The Boy Who Grew a Forest The True Story of Jadav Payeng Hardcover – Picture Book, March 15, 2019 by Sophia Gholz
HARDCOVER
[32 pages]
PUB:March 15, 2019
Description
2020 Green Earth Book Award Long list 2020 Crystal Kite Awards – Southeast Division Winner 2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Notable Social Studies Trade Books list – Winning Title! 2019 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award – Winning Title Florida Book Award Gold Winner Recipient of the 2019 Eureka! Honors Award Winner -Best of 2019 Kids Books – Most Inspiring Category 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.
Product details
- Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press; Illustrated edition (March 15, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1534110240
- ISBN-13 : 978-1534110243
- Reading age : 5 – 8 years
- Lexile measure : 790L
- Grade level : Kindergarten – 3
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 10 x 0.5 x 10 inches
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