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The forest keeper : the true story of Jadav Payeng / by Rina Singh ; illustrated by Ishita Jain.

Singh, Rina, 1955- (author.). Jain, Ishita, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Recounts the true story of Jadav Payeng, who, as a boy, grew a forest in the state of Assam, which offered a home to countless plants and animals and became an extraordinary habitat whose existence borders on a miracle come true.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0735845050
  • ISBN: 9780735845053
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : North South, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
750L Lexile
Subject:
Pāẏeṅa, Yādawa, 1963- > Juvenile literature.
Environmentalists > India > Jorhāt (District) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Foresters > India > Jorhāt (District) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Forests and forestry > India > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Picture books.

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  • 4 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Old Fort Branch Library JUV BIO PAY (Text) 37810435655682 Juvenile Biography Checked out 08/22/2026

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