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Tag: math picture books

December 10, 2025 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Math Books for Kids

Books to inspire a love of reading? Sure. That's a thing. But a little math along the way couldn't hurt either.

February 7, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice by Amy Alznauer, ill. Anna Bron

“Even if you haven’t studied art or math, even if you’ve never gone to college, you can make shapes yourself and change how the world looks.” A math-centric tale of discovery.

December 10, 2024 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Math Books for Kids

Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? The perfection of it. Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for everyone.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Math Books for Kids

December 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Scared of math? Let these books for kids win you over! Today we're talking unapologetically about math math math! Get it while it's hot!

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Math Books for Kids

December 9, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Due to the sheer number of fabulous titles out in a given year, math now abounds and we are all better for it. Who can resist it?

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Math Books for Kids

December 9, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Each year I keep a keen eye out for math books. This year, it was hard to pick between them! Come for the numbers. Stay for the numerals.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Math Books for Kids

December 9, 2020 by Betsy Bird

They'll never be mainstream, but these math-related beauties shine in their own way.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Math Books for Kids

December 9, 2019 by Betsy Bird

In 2019, these were the math books that really made me sing. Whether you're dealing with shapes or number lines, it's all on display right here.

Press Release Fun: The 2019 Mathical Book Prize Winners Announced!

March 8, 2019 by Betsy Bird

From the inspiring true stories of the Apollo 8 astronauts and a pioneering woman mathematician to tales of a middle school girl struck by lightning and a young elephant who loves to build towers of wooden bricks, this year’s Mathical Book Prize winners offer young readers a glimpse of the exciting—and sometimes unexpected—ways that mathematical ideas fit into the world around them.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Math Books for Kids

December 10, 2018 by Betsy Bird

From shapes to biographies of mathematicians to novels unafraid to incorporate math into the plot (no mean feat, pardon the pun), here are the stand out mathy titles of 2018.

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