Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Which means lots of colorful new children’s books about love! Books about love make great Valentine’s Day gifts for kids. So if you are looking for some new Valentine’s Day books for kids, then you definitely want to check out the ones on this list!
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Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine
Written by Jonathan Stutzman and illustrated by Jay Fleck
This adorable board book features the sweet and thoughtful Tiny T. Rex as he tries to make the perfect Valentine for his stegosaurus friend Pointy. As he cuts, glues, and writes on his card, he discovers that creating a perfect Valentine is harder than he thought. In the end, his friend Pointy shows him the real secret of a “perfect Valentine”. The illustrations show the cute little dino struggling to create his card, ending up covered in sparkly glitter. Kids will recognize the frustration of the little dinosaur, and will love the sweet ending of the story.
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Valentine’s Day Treats
Written by Tara Knudson and illustrated by Pauline Siewert
This sweet Valentine’s Day board book follows a family of raccoons as they prepare for Valentine’s Day. The peppy rhyming text shows how the family creates Valentine’s cards, bakes a special treat, and invites friends over for a Valentine’s lunch. The illustrations are full of bright colors, adorable animals, and tons of Valentine’s Day decorations. The back of the book includes a recipe for Valentine’s treats that you can make and share.
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Bear Meets Bear
Written and illustrated by Jacob Grant
When Bear orders a new teapot, he is smitten by the delivery bear that comes to his door. He doesn’t know how to act, and he misses his chance to speak with her. So he decides to order another teapot in the hopes of seeing her again. His friend Spider watches as Bear tries over and over again to speak with the delivery bear. After many unsuccessful deliveries, Spider takes it upon himself to get the two bears talking. The illustrations are adorable, with bright pops of red and pink to highlight the love that Bear is starting to feel. Kids will love the cute characters and the funny twist at the end of the story.
Moo-Moo I Love You!
Written by Tom Lichtenheld and Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This sweet picture book celebrates the love between parent and child through a conversation between a mother cow and her calf. The mother cow shares all of the things she loves about her little calf and their life together. The text uses funny cow puns, emphasizing the “moo” sound in words like “mood”, “museum” and “communicate”. The illustrations highlight the love between the mother and child, using bright white and dark black to put the focus on the two characters. Kids and parents alike will love the sweet message of the book, and will enjoy cuddling up to read it together.
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The Cuddle Book
Written by Mifflin Lowe and illustrated by Delia Ciccarelli
This padded board book celebrates all the best things about cuddling. The inside cover offers fill in the blank spaces for kids to share their favorite things about cuddling. The rhyming text shares the emotional and physical benefits of cuddling, and poses questions about where and when we should cuddle, and who we should cuddle with. The vivid illustrations feature a diverse cast of characters cuddling with friends, family members, and even pets. The sweet ending will have parents and kids wanting to read this while cuddled up together under a cozy blanket.
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The Boy Who Loved Everyone
Written by Jane Porter and illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring
Dimitri is a young boy who loves to express his love to everyone and everything. When he starts at a new preschool, he tells everyone around him that he loves them. The other students don’t know how to respond to his emotional statements, and they all react differently. Dimitri also says I love you to trees, the classroom pet and even the old man in the park. When he asks his mother about people’s reactions to his love, she tells him that people show their love for one another in different ways. With this lesson in mind, Dimitri starts to see love in all kinds of places. The story shares an important message for kids about spreading love in the world and seeing kindness reach from person to person.
Porcupine Cupid
Written by Jason June and illustrated by Lori Richmond
This sweet story of friendship follows a little porcupine who wants to celebrate Valentine’s Day with his friends. He tries to use his own porcupine quills as Cupid’s arrows and encourage his friends to celebrate with him. When his plan doesn’t go the way he thought it would, he has to find a way to save the holiday. The illustrations are brightly colored and full of cute animal characters, and kids will love the determined porcupine and his misguided attempt to celebrate the holiday.
