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Make Math Fun. Mathical Award Winners: Ages 2-4

Math is all around us! Good books will inspire children (and their adults) to find math and have fun with it. The Mathical Book Prize recognizes outstanding books written for children and teenagers, inspiring a love of math by connecting with their interests.

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  • A stinky cat hides when it's time for a bath.
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — E HOKKANE
  • ¡1, 2, 3 Salsa!

    English-Spanish Counting Book

    Ruiz, Delia (Educator),
    ONE invitation to a salsa dance. TWO dancing shoes to make a pair. ¡Vamonos! Learn to count with salsa in English and Spanish.
    Book, 2023[Washington, DC] : Soaring Kite Books, 2023. — SPA E RUIZ
  • A page-turner for first-time page-turners, this kaleidoscopic compendium shows young readers the infinite variability of perspective inherent in even our foundational concepts.
    Book, 2023San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2023] — E HIGGINS
  • Ten Blocks to the Big Wok

    A Chinatown Counting Book

    Hu, Ying-Hwa
    This charming bilingual English/Mandarin counting book uses a stroll through Chinatown to introduce readers to the numbers one through ten in Chinese ... and will leave you hungry besides!
    eBook, 2022Lee & Low Books, 2022
  • Mei explores measurement as she plants a sunflower seed and watches it grow.
    eBook, 2020Charlesbridge, 2020
  • Rafael tries to save his toys from his baby sister, Essie, by building a wall from shoeboxes, toilet paper rolls, and other household objects in this playful exploration of 3-D geometry and spatial reasoning.
    Book, 2022Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022] — E LACIKA
  • Sisters Usha and Aarti, and cousin Gloria, see different things in the stars - a Big Dipper, a Big Digger, and a Big Kite - in this introduction to geometry and spatial relationships.
    Book, 2021Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021] — E KNIGHT
  • Take a trip to the farmers' market in this playful story about spatial sense.
    eBook, 2020Charlesbridge, 2020
  • A counting book depicting the growth in a village and surrounding countryside during twelve months.
    Book, 1977New York : Crowell, 1977. — E ANNO
  • In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
    Book, 2016New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016. — E ARENA
  • Full-color photographs feature construction vehicles. Geometric shapes discernable on the vehicles are digitally highlighted for easy identification, and rhyming text names both the shape and the truck.
    Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pajama Press, 2020. — E 516.15 ALLENBY
  • It's a puzzle. It's a read-aloud. It's a Rubik's cube on paper. This striking, delightfully different exploration of shape, color, and patterns redefines what a picture book can be.
    Book, 2021San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2021. — E HIGGINS
  • Brazilian American twin siblings, Lia and Luís, are always competing, even when it comes to their favorite Brazilian snacks from their family's store; they want to know which of them has more, and they use various mathematical techniques to pick a…
    Book, 2020Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020] — E CRESPO
  • In rhyming text, Hispanic children count the things, like pinatas and maracas, that can be seen in their neighborhood.
    Book, 2019San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2019] — E THONG
  • Hilarious hippos make a party out of counting in this Sandra Boynton classic.
    Book, BOARDBK
  • As a little girl spends a day with her family, she finds round things all around her and explains why she likes them.
    Book, 2017Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] — E SIDMAN
  • One Fox

    a Counting Book Thriller

    Read, Kate, 1978-
    An illustrated counting book in which one famished fox finds five snug eggs but must face three plump hens to get them.
    Book, 2019Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishing Company, 2019. — E READ
  • Build, balance, count - question, estimate, measure - predict, crash, and build again with Elephant and a bucket full of blocks.
    Book, 2018Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2018] — E HARRIS
  • Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to create imaginative images.
    Book, 2011San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 2011. — E TULLET
  • 100 Bugs!

    a Counting Book

    Narita, Kate,
    A boy and girl find and count 100 different bugs in their backyard in increments of ten.
    Book, 2018New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018. — E NARITA