The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz

New Hardcover 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.