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  • How Do You Make Your Own Luck?: A Math Book about Probabilities

How Do You Make Your Own Luck?: A Math Book about Probabilities

Author
Clayton Grider
Illustrator
Srimalie Bassani
Publication Date
March 17, 2026
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Informational Text
Includes Back Matter
How Do You Make Your Own Luck?: A Math Book about Probabilities
Description

Have you ever wondered how some people get so lucky when it comes to playing games? This book explores the world of probability in a fun and engaging way!

Learn how probability works, how to find the probability of some scenarios, and so much more through diagrams, illustrations, and informative text. Each of the six questions examined in the book is given a silly answer before the true answer is revealed, making this an approachable way to learn nonfiction. The back of the book includes a glossary and activities to further learning.

Publication date
March 17, 2026
Genre
Non-fiction
Page Count
32
ISBN-13
9781486732166
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Series
How Do?
BISAC categories
JNF013030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
JNF035000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
JNF021050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities | Questions & Answers

School Library Journal

Starred Review

K-Gr 4--Using brightly colored graphics and illustrations as well as short snippets of text, this picture book explains the fundamentals of probability and how probability alters what can be perceived as luck. The book starts with making predictions and then moves into the specific vocabulary of probability: likely and unlikely, as well as possible, impossible, and certain. The age-appropriate illustrations will elicit some chuckles, like using a pig with wings to illustrate the meaning of impossible. The book continues with the probability of chances and whether something is fair. There are also several activities and projects that young readers can try. This is an enjoyable and fun introduction to probability for early readers. Illustrations depict diverse children throughout. VERDICT For libraries needing nonfiction picture books about math, this should be a first choice.--Debbie Tanner

Copyright 2026 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Clayton Grider

Clayton Grider is a University of Tennessee Knoxville alumnus, yet his love for birds began much earlier. Equipped with his mother's binoculars, a young Clayton would watch the robins, blue jays, and cardinals outside his house eating from the bird feeder. In college, his interest in birds broadened to the environment they live in and Clayton took many environmental and water management classes. These experiences inspired him to write his first book How Do Birds Sing a Duet? Today, Clayton is pursuing a teaching career in statistics in Nashville, Tennessee.

Srimalie Bassani lives and works in Mantova, Italy. Her mother has always encouraged her artistic expression, and she is the inspiration for her passion. Her work is full of surprises. She always tries to diversify her style based on every story she illustrates. It's almost impossible to remove her from her writing desk, where she keeps a stack of books and teacups of many colors.

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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Literary 2023 - 2024
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