This is a story about a family living in Puerto Rico. One morning all is calm when suddenly a hurricane approaches the island. The sons are playing in the ocean at the time and the family rushes to pack up their belongings and get to the shelter as quickly as possible. In the shelter, which was an old naval barracks, the town is gathered inside. For comfort during the storm, they start to sing Silent Night. When the storm is over, the family goes back to their house to clean up the yard. Lucky their house was still intact. The next morning the brothers are back in the ocean having fun. I really enjoyed this book. This shows how quickly lives can change especially living in an area surrounded by water. ( )

Two boys went on a normal day to skorkle, when suddenly their mom comes yelling and panting about a hurricane. As they watched everything being destroyed, they drove to the shelter. The next day the hurricane was over and they cleaned up all the disaster. Ages 4-8 ( )

One moment the sun is shining in Puerto Rico, and the next disaster looms on the horizon, a hurricane! A young boy describes his family's experience of a hurricane that tears through their home. Ages 4-8

This book shows what happens during a hurricane and the emotions and fear that are stirred up when a big disaster hits. It provides a view of the disater from the child's point of view and shows that after disaster strikes the sun will shine again, and things get better in time.

One day two boys went to the beach to snorkel. Their mom began to yell, "Hurricane!!!." They ran back to the house and began packing to leave. They drove to the rain shelter to ride out the hurricane. They sang songs at the shelter so that they would stay calm. They awoke the next day to discover the hurricane was over.
Age-5
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