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The Forest Keeper- the True Story of Jadav Payeng

The Forest Keeper- the True Story of Jadav Payeng

The True Story of Jadav Payeng

by Rina Singh and Ishita Jain
Hardback
Publication Date: 06/06/2023

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Trees don't grow on sandbars . . . but a boy from India grew a forest.

What can one person do in the face of global environmental degradation? Indian Jadav Payeng has proven that each and every one of us can make a difference. As a boy, he began planting trees on a sandbank in the state of Assam. Nobody believed that he would succeed in doing so. But since 1979, a forest the size of Central Park has emerged, offering a home to countless animals and plants. It was not until 2007 that a photographer accidentally discovered the forest and made Payeng known to the world beyond India.

Rina Singh has sensitively retraced the story of young Jadav. In Ishita Jain's picture book debut as illustrator, readers feel immersed in the spectacular habitat whose existence borders on a miracle come true.

 
ISBN:
9780735845053
9780735845053
Category:
Natural history (Childrens/Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
06-06-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
North-South Books, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
279.4x214.88x12.7mm
Weight:
0.41kg
Rina Singh

Rina Singh was born in India and immigrated to Canada, where she received her MFA in creative writing from Concordia University and a teaching degree from McGill University. She is an internationally published author and has written many critically acclaimed books for children. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband.

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