When the rice harvest was decimated by a drought, the raja feared for his own survival and refused to open the royal storehouses to feed his people.Īfter getting in the good graces of the raja, Rani is rewarded. Her elegant pictures accented with gold made me want to read the whole story.īorrowing from a trickster tale titled, “Sissa and the Troublesome Trifles,” Demi retells a story about how Rani saves a community by using her mathematical abilities to outsmart a selfish raja. I opened the book without any hesitation.Īs soon as I started taking a “picture walk” through the book, I was delighted by Demi’s creative abilities and her authentic use of traditional Indian paintings. Yet, I was intrigued because I was already familiar with this talented illustrator and author who once lived in India. What did the title of the book, One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale, have in common with flowers, deer, and an Indian woman? The illustrator and writer, Demi, did not provide any clues about the content of the book.
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