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A Grain of Rice
A Grain of Rice
Author: Helena Clare Pittman
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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PBS Market Price: $6.59 or $2.69+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780440413011
ISBN-10: 044041301X
Publication Date: 12/26/1995
Pages: 80
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
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4.7 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Great story. Great lesson to be learnt!
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When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Who ever 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!
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How can one tiny grain of rice lead to a world of happiness?


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