Books To Read » geography http://www.bookstoread.co.nz together, sharing a love of books Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale By DEMI http://www.bookstoread.co.nz/2009/08/one-grain-of-rice-a-mathematical-folktale-by-demi/ http://www.bookstoread.co.nz/2009/08/one-grain-of-rice-a-mathematical-folktale-by-demi/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:19:39 +0000 admin http://www.bookstoread.co.nz/?p=109 one-grain-of-rice
” A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.” This beautifully illustrated book, gives an opportunity to learn a little Indian culture and artwork (perhaps take the time to locate India on your world map) and also a lovely way to understand to the power of 2: maths, geography, culture and literature all in one picture book.

link in the Auckland libraries catalogue

link in the NZ National Library catalogue

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