"One Grain of Rice" is a folktale taking place long ago in India. In the tale a selfish raji is taught a lesson by a very intelligent young girl, Rani. The raji had collected all of the rice in the village for any years to prepare for the possible famine. When famine hit the village and the people were left with nothing to eat, the raji was selfish and provided them with no food. One day when a servant is transporting the raji's rice, a young girl Rani, starts to collect the rice in her dress. When the raji confronts her for stealing his rice, she makes a deal that she will return the rice if he gives her one grain of rice to day and doubles the amount daily for thirty days. The raji saw this as a modest request and agrees. On the thirtieth day Rani ended up with 536,870,912 grains of rice.
This story could easily teach students that selfish behavior is never appreciated or valued in society. This book conveys the importance of giving and treating others the way you want to be treated. This could help with peer issues, as well as building a positive community within the classroom. Lastly, this book would be useful during a math lesson. The books talks a lot about doubling and basic addition. It also has a diagram at the end of the book describing how Rani's rice doubled each day. This would help them apply math to real life experience.
Traditional or Folk Literature
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