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A Grain of Rice
A Grain of Rice
Reviewed by: Kris Zuidema - retired school librarian, Standish, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: October 8, 2018
Review
The original edition was first published in 1986 with a reprinted edition in 1995. This is the 2018 edition. In this retelling of a Chinese folktale a young farmer, Long Po, asks the Emperor for his daughter's hand in marriage in exchange for saving her life. All that Young Po requests as his reward is a single grain of rice doubled every day for a hundred days which sounds simple enough to the Emperor. This clever and humorous story is a lesson in exponential mathematics. It is beautifully illustrated in fine pencil drawings. At the end is an easy to understand explanation of the math by Daniel Rockmore, a professor of Mathematics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College. Young children will enjoy this delightful story and it would make a useful and fun addition to the math curriculum for middle grade students.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Pittman, Helena Clare
Illustrator: ,
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre: folklore
Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 978152476552
Price: 14.99