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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale |  | Author: Demi
Creator: Demi
Publisher: Scholastic Press
List Price: $21.99
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 54626
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 10.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 059093998X
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2095402
EAN: 9780590939980
ASIN: 059093998X
Publication Date: April 1, 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Exotic, beautiful, and instructive, this "mathematical folktale" by author-illustrator Demi emerged from her love of India. The narrative and the evocative illustrations combine to create a real sense of the culture and atmosphere of this romantic land. It's the story of Rani, a clever girl who outsmarts a very selfish raja and saves her village. When offered a reward for a good deed, she asks only for one grain of rice, doubled each day for 30 days. Remember your math? That's lots of rice: enough to feed a village for a good long time--and to teach a greedy raja a lesson.
Product Description
A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.
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Fabulous Tale of Compassion and Courage October 17, 2009
Compassionate Teacher (Seattle, WA)
This is a fabulous tale of compassion and courage, worth sharing with children and adults alike. Through her intelligence and courage, a young girl helps an entire community. We used it to inspire action on behalf of world hunger. A single grain of rice matters, as does each and every human response to suffering. Solutions are within our grasp. Read it. Share it. Be inspired.
almost perfect kids' book!. June 23, 2009
cambridge reader (cambridge, ma United States)
WOW! This book is just about perfect. It has everything I look for in a book to read to my 4 year old daughter: A girl as the lead character who exemplifies the qualities I would like to instill in her: bravery, intelligence, cleverness and planning, thinking outside-the-box, math skills, honesty, a sense of justice, generosity, and persistence. I also love the chart at end of the book illustrating the doubling of a number and how powerful that is. The book also raises important issues you can discuss with your child such as 1) poverty and hunger in the world, 2)what makes a good ruler/leader? 3) how much to save and when to expend what you have saved, 4)using only what you need, and not more, 5) sharing. Added bonus- the book takes place in another part of the world, exposing the reader to geography and other cultures and other architectural styles. The only flaw in that regard is that the people all have white skin tone-- if they are Indians shouldn't they have brown skin tones? Other than that, this book is fabulous. Can we have many more like this please?!
simple math, language and illustration - strike a 5 star rating April 15, 2009
Nomorerain (san gabriel, ca United States)
The title says it all. After I have read this story with my children for the second time, I pondered about if the world of loans take after this mathematical model. I've been searching for material to teach my children to be financially savvy, and thought this story is a good start. I bought one to keep in my library. Children and adults could really benefit from this simple math theory in today's financial world.
Fun and Beautiful Math Story January 12, 2009
TeacherTime09
I studied abroad in Rajasthan during college, and one of our abroad members studied miniature paintings. When I saw this book, I bought it immediately. The art is gorgeous. The folk tale is clever and can introduce fantastic conversation starters to any classroom. Use it math, social studies, story time, people skills, conflict resolution, etc. I plan to read the first few pages to my class and then challenge them to tell me how many grains of rice she will get by using mathematics. A great daily challenge in literature! + I've never seen it anywhere but on Amazon.com.
Great lessons for any age. January 9, 2009
Loves to Read (Ohio)
I bought this book for my high school students before we studied the exponential function. They loved it! And, since I have four young children, I shared it with them. They loved it, too! Simple story, great illustrations.
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