This upbeat and accessible picture book biography makes math fun with the true story of record-breaking Indian mathematician Shakuntala Devi taking on the world's toughest math problems.
Little Shakuntala loved to race all over her small town, against her siblings and cousins-and even chickens! But she wasn't just speedy on her feet. She raced against numbers in her mind. Shakuntala would count up all the animals at her father's circus, multiply the times her mother flipped the dough for dosas, and solve her older brother's long division in her head!
As she grew up, Shakuntala zipped all around the world performing her mathematic magic, racing against professors, the clock-and even a computer! This fast-paced true story celebrates women and girls in STEM and makes solving math problems become the most amazing race you've ever watched.
| ISBN: | 9781665957052 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2026 |
| Author: | Rekha S Rajan |
| Illustrator: | Chaaya Prabhat |
| Publisher: | Beach Lane Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Genres: |
Educational: Mathematics and numeracy PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories |
This upbeat and accessible picture book biography makes math fun with the true story of record-breaking Indian mathematician Shakuntala Devi taking on the world's toughest math problems.
Little Shakuntala loved to race all over her small town, against her siblings and cousins-and even chickens! But she wasn't just speedy on her feet. She raced against numbers in her mind. Shakuntala would count up all the animals at her father's circus, multiply the times her mother flipped the dough for dosas, and solve her older brother's long division in her head!
As she grew up, Shakuntala zipped all around the world performing her mathematic magic, racing against professors, the clock-and even a computer! This fast-paced true story celebrates women and girls in STEM and makes solving math problems become the most amazing race you've ever watched.
The Numbers Race features in the following genres: Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories
The Numbers Race is available in Hardback
The Numbers Race was written by Rekha S Rajan and published by Beach Lane Books
The Numbers Race has 48 pages
£11.69