num_pages: 80
description: 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!
language: English
title: A Grain of Rice
titlecomplete: A Grain of Rice
genres: Fiction, Asia, Picture Books, Juvenile, China, School, Chapter Books, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Mathematics
ratings_count: 2398
places: China
publisher: Yearling