The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India's Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew over the years into 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals.

The Boy Who Grew a Forest tells the inspiring true story of Payeng--and reminds us all of the difference a single person with a big idea can make.

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Age: 5 and up
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 32
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Author: Sophia Gholz (Author), Kayla Harren (illustrator) 
Dimensions: 10 x 10 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1534110243