Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2024
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 Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), NCTE, NCTM, and the CBC
![Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/45.png)
- 1,836 Resources including
- 179 Videos
- 85 Book Readings
- 261 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 149 book results
![Secret Coders](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626722765.jpg)
![Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74682_hi.jpg)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Honor, 2022)
41 Resources8 Awards
![Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1250137527.jpg)
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Honor, 2019)
33 Resources9 Awards
![How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525647422.jpg)
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
(Winner, 2021)
32 Resources11 Awards
![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0688110878.jpg)
![Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/038575552X.jpg)
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
(Honor, 2016)
29 Resources4 Awards
![Baby Goes to Market](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076369570X.jpg)
![Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0316278203.jpg)
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Winner, 2019)
26 Resources11 Awards
![Boy Who Loved Math, The: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1596433078.jpg)
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Honor, 2016)
25 Resources7 Awards
![Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0544630920.jpg)
![Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/188500897X.jpg)
Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math
by Rajani LaRocca and Archana Sreenivasan
(Winner, 2021)
25 Resources3 Awards
![Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/162779168X.jpg)
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented
by Tanya Lee Stone and Steven Salerno
(Honor, 2021)
24 Resources6 Awards
![Bird Count](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1561459542.jpg)
![One Big Pair of Underwear](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1442453362.jpg)
![Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1524767573.jpg)
![Have You Seen My Dragon?](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763666483.jpg)
![Shine On, Luz Véliz!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1797209671.jpg)
![Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1419739638.jpg)
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
by Laurie Wallmark and Brooke Smart
(Honor, 2023)
21 Resources3 Awards
![Phantom Tollbooth, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0394820371.jpg)
![Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1454926910.jpg)
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
(Honor, 2022)
20 Resources4 Awards
![Zero the Hero](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0805093842.jpg)
![Round](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0544387619.jpg)
![100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525555447.jpg)
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli
by David LaRochelle and Lian Cho
(Honor, 2024)
19 Resources4 Awards
![Probability of Everything, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006325655X.jpg)
![Friends Beyond Measure](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0063210525.jpg)
![AfterMath](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/154159911X.jpg)
![Ten Blocks To The Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting Book](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1643790684.jpg)
Ten Blocks To The Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting Book
by Ying-Hwa Hu
(Honor, 2024)
18 Resources4 Awards
![Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0547513380.jpg)
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
by J. Patrick Lewis and Michael Slack
(Honor, 2015)
17 Resources4 Awards
![Lemonade in Winter: A Book about Two Kids Counting Money](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375858830.jpg)
Lemonade in Winter: A Book about Two Kids Counting Money
by Emily Jenkins and G. Brian Karas
(Honor, 2023)
17 Resources4 Awards
![Feel the Fear](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0007334125.jpg)
![Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1939547636.jpg)
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics
by Laurie Wallmark and Yevgenia Nayberg
(Honor, 2021)
17 Resources2 Awards
![Lia & Luís Who Has More?](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1623541271.jpg)
![Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1665919086.jpg)
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever
by Don Tate and Cherise Harris
(Honor, 2024)
17 Resources5 Awards
![Absolutely One Thing](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763687286.jpg)
![Marta! Big & Small](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1626722439.jpg)
![Nine: A Book of Nonet Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1623541166.jpg)
![Woman All Spies Fear, The: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/78553_hi.png)
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
(Honor, 2024)
16 Resources4 Awards
![All of the Above](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031611524X.jpg)
![Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1628559039.jpg)
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald
(Honor, 2018)
15 Resources5 Awards
![One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1682631311.jpg)
![Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1534404759.jpg)
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and Raúl Colón
(Honor, 2021)
15 Resources2 Awards
![Brilliant Calculator, The: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1662680066.jpg)
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America
by Jan Lower and Susan Reagan
(Honor, 2024)
15 Resources5 Awards
![One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/059093998X.jpg)