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Book Review - One Grain of Rice by Demi
The International Family Offices Journal
Vol. 5 - Iss. 1 pp. 64–64
Sep 2020
Author Demi's colourful retelling of the classic Indian folktale ?Sissa and the Troublesome Trifles? was published in 1997. It is a children's book suitable for approximately grades 3-6, and it is beautifully illustrated by using Chinese brushes and traditional pens and inks. It tells the story of a girl Rani who tricks a greedy raja. Using her superior understanding of mathematical compounding, and relying on the raja grossly underestimating her intelligence, she gives back to the people the rice entrusted to the ruler's safekeeping which he has hoarded to himself during a famine.