A Grain of Rice download free [PDF and Ebook] by Helena Clare Pittman

A Grain of Rice download free [PDF and Ebook] by Helena Clare Pittman year 1996
  • Book name: A Grain of Rice
  • Author: Helena Clare Pittman
  • Release date: 1996/10/11
  • Publisher: YEARLING BOOKS
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Teen and Young Adult
  • ISBN: 9780440413011
  • Rating: 7.56 of 10
  • Votes: 472
  • Review by: Aaron Humphreys
  • Review rating: 7.9 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/9/14
  • Total pages: 112
  • Includes a PDF summary of 13 pages
  • Description or summary of the book: Over 200,000 copies sold! Now with a newly refreshed design, this classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world-all starting with one grain of rice. When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's 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 Princess's life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward he chooses-except 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 obliges-only to discover that if you're 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
  • Estimated reading time (average reader): 5H45M19S
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Numbers & Counting, Children's Fiction, Children's General Story Books
  • Available formats: EPUB, MOBI, MobiPocket, PDF, WORD, DOC, TXTz, TXT. Compressed in TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ, ZIP, TGZ, ALZ, RAR, AZW4
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 5.39 USD
  • Dimensions: 133x197x5mm
  • Weight: 59g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, NY, United States
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