The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
by Sophia Gholz and Kayla Harren
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- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
- South Asian
Year Published 2019
Word Count 529
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 507521, 0.5 AR Points
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Long E
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- Subject Headings
- Foresters--India--Jorhāt (District)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Environmentalists--India--Jorhāt (District)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Foresters
- Jorhaat (District)
- Environmentalists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Paacyecna, Yaadawa
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- India
- Pāẏeṅa, Yādawa, 1963---Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Trees & Forests
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2020

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2020
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