A Grain of Rice
A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.
A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440413011 (044041301X)
Publish date: December 26th 1995
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Science,
Historical Fiction,
Fairy Tales,
Picture Books,
China,
Mathematics
Excellent!This book is such a simple variation on the old grains on a chessboard example of exponential growth. The story is charming, but not exceptional. It is the almost familiar story of a peasant who wishes to marry the princess and uses his brain to achieve his goal.I'd recommend it to anyone ...
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