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The Forest Keeper

Written by Rina Singh
illustrated by Ishita Jain

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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.

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It's the perfect book to inspire more of us to act, in big ways or small ways, and truly create change

 

-Kara Cybanski

This story feels almost magical, but is all the more wondrous because it is real!

 

-Alana Haley

Singh inspires with this biography of Jadav Payeng.

 

-Publishers Weekly

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