Mathical Book Prize 2018

The 2018 edition includes 3 Mathical Prize Winners. The source organizes the selections into Grades 3 through 5, Grades K through 2, and Pre-Kindergarten. It records that year's Mathical Prize, Honor, and Hall of Fame results across the program's grade groups.

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Grades 3–5

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Cover of A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars

Mathical Prize WinnerA Hundred Billion Trillion StarsSeth Fishman, illustrated by Isabel GreenbergUsing enormous quantities drawn from the natural world and outer space, the book considers how numbers can change continually. It compares examples such as trees, ants, people, rabbits, and stars, including figures in the trillions and quadrillions. The scale moves from an immense number of stars in space to one individual person, inviting readers to picture quantities that are otherwise difficult to grasp.Grades 3–5Lexile Text Measure AD650LATOS Book Level 4.2View book details

Grades K–2

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Cover of Sheep Won’t Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

Mathical Prize WinnerSheep Won’t Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10sJudy Cox, illustrated by Nina CuneoClarissa cannot fall asleep, and counting sheep brings woolly animals into her bedroom. Her attempts expand to pairs of alpacas, groups of llamas counted by fives, and yaks counted by tens. She uses skip-counting by twos, fives, and tens, along with subtraction, to put things back in order. The counting problem unfolds through the increasingly crowded assortment of animals in her room.Grades K–2Lexile Text Measure 620LATOS Book Level 4.0View book details

Pre-Kindergarten

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Cover of Baby Goes to Market

Mathical Prize WinnerBaby Goes to MarketAtinuke, illustrated by Angela BrooksbankBaby accompanies Mama to a busy market in southwest Nigeria while she shops. Vendors give Baby fruit and snacks, which Baby eats or adds to the basket without Mama noticing. The collection includes bananas, oranges, biscuits, sweet corn, and coconut, and the basket grows heavier as they move through the stalls. The story uses the accumulating treats as part of its counting.Pre-KindergartenLexile Text Measure AD460LATOS Book Level 2.1View book details