Adventure Encore: A Volcano Adventure, Part 1

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Now, here's a word from our sponsors. Thanks! Okay, reader, it's time for a Reading Bug Adventure! It's a Reading Bug Adventure, there's lots of fun in store Just inside our book bag there's new places to explore

Grab your crayons and paper and your imaginations too And I can't wait to share our trip with you. Hi reader! I'm so glad you could join us on another Reading Bug Adventure.

I've been waiting and waiting for the Reading Bug to arrive, but she is later than usual. She must have gotten really lost in her books today. Here I am Lauren. Sorry I'm late.

Where have you been? I was starting to get worried. You really need to pay more attention to the time. I am so sorry, Lauren.

But please don't blow your top just because I'm a little late. I promise you that this adventure is going to be a blast. And look at who I brought with me, the spelling bee. Hi, spelling bee.

Hi. The reading bug told me where we are going today. And I think you're going to be pleased and ash astonished.

Good one, bee. Blow my top? Blast? Ash astonished?

Are those words hints about where we're going today? They sure are, Lauren. We are going to visit an ash-stonishing place today that often blows its top.

Can you guess where we're adventuring? Reader, what places do you know that blast and blow their tops and where there's a lot of ash? What about the launch of a space rocket?

Rockets blast off, and they blow their tops when the rocket detaches from the boosters after they provide the thrust that the rocket needs to escape the Earth's gravity.

That's a great guess, but no, we're not going to a rocket launch today. Are we going to visit the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park?

Old Faithful blows its top about 20 times a day when it blasts water and steam high into the sky. Geyser, G-E-Y-S-E-R. A geyser is an underground spring of hot water

that sometimes erupts, sending steam and hot water gushing into the air. That's another very good guess, Lauren. We're not going to Yellowstone National Park today, but if you have any other guesses,

I would lava to hear them. Bug, did you say lava? Lava, L-A-V-A. When hot melted rocks called magma, M-A-G-M-A, is pushed into the surface of a volcano,

it erupts. Once the magma gets outside of the volcano, it is called lava. Reading Bug, are we going on a volcano adventure today? Yes, yes, yes! You got it, Lauren!

I guess my lava clue was a little too easy. But can you guess which volcano we're going to visit today? Which volcano? I... I don't know. I'll bet it is not one of the volcanoes we've already visited on our adventures.

Reader, do you remember how we helped the people in the Colosseum in Pompeii escape before Mount Vesuvius erupted way back in 79 AD? We also landed on Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our entire solar system, on our Mars adventure. But it's probably not that one either. That rules out two volcanoes, but we're going to need another hint if you want us to guess which one we're going to see today.

Here's a really hot tip. We are going to explore a volcano that is located in the only state in the United States that was entirely formed by volcanoes. Reader, can you think of a state that was formed entirely by volcanoes? I remember reading that the state of Washington has seven active volcanoes, including Mount

St. Helens, which last erupted in 2008. Can you think of another state with lots of volcanoes? Alaska is our biggest state, and it also has the most active volcanoes, 141. But I don't think that either Washington or Alaska was formed entirely by volcanoes.

Hmm. I'm afraid we're going to need another hint. Okay. Here's one.

The volcano we're going to visit today is located in a state that is in the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire? Yikes!

I don't know what the Ring of Fire is, but it sure sounds scary. There are over 1500 active volcanoes in the world. An active volcano is a volcano that has recently erupted and may erupt again soon. The Rea Fire is a horseshoe-shaped area in the Pacific Ocean that got its name because

it has more exploding active volcanoes than any other place on Earth. Oh! So that means we must be going to a state that is located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and there's only one of those.

Reader, do you know which state is located in the Pacific Ocean? Hawaii! Hawaii is the only state that is made up of islands and the Hawaiian islands are located in the Pacific Ocean.

So bug, is Hawaii the state that was formed entirely by volcanoes? Yes, yes, yes! Hawaii consists of six big islands and lots and lots of smaller ones too, and all of the islands that make up the state of Hawaii were formed by volcanoes.

I love Hawaii, but we've already been to Hawaii twice! First on our ocean adventure, and then again on our superhero adventure. Aren't there other volcanoes that are closer to us or that are located in places that we haven't visited yet? Maybe you'll be able to guess why I chose Hawaii if I tell you the names of some of the books in my book bag.

First, there is Pele and Hiaka, a tale of two sisters, retold by Dietrich Beres. Pele, P-E-L-E. Pele is the goddess of Hawaii's volcanoes. In some stories, Pele is also referred to as goddess of hula dancing. Some of the other books are