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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 Indias 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 Payengand reminds us all of the difference a single person with a big idea can make.
Author: Sophia Gholz
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 03/15/2019
Pages: 32
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781534110243
Language: English
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