2025 Mathical Winners Announced
Explore the 2025 award-winning books for ages 2-18, and find flyers and more to share with your community!
News & Updates
Mathical 2025 Call for Submissions
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 …
Mathical Author Interview: Stephanie Gibeault
Learn from "Calculating Chimpanzees" author Stephanie Gibeault about the many surprising and fascinating ways that animals and insects in the world around us show mathematical thinking!
The Magic of Tangrams
Play with the ancient geometric puzzle known as tangrams! These seven shapes can make all kinds of artworks as you read along with "The Quest for a Tangram Dragon".
Mathical Books to Alameda County (CA) Title I Schools
Mathical Books is grateful to the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) for distributing approximately 1,025 books to 98 Title I schools in grades K-12 in Fall 2025.
Biomimicry & Math
Did you know that many human inventions are based on designs perfected by animals? "Copycat" will introduce you to the world of biomimicry!
Apply Now: Mathical Collection Development Awards (2025-26)
U.S. Title I Schools can apply by Oct. 29, 2025 via School Library Journal for this annual grants aimed at getting math-related titles to students.
Sponsor Highlight: Luce-Fahey Family Foundation
We are grateful to our friends at the Luce-Fahey Family Foundation for their generous support for a pilot program to distribute Mathical Books to unhoused women and children in California and the Pacific northwest.
Dogs, Poems, and Solving Local Problems with Math
Mathical stories featuring dogs, poetry, and citizen science for young people to try at school or home!
Readathon: Classroom Content
Resources for participating classrooms featuring book highlights, author interviews, and more.
Six Dots: The Story of Young Louis Braille
Learn from "Six Dots" author Jen Bryant about the story of Louis Braille and his childhood invention of the Braille alphabet which millions of blind and visually impaired people use every day.
Math and Sports: A Winning Combination
Explore Mathical Books about sports, and check out an interview with Mathical Book Prize co-chair Dr. John Urschel of MIT about his "paths to math" as a mathematician and former professional football player with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.
Getting Started with the Readathon
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 …
2026 Selection Panel
Meet the members of the 2026 Mathical Book Prize Selection Panel.
Mathical Readathon Returns for 2025-26
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 Fall 2025 Readathon Resources
Partner Highlight: Thanking the Guru Krupa Foundation
The Guru Krupa Foundation returns as a sponsor of the Mathical Collection Development Awards in 2025-26.
Readathon School Milestones
Each month after Readathon participating classrooms report their total reads, we celebrate their milestones!
Readathon Participation Graphics
Free graphics to share on class or school websites or newsletters sharing Readathon participation and milestones achieved.
Readathon Classroom Printables
Free classroom printables to count individual and classroom books read, designed by Mathical author Lalena Fisher (Friends Beyond Measure).
Mathical Books at the 2025 NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference in Chicago
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-Winning School Libaries
Celebrating 2024-25 Mathical Collection Development Award Winners with School Library Journal and the Guru Krupa Foundation.
Mathical Readathon: Celebrating 2024-25 Participants
Celebrating 2024-25 Mathical Readathon participating schools
Mathical Measurement: Four Author Interviews
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.
Mathical Measurement: Rilla Alexander
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "You Rule!" author and illustrator Rilla Alexander.
Mathical Measurement: Mike Downs
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "A Treasure of Measures" author Mike Downs.
Mathical Measurement: Nicola Kent
Five questions about measurement and writing children's books with "Measuring Me!" author and illustrator Nicola Kent.