In 1962-1964, when the author was 9 to 11 years old, his family sailed to and lived on Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico.
You can find her on Instagram @ sarahanncools..
She resides in her own fairyland with her husband and children.
She loves to capture the magic of ordinary life and put a fantastical twist on it to delight audiences both young and old.
Illustrator Biography: Sarah Ann Cools is a Portland, Oregon based children\'s book author and illustrator.
This is his first book.
They love volunteering to serve and teach the children in their church.
He lives with his wife, Carol, in Sandy, Oregon.
He loves wild and remote places.
Fink has spent his career as a forester in Maine and the Pacific Northwest.
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The book closes describing the current condition and reflecting on the great memories.
The concrete houses built to withstand hurricanes where all still there, but the roads, yards and baseball field were all overgrown by jungle.
He returned to the housing development where his family had lived.
In 2018 the author revisited the Navy base which has been closed down for many years.
Described and depicted are the Hurricane Hunter airplanes, flying fish, hermit crabs, coqui tree frogs, little league baseball, tropical rainstorms and hurricanes.
In the book the child describes the exciting trip as well as life on the base in a tropical paradise.
In 1962-1964, when the author was 9 to 11 years old, his family sailed to and lived on Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico