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Natural Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico Natural

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This is the best book about Puerto Rico fauna and natural history. The book is written in english and spanish with a set of wondrously beautiful photographs and is very easy to read.

Featuring beautiful color photography and a bilingual text in both Spanish and English, Natural Puerto Rico by Alfonso Silva Lee takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the wondrous types of life forms that can be found in Puerto Rico, from fungi to spiders and insects to frogs, lizards, snakes, bats, birds, and more. A fascinating exploration of wild beauty and marvels, Natural Puerto Rico is very highly recommended for armchair travelers and nature lovers alike.

This book does well what it aims to do: introduce middle and high school students to natural history, using Puerto Rico as a framework. As an experienced naturalist, I found it disappointing. Most is the content is very general rather than specific to Puerto Rico, with the exception of the wonderful photographs and their captions. If you know little about natural history, you may enjoy this book. But if you are looking for depth on the unique Puerto Rican flora and fauna, don't waste your time with this one.