Mathical Honor Books

Molly ventures into a world where nothing is as it seems. This interactive mystery shows math isn't just about numbers.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts in a beautifully illustrated counting book with a timely message.

With simple Spanish and a glossary at the end, this fun read-aloud picture book teaches little ones to identify opposites and animals.

Toddlers love big vehicles. This book uses rhyming verse and bright photographs in a unique take on conceptual shape books.

This thought-provoking concept book shows young readers that everything in the world can be seen from infinite perspectives.

With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this vibrant book enumerates the joys of counting and the wonders that abound in every child's day!

From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome and acclaimed illustrator Raúl Colón comes the sensitive, informative, and inspiring picture book biography of the remarkable mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA “human computers” whose work was critical to the first US space launch.

The National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count stars in this charming picture book, just right for young citizen scientists, bird watchers, and nature aficionados.

A brick may seem like just a simple block, but in groupings of ten, twenty, and more, it can create many impressive structures, from hotels to schools to skyscrapers.

Boldness, imagination, and ruthless competition combine in Tanya Lee Stone and Steven Salerno's Pass Go and Collect $200, a riveting picture book history of Monopoly, one of the world's most famous games.

Women can do the math in this intriguing story about the first woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics that required original research.

David Blackwell is regarded as a brilliant mathematician whose contributions helped to lay the foundation for new fields such as information theory. That he was an African-American working in the years before and during the Civil Rights Movement makes his accomplishments that much more remarkable.