The Forest Keeper–The True Story of Jadav Payeng Animal Fable and The Polar Express

and The Polar Express

Whether it’s playtime or bedtime

Danny and his friends

even if it costs them their lives—and the lives of two boys in the wrong place at the wrong time

Accompanied by delightful illustrations from Rachel Qiuqi

The Forest Keeper–The True Story of Jadav Payeng Animal Fable and The Polar ExpressTrees dont grow on sandbars . . . but a boy from India grew a forest. What can one person do in the face of global environmental degradation? Jadav Payeng is just a boy in northeast India when the mighty Brahmaputra River floods and sweeps away all vegetation from the river islands, leaving behind a barren sandbar. When the local elders refuse to take action Jadav decides to complete a seemingly impossible task himself. With only a bag of bamboo seeds