Michael Rose Ramirez

This is a Puerto Rican transformational tale about love and acceptance. The pictures are colorful and the print is large for an early elementary readers.

A girl and boy from rival tribes have their love protected and immortalized when they are changed into a red flower and a hummingbird. You could use this book for a lesson about love, and the different ways that it can be shown. This book could be read around valentines day, and you could have the children make a card for someone that they love that includes all the ways that you love them.