistic approach to charitable giving, addressing a range of issues from education to basic sustenance, arts & culture, …
It’s time to go on a quest! Check out these Mathical award-winning stories of math action and adventure, for elementary, middle, and high school readers: A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L’Engle This classic novel traces Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin’s search for the children’s missing father through space and time. (Ages 8-10, …
Codes, ciphers, and computer programs feature in several books on the Mathical List. Explore the titles below and test your wits: learn about historical and fictional programmers and more! CODE BREAKER, SPY HUNTER: HOW ELIZEBETH FRIEDMAN CHANGED THE COURSE OF TWO WORLD WARS by Laurie Wallmark She started out deciphering codes in Shakespeare’s plays…then with …
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, SLMath Tap 32 Title I School Libraries, Winners of 2023 Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards View on SLJ website 32 Title I school libraries to receive grants to purchase $700 in Mathical Prize-winning books Thirty-two schools have been named recipients of the 2023 Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards. Presented by the Simons …
Do you love puzzles? So do we! Check out the wonderfully puzzling books below: HAVE YOU SEEN MY DRAGON? by Steve Light A child’s best friend may be a large green dragon…but where oh where on each page can that dragon be? (Ages 2-4) CAO CHONG WEIGHS AN ELEPHANT by Songju Ma Daemicke Can you …
