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Title The boy who grew a forest : the true story of Jadav Payeng / by Sophia M. Gholz ; illustrated by Kayla Harren.
Author Gholz, Sophia M., author.
Publication Info. Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]
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 Eatonville  E GHO    Check Shelves
 Hiawassee  E GHO    Check Shelves
 North Orange  E GHO    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  E GHO    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  E GHO    Check Shelves
 South Trail  E GHO    Check Shelves
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Audience Ages: 4-8.
Summary 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.
Subject Payeng, Jadav, 1963- -- Juvenile literature.
PāѣeEa, Yādawa, 1963- -- Juvenile literature.
Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foresters -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Environmentalists -- India -- Jorhāt (District) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foresters -- India -- Jorhāt (District) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Harren, Kayla, illustrator.
ISBN 9781534110243 (hardcover) : $16.99
1534110240 (hardcover)