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Forest Keeper- The True Story of Jadav Payeng
Forest Keeper- The True Story of Jadav Payeng | Rina Singh
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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.
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4 ⭐This was a lovely and interesting story about a boy who worried about monsoon rains washing away the ground, and the animals that live there. He‘s India‘s Johnny Appleseed, because he started planting trees. But he didn‘t plant one type of tree he planted different types of trees to help maintain the sandbars and the land as well as unintentionally growing a habitat for many diverse animals.