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A Grain of Rice

A Grain of Rice

Pittman, Helena Clare

Paperback

ConceptsFairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $7.99

ISBN10: 044041301X
ISBN13: 9780440413011
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: Dec 26 1995
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
Over 200,000 copies sold! Now with a newly refreshed design, this classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world--all starting with one grain of rice.

When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Whoever heard of a peasant marrying a princess?

But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor knows. And when he concocts a potion that saves the Princess's life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward he chooses--except the Princess.

Pong Lo makes a surprising request. He asks for a single grain of rice, doubled every day for one hundred days. The baffled Emperor obliges--only to discover that if you're as clever as Pong Lo, you can turn a single grain of rice into all the wealth and happiness in the world!

A Bank Street Best Book of the Year for 9 to 12

Praise for A Grain of Rice

Gracefully illustrated. . . . This original story set in fifteenth-century China will captivate readers and perhaps teach them a little about mathematics. --Booklist

Clever and quietly told in simple, yet evocative language. --Kirkus Reviews

Any young reader (with calculator handy) will enjoy the tale. --Scientific American

[A] book that is wise and humorous, and one to be perused and savored. --School Library Journal

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