A Grain of Rice

by Amber Scott
(Lemont, PA, USA)

We read, "A Grain of Rice", this past year as a part of Sonlight Curriculum's Kindergarten read alouds.

My oldest daughter took the book after we read it and wanted to read it again during her quiet reading time. This sweet story charmed my girls who just adore princess stories.

A storeroom worker and a princess fall in love and the worker asks the emperor for her hand in marriage but is denied it. The princess becomes very sick and sad and the worker tries to prove himself worthy of the princess to the emperor.


After reading this book we all wanted to read it again and hope to soon. The story is an easy and quick read. It is really great for a child who is starting to read longer paragraphs but still likes having pictures to look at. It is one of the first books that I really saw math portrayed well within a story too.

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