King's Chessboard by David Birch
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0140548807 ISBN-13:   9780140548808 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Series:   Picture Puffin Ser. Category:   Math Books Pub. Date:   July 1993 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   5 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1961  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  2003  Bluebonnet Award  Nominee/Honoree  2006  Young Hoosier Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  2002  Young Hoosier Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
A wise man outsmarts a vain king when he is offered a reward. When the wise man refuses to accept a reward for his service to the king, the king insists and so the wise man asks for a payment of rice for each square of the king's chessboard--the amount to be doubled each day. Soon the royal granaries are almost empty--will the proud king concede that he has been outwitted? A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children. Full-color illustrations.