TY - BOOK AU - Gholz,Sophia M. AU - Harren,Kayla TI - The boy who grew a forest: the true story of Jadav Payeng SN - 9781534110243 PY - 2019///] CY - Ann Arbor, MI PB - Sleeping Bear Press KW - Pāẏeṅa, Yādawa, KW - Environmentalists KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Foresters KW - India KW - Jorhāt (District) KW - Biographies KW - lcgft KW - Illustrated works N1 - Ages: 4-8 N2 - 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 -