Product Overview
Over 200,000 copies sold! This classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the worldall starting with one grain of rice.
When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperors 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 Princesss life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward he choosesexcept 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 obligesonly to discover that if youre as clever as Pong Lo, you can turn a single grain of rice into all the wealth and happiness in the world!
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
