Her many books and calendars appeal toboth young and adult audiences and intrigue the "I hate math people" as well asthe math enthusiasts. Three of her books have been Book-of-the Month Club™selections, and her Joy of Mathematics was selected as a Pick-of-the-Paperbacks.Her other innovative creations include: The Mathematics Calendar, The Children'sMathematics Calendar, The Mathematics Engagement Calendar, The Math-T-Shirt, andWhat Do You See?-An optical illusion slide show with text. Pappas is also theauthor of the the books: The Joy of Mathematics, More Joy of Mathematics, Math Talk, MathematicsJourneys, Fractals, Googols & Other Mathematical Tales, The Adventures ofPenrose-the mathematical cat, Math for Kids & Other People Too!, The FurtherAdventures of Penrose-the mathematical cat, More Mathematical Adventures withPenrose the mathematical cat, The Magic of Mathematics, Mathematical Scandals,Math-A-Day, Mathematical Footprints, Math Stuff and Mathematical Snippets,Puzzles from Penrose, Do the Math, Numbers and Other Math Ideas Come Alive.Many of her books have been translated into Japanese, Finnish, French,Slovakian, Czech, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Thai, simplified and traditionalChinese, Portuguese, Italian, Vietnamese, and Spanish.
