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Pilegard, Virginia Walton

The Warlord's Beads

32 pp. | Pelican | November, 2001 | Trade ISBN 1-56554-863-9 $$14.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Nicolas Debon. While helping his father count treasure belonging to their master, a warlord in ancient China, Chuan invents the abacus. The story will be helpful in classrooms teaching base-ten counting, but the setting isn't well evoked, and this account of the origin of the abacus isn't very inventive. Artwork suggestive of ancient China illustrates the action.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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