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My Creepy Valentine
Written and illustrated by Arthur Howard
Mitzi the witch does not love Valentine’s Day. She much prefers spooky things to mushy things. But when she meets Spencer, a young boy with some silly talents, she starts feeling things she hasn’t before. She decides that it may be time to take part in the traditions of the holiday, but isn’t sure how. Kids will appreciate the adorable cartoon illustrations in the book, and the sweet story about new feelings.
Puppy Love
Written by Caroline Jayne Church
This sweet padded board book follows a puppy and his little girl as they do all the things that the puppy loves all throughout the year. The rhyming text touches on fun activities in all kids of weather, while the illustrations highlight the different seasons that the puppy and the girl are playing in. This is a great celebration of love and fun all throughout the year.
I Love You to the Moon and Back
Written by Sandra Magsamen
Celebrate the love between parents and kids with this sweet board book. The rhyming text is full of promises of love and support, which parents will love sharing with their kids. The font looks handwritten, with some words highlighted in a colorful, crafty font giving the book a warm and comforting feel. Kids will love the adorable illustrations of the animal parent and child pairs.
Because You’re Mine
Written and illustrated by Nancy Tillman
This beautiful book is a tribute to the relationship between a parent and child. Tillman’s rhyming text reminds kids that their parent’s love and support follows them through all the stages of their lives. The gorgeous illustrations utilize Tillman’s signature style, placing children in fantastical scenes of animals and nature. This has quickly become one of our new favorite books about parental love, and we read it quite often at bedtime.
The Littlest Cupid
Written by Brandi Dougherty and illustrated by Jamie Pogue
This adorable entry in the Littlest series follows Archie, the littlest Cupid as he tries to learn from his family of Cupids. He has trouble training to be a Cupid, but when he falls to Earth, he learns that his small size doesn’t mean that he can’t spread love and kindness in his own way. Kids will love the sweet illustrations of Archie training to be a Cupid and learning how to share love and joy.
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
Written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague
This sweet addition to the How Do Dinosaurs series shows that moms and dads love their little dinosaurs, no matter how they act. They rhyming text follows the dinosaurs as they misbehave all day, but then turn their actions around with sweet expressions of love. Kids will love the funny dinosaurs, while parents will appreciate the familiar experience of misbehaving kids showing their love just when parents reach their limit.
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Clifford Loves
Illustrated by Jennifer Oxley
This sweet shaped board book introduces readers to the things that everyone’s favorite big dog loves. Each two page spread features an illustration of Clifford enjoying some of his favorite things. The text is simple, sharing what Clifford loves in a few words in large fonts. This is a great book for little ones who love Clifford!
Love (Peek-a-Boo Art)
Written by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo
This peek a boo board book introduces kids to famous works of art while also sharing the love between parents and kids. The rhyming text flows from page to page offering sweet promises from parent to child. The cut out pages offer a small glimpse of a famous artwork, revealing the whole piece of art when the reader turns the page. The back of the book includes information on each of the artists featured in the book.
Love from Giraffes Can’t Dance
Written by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
This celebration of love features the adorable animal characters from the popular book Giraffes Can’t Dance. The rhyming text offers declarations of love in large, colorful fonts, while the illustrations are done on dark backgrounds, highlighting the colorful animals and scenery.
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My Hugs & Kisses Storybook Library
By Igloo Books
This fold out library of mini books features 18 adorable books focusing on hugs, kisses, and love. Each of the stories included in the library pairs sweet text with bright, colorful illustrations of adorable characters showing their love. The library can stand on it’s own when unfolded, or can be hung on a wall. These stories are great for parents to read to kids, or for little ones to practice reading on their own. Some of our favorite bedtime books are included, such as I Love You Too and I Will Always Love You. These tiny versions do have very small text, which can be difficult for older adults to read, but their small size makes them perfect for little ones to carry around.
Which new children’s books about love are you looking forward to this year? Do you have favorite Valentine’s Day books for kids? Share them below!
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