The perfect way for us to celebrate Valentine’s Day with kids is by sharing kids books about love! So we are always excited to check out the latest batch of children’s books about love of all kinds.

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Bananas for You

Written by Sabrina Moyle and illustrated by Eunice Moyle

Like the other books by the pair behind Hello!Lucky, this brightly colored board book features hilarious rhyming text and adorable cartoon illustrations. Each page features a funny phrase starting with “I Love You More Than….”. Kids will love the silly phrases and the even funnier illustrations. Little Bookworm always loves the little speech bubbles from some of the characters hidden throughout their books. This is a perfect book for sharing love with little ones in a lighthearted way.

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With All My Heart, I Love You

Written by Caroline Jayne Church

This adorable padded board book uses a simple rhyming text to encourage little ones to kick, stretch, dance, and twirl. The cartoon illustrations show babies with different skin tones and hairstyles as they giggle and wiggle through the day. In the end, the little ones lay down to sleep with a message of love shared from grown ups to kids.

I Knew You Could Do It

Written by Nancy Tillman

Nancy Tillman is one of the best authors in the world at sharing loving, inspirational messages for little ones in beautiful prose and illustrations. Now available in board book form, this gorgeous book shares the message to little ones that there is someone who believes in them and knows that they can do whatever they set their minds to. The rhyming text is paired with colorful illustrations featuring animals and kids doing amazing things together. Like Tillman’s other beautiful books, this one made me tear up as I read it with Little Bookworm.

All We Need is Love

Written by Sienna Williams and illustrated by Julia Seal

This brightly colored board book follows a young bear and his caring grown up as they discover that love is the most important thing. While the young bear lists all kinds of fantastic gifts and experiences that could be gifted, in the end, he realizes that the love and care of loved ones is the only thing that matters. The vivid illustrations are full of fun foods, gifts, and trips that kids will love exploring.

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I Love You, Mommy! and I Love You, Daddy!

Written by Stephanie Moss and illustrated by Kathryn Inkson

These colorful padded board books show the love between parent and child through a young lion cub and his parents. Each book focuses on one parent and all the reasons that the little cub loves them. The peppy rhyming text is paired with sweet illustrations showing the cub and his parents playing, exploring, snuggling, and interacting, just like human parents and children.

I Love You Every Day

Written by Isabel Otter and illustrated by Alicia Mas

This colorful book introduces the concept of love to little ones, and shows how love can mean many things. Each page offers another definition of love (trust, harmony, generosity, etc) with a simple bold heading, and how that concept translates to our daily lives. The vibrant illustrations feature a diverse cast of families and communities, showing love in big and small ways. Several pages feature a heart cutout, piling on different colors to create a rainbow heart.

Viking in Love

Written by Doug Cenko

This adorable book shares the heartwarming tale of Stig, a Viking who doesn’t like the sea. But one day, he sees a female Viking who introduces herself from her boat, and he knows he loves her. He tries all kinds of ways to contact her with a love letter, but when his attempts fail, he has to face his fear of the sea. The illustrations are hilarious, with Stig’s cats stealing the show, and kids will love the adorable little Viking.

What is Love?

Written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Carson Ellis

In this beautiful story, a young child asks his grandmother “What is love?”. His grandmother shares that she doesn’t have the answer, but she encourages him to go out in the world and find the answer. As he travels the world asking people what love is, everyone gives an answer unique to them. In the end, he goes home and shares the answer he found. The soothing illustrations use a lot of earth tones, and highlight the wide range of people the main character questions on his journey.

How Do You Love?

Written by Kellie Byrnes and illustrated by Melina Ontiveros

This celebration of love and care shows all of the small ways that we can show and experience love throughout a day. From a sweet wake up call in the morning to bedtime story love at night, the simple text and adorable cartoon style illustrations highlight small actions of love for little ones. The back of the book includes tips for sharing love, and encourages readers to put more love out in the world.

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Love You By Heart

Written by Peter H. Reynolds

This poetic little book from the bestselling author uses short, simple statements to celebrate unconditional love. The illustrations feature a large heart and a small heart as they frolic in their shared love. Kids will love the cute illustrations, while adults will appreciate the message that love can’t be broken and endures during the good times and the bad times.

I Wish Wish Wish For You

Written by Sandra Magsamen and illustrated by Melisa Fernandez Nitsche

In this beautiful rhyming book, the author shares all of the wishes that adults have for kids. From finding beauty in the world, to laughing long and loud and trying new things, the text explores all kinds of wishes. The illustrations are full of bright colors, featuring a diverse cast of kids enjoying all of the joys in life. This is a heartwarming read for parents wishing to share their love and hopes with their little ones.

Do you have any favorite kids books about love? Share them in the comments below!

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