00938cam a2200253 4500 1410223 TxAuBib 130520s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781565548633 1565548639 (OCoLC)45356465 TxAuBib Pilegard, Virginia Walton. The warlord's beads / by Virginia Walton Pilegard; illustrated by Nicolas Debon. Gretna, LA : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc, 2001. unp.; ill.; 29cm. A young Chinese boy helps his father count the warlord's vast treasures by using beads threaded on a branch. Includes a brief history of the abacus and instructions for making one. Accelerated Reader 3.6. 20020504. Abacus Fiction. Counting Fiction. China Fiction. TXDRI