- Editorial:
- SLEEPING BEAR PRESS
- Materia:
- Infantil 6 a 8 años en inglés
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5341-1024-3
- Páginas:
- 32
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa dura
THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST
THE TRUE STORY OF JADAV PAYENG
SOPHIA GHOLZ
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.