The Boy Who Grew a Forest

By Sophia Gholz, Kayla Harren (illustrator),

Book cover of The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

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Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book Trade Book 2020 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…

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1 author picked The Boy Who Grew a Forest as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I am moved by how, in spite of his sadness and grief at the loss of his surrounding natural environment and the animals that lived there, Jadav decides to do something about it. He shows how, by taking one small step at a time, each of us has the ability to make a tremendous impact on improving our natural world. It gives me great hope that young readers will be inspired to care for our common home and restore our troubled planet, one plant at a time.

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