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A Grain of Rice
Contributor(s): Pittman, Helena Clare (Author)
ISBN: 152476552X     ISBN-13: 9781524765521
Publisher: Delacorte Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.49  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Asian
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 780
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 84956
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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