The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
by Gholz, Sophia M.
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AR Book Level
4.0
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
529
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
507521 EN
About this book
A picture book biography of Jadav Payeng who, as a boy, was distressed by the destructive deforestation and erosion in India's Brahmaputra River region, so he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo grew into a thriving 1,300 acres.