Mathical 2025 Media Kit
Find 2025 Mathical Book List flyers to share with your school or community, book cover images of all winners, and more.
News & Updates
Register for the 2025 Mathical Award Announcement On Thurs. 2/20 (Online)
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: Celebrating 1,000 Reads!
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?)
2024-25 Mathical Collection Development Award Winners
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.
Mathical Author School Visits
Information about Mathical award-winning authors who participate in school visits, both in-person and online.
How to Download & Sort the Mathical Book List
Instructions on how to download and sort the Mathical Booklist by grade level, reading difficulty (lexile level), genre, format, and other methods to find the best books for your students.
How to Find the Books
Resources for finding Mathical award-winning books, from school library collections to titles available at low cost to schools and more.
2024-25 Readathon School Milestones
Each month after Readathon participating classrooms report their total reads, we celebrate their milestones!
Readathon: Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to educator questions about how to participate, where to find Mathical award-winning books, free classroom resources, and more.
Apply Now: Mathical Collection Development Awards (2024-2025)
School Library Journal (SLJ) and the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) have announced a sixth cycle of a funding program aimed at getting literary fiction and nonfiction inspiring a love of math into the hands of K–12 students in Title I schools. The Mathical Collection Development Awards are available to school libraries in qualifying schools in the U.S. Presented …
2025 Selection Panel
Meet the members of the 2025 Mathical Book Prize Selection Panel.
Mathical at Raleigh’s BugFest 2024
Mathical Books joined forced with our friends at Natural Math to take part in the Math Neighborhood at BugFest on September 14, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. BugFest is a program of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Dr. Maria Droujkova of Natural Math joined with seven math-related nonprofit and dozens of math enthusiasts …
Mathical Books Distributed to Oakland, CA Public Schools
With the generous support of the Firedoll Foundation, more than 27,000 students at 60 Title I schools in the Oakland (California) Unified School District received Mathical Books donated to their school library collections in Fall 2024.
Mathical Partners with Nebraska Math Teachers
Mathical Books are making their way into Nebraska math teachers’ classrooms this fall thanks to a sponsorship of the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NATM) annual conference in Kearney, NE on Friday, October 18, 2024. The conference theme is productive struggle in the math classroom. Twenty-three math educators from across the state are enrolled …
Mathical at KQED Fest in San Francisco
MindShift: Mathical Books & Games On Saturday, October 19, 2024, join the Mathical Books team onsite at KQED Fest in San Francisco’s Mission District for math games and hands-on activities aimed at ages 2-8. KQED Fest is a free open house and block party hosted at the NPR station’s headquarters at 2601 Mariposa Street (between …
Back to School with NCTM & NCTE
As we move into the start of the 2024-2025 school year, we are taking a moment to appreciate some wonderful back-to-school resources from our educational partners: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Thank you to all the teachers exploring and sharing Mathical titles with your schools — …
2024-25 Partner Highlight: Thanking the Guru Krupa Foundation
The Guru Krupa Foundation returns as a sponsor of the Mathical Collection Development Awards in 2024-25. We are grateful for their renewed partnership with the Mathical Books program at the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath). With the support of GKF, up to 36 schools across the U.S. will be named recipients of the 2024-2025 …
Oh, The Places You’ll Go with Mathical Books
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 …
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 …
MoMath Tween & Teen Online Book Club: “Can You Crack the Code?” by Ella Schwartz
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) has announced that the book for their July 14, 2024 “Tween Primes” book club for ages 10-17 will be Mathical Honor Book Can You Crack the Code? A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography by Ella Schwartz. This is an online event – register at momath.org/tween-primes. From MoMath: Are you …
Mathical Books for Teachers at NCTE-NCTM
SLMath, organizer of the Mathical Book Prize, and Mathical author Lalena Fisher (Friends Beyond Measure) distributed 1500 Mathical Books to K-5 teachers at the inaugural NCTE-NCTM joint conference in New Orleans in June 2024.
Mathical Books en español: Spanish Translations & Reading Guides
A list of Mathical award-winning titles with Spanish language translations available and/or bilingual English-Spanish content, current to the best knowledge of the Mathical team.
Early Math Symposium 2024: Free Online Event Friday, June 21
Educators worldwide are invited to join the Early Math Project for a free Virtual Symposium held via Zoom on Friday, June 21, 2024 from 9am – 1pm U.S. Pacific Time. The Early Math Symposium (and its buddies Science, Engineering, and Technology) is a professional development opportunity jointly sponsored by the California Department of Education, the California State …
MoMath Tween & Teen Online Book Club: “Genius: The Game” by Leopoldo Gout
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) has announced that the book for their July 14, 2024 “Tween Primes” book club for ages 10-17 will be Mathical Award Winner Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout. This is an online event – register at momath.org/tween-primes. From MoMath: Are you a budding mathematician between the ages of 10 and …