Where Is Puerto Rico? (Who Hq: the 50 States) - Softcover

Vonder Brink, Tracy; Who HQ, Who HQ

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798217244249

Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Dive into the history, culture, and heritage of Puerto Rico with Who HQ! Learn about everything from Taíno history to El Yunque National Forest in this illustrated book for young readers.

From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series comes a new collection of books all about the United States and territories!

Are you aware that Puerto Rico is Spanish for rich port? Did you know it is home to unique animals like the coquí frog and the emerald hummingbird? Or that Mosquito Bay, off the island of Vieques, glows at night? This book explores Puerto Rico's rich history and culture, from its love of baseball to its famous plena and bomba music.

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Tracy Vonder Brink is always curious about the world around her. She loves to make facts and true stories fun and has written many books for kids. Tracy lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and enjoys reading, hiking, and playing with her two rescue dogs.

Ted Hammond is an illustrator and graphic novel cover artist. His art has been seen in Heavy Metal magazine and Zenescope Comics.

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Where Is Puerto Rico?

You slide a kayak into the water with a guide’s help. Coqui frogs chirp their name as they call to each other in the trees, “Coh-KEY. Coh-KEY.” You climb in the kayak and float into the bay. With each dip of your paddle, the dark water flashes blue. Soon, the water around your kayak sparkles with a soft blue glow. It seems like magic, but it’s nature: You’re taking a night tour in one of Puerto Rico’s bioluminescent (say: buy-oh-loo-muh-NESS-ent) bays!

A bioluminescent bay (also called a bio bay) is a body of water partly surrounded by land that’s filled with tiny living things called dinoflagellates (say: dye-noh-FLAJ-uh-layts). Bioluminescent means light created naturally by living things—fireflies are bioluminescent.

Some kinds of dinoflagellates flash with blue light when disturbed—like when a kayak paddle stirs the water. It’s thought that these small creatures light up to scare away predators, but nobody knows for sure. There are only five famous bio bays in the world, and Puerto Rico has three of them: Laguna Grande, La Parguera, and Mosquito Bay. The brightest is Mosquito Bay, by the island of Vieques (say: vee-EH-kays). This bay holds up to seven hundred thousand dinoflagellates per gallon of water! Bio bays are an amazing part of Puerto Rico, but they’re not the only thing that makes these islands unique.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798217244249
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Hammond Ted
• Anzahl der Seiten: 57
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