TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gholz,Sophia M.
AU  - Harren,Kayla
TI  - The boy who grew a forest: the true story of Jadav Payeng 
SN  - 1534110240
AV  - GE56.P39 G46 2019
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ann Arbor, Michigan
PB  - Sleeping Bear Press
KW  - Pāẏeṅa, Yādawa,
KW  - Environmentalists
KW  - India
KW  - Jorhāt (District)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Foresters
KW  - fast
KW  - sears
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12); Ages: 4-8
N2  - This is a glowingly illustrated biography of Jadav Payeng, who planted a 1,300-acre forest in the Brahmaputra River region of India. (Miller Library Staff); 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
ER  -