• Junior Library Guild Selection
• SLJ Best Nonfiction Elementary List 2025
“A brilliant unfolding and pacing of the narrative bring order to the near-misses and chaos of zero’s origins...Hsu’s global scenes are cheerful and accessible...It all adds up to an epic story of the little nothing that could, and did, launch or change engineering, modern physics, computing, and electronics forever. VERDICT Educators can build an entire lesson around zero, especially given the thoughtful resources and chatty time line provided in the back matter” - School Library Journal, starred review
“The art alone will grab many readers, who will readily stay to be enthralled by the numbers.
An excellent historical and mathematical introduction to a key concept.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Appealing digital drawings and rich back matter (uses of zero in everyday language, definitions, a time line, references, a bibliography, and a key to historical clues found in the illustrations) help round out this unique and attractive STEM offering.” - Booklist, starred review
• SLJ Best Nonfiction Elementary List 2025
“A brilliant unfolding and pacing of the narrative bring order to the near-misses and chaos of zero’s origins...Hsu’s global scenes are cheerful and accessible...It all adds up to an epic story of the little nothing that could, and did, launch or change engineering, modern physics, computing, and electronics forever. VERDICT Educators can build an entire lesson around zero, especially given the thoughtful resources and chatty time line provided in the back matter” - School Library Journal, starred review
“The art alone will grab many readers, who will readily stay to be enthralled by the numbers.
An excellent historical and mathematical introduction to a key concept.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Appealing digital drawings and rich back matter (uses of zero in everyday language, definitions, a time line, references, a bibliography, and a key to historical clues found in the illustrations) help round out this unique and attractive STEM offering.” - Booklist, starred review