One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Thakchoe; Illustrated by Demi
	List Price:   $19.95 Unit Price:   $15.96 You Save:   $3.99 (20%) ISBN-10:   059093998X ISBN-13:   9780590939980 Publisher:   Scholastic Inc; Scholastic Press Category:   Folklore/Fairy Tales Pub. Date:   April 1997 Pages:   40 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   6 to 9 Grades:   1 to 4
Awards
1997  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year (USA)  Winner!  1998  Emphasis on Reading Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1999  Red Clover Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1999  Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1999  Show Me Readers Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
FOLKLORE_INDIA FOLKLORE_INDIA
Description/Notes
folktale nutrition grains rice Rani outwits the rajah to gain food for her people in this Indian folktale. 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. Long ago in India, there lived a raja who believed that he was wise and fair. But every year he kept nearly all the people's rice for himself. Then a village girl named Rani devises a clever plan, using the surprising power of doubling to win more than one billion grains of rice from the raja.