{"id":355,"date":"2019-04-01T08:20:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T15:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-03-31T15:38:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:38:02","slug":"the-boy-who-grew-a-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/the-boy-who-grew-a-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy Who Grew a Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng<\/a>
\nby Sophia Gholz (Author) and Kayla Harren (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

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Booktalk:<\/strong> As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India’s Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew over the years into 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2019 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz (Author) and Kayla Harren (Illustrator) Booktalk: As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India’s Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket … <\/p>\n

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