Valentine’s Day may be over, but it is still the perfect time to share books about love with little ones! This list of new kids books about love is full of fun and beautiful new books for sharing with your young readers.

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How Do You Hug?

This touch and feel board book uses rhyming text and cute colorful illustrations of animals pairs to share different kinds of hugs. Adults will love the cute text while little ones will love the pops of colorful felt visible in the page’s cutouts, offering soft places on the page to touch.

Chef’s Kiss

Written by Jeffrey Burton and illustrated by Denise Holmes

This adorable board book uses a rhyming text full of cooking and baking puns to celebrate the love between parent and child. The accompanying illustrations show parent and child pairs cooking and baking in the kitchen as well. Kids and adults alike will love this sweet tribute to love and family fun in the kitchen.

Don’t Push the Button! Tons of Love

Written by Bill Cotter

This adorable follow up to the popular book Don’t Push the Button revisits the adorable monster Larry. He reminds the reader not to push the button, but then encourages them to do it anyway. Kids will love all the Valentine’s silliness that ensues when they push the button and interact with the illustrations on the page.

Share the Love!

Written by Frederick Glasser and illustrated by Edward Miller

This adorable Valentine lift-the-flap book encourages young readers to share love with community helpers during Valentine’s Day. Each two page spread offers a rhyming hint about a community helper hidden behind a door flap. Kids will love guessing who the helper is and opening the door to unveil them. This is a sweet reminder to offer thanks and love to those who help us every day.

Little Love Songs

Written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton

This musical board book includes cute little love songs that little ones will love to sing along to. The cute illustrations are full of adorable animal characters, and each page includes a button that plays the music for the song on the page. Kids will love singing along to these little love songs.

Love From Snoopy

Written by Maggie Testa and illustrated by Scott Jeralds

In this cute book, Snoopy shares what love is. The very simple text is paired with brightly colored illustrations of Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang. This is a cute book for sharing love with young fans of the Peanuts characters.

I Love You Always

Written by Rachel Piercey and illustrated by Freya Hartas

This cute rhyming board book follows a little bear as he searches for the hundred hearts that Papa Bear has hidden. Each two page spread includes a rhyming encouragement for the reader to search for more hearts, and a busy, detailed forest illustration with little hearts hidden throughout it. Kids will love searching for all of the little hearts.

I Love to Watch You Grow!

Written by Erin Guendelsberger and illustrated by Marybeth Nelson

This adorable book shares a loving message from parent to child, celebrating all the wonderful ways that kids grow and learn. The brightly colored illustrations feature the beloved Sesame Street characters and their loved ones. The back of the book includes information on how kids can help the world grow and make a difference.

Follow Your Heart

Written by Emma Dodd

This beautiful book follows a parent and baby dolphin pair as they swim and explore throughout a day. The uplifting text reminds little ones to follow their hearts, with the comforting message that it will always get them where they need to be. The colorful illustrations have touches of silver throughout, making them pop off the page.

The Little Puppy

Written by Nicola Killen

This sweet story follows a young girl named Ollie as she spends time with her Grandma’s new puppy Milo. She has big plans for their day, but things don’t go as she planned. Soon, they are able to spend time playing and pretending, eventually enjoying the day together. The adorable black and white illustrations are brought to life with pops of red, with tiny red foil hearts popping off the final few pages.

Hap-Pea Valentine’s Day

Written by Keith Baker

This cute rhyming picture book follows lots of adorable little peas as they come up with all kinds of fun and creative “hearts” to share with loved ones. From candy hearts and Cookie hearts to book hearts and pizza hearts, this creative book is full of all kinds of fun ways to say I Love You this Valentine’s Day!

Bigfoot’s Big Heart

Written by Sarah Glenn Marsh and illustrated by Ishaa Lobo

In this adorable story, Bigfoot and other mythical creatures around the world are feeling lonely. So on Valentine’s Day, Bigfoot decides to make cards for all of them. When his cards blow away, he requires the help of some young scouts to get his message of love out to all his mythical friends. This is a sweet story that touches on mythical creatures from around the world, and reminds us that everyone deserves to feel loved.

L is for Love

Written by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank

This fun book finds all kinds of things that start with the letter L as they follow a family on their journey to Lagos. From lemons and leaves to Lagos and laugh, there are tons of things that start with the letter L on their journey. The simple text repeats the phrase “L is for…” over and over again, but the illustrations show the family on their journey and bring the story to life.

Love is Here With You: A Lullaby of Blessings

Written by Jyoti Rajan Gopal and illustrated by Nabi H. Ali

This beautiful picture book follows a family as they sing their baby to sleep. The rhyming text is full of peaceful and loving language, and the brightly colored illustrations show the baby being protected by Hindu deities including Ganesha, Durga, and Krishna. This makes a great read aloud for bedtime, reminding little ones that they are protected and surrounded by love while they sleep.

Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love

Written by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by 21 Artist Friends

These short ten word “tales” celebrate all kinds of love. From music performed on a stage, to kisses sent in a letter, these simple ten word stories share messages of love. The accompanying illustrations bring the tiny stories to life, through different styles and mediums done by the author’s artist friends.

Why We Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Written by Shannon Anderson, MED and illustrated by Alyssa De Asis

This nonfiction book is full of fascinating information about the history and traditions of Valentine’s Day. The beginning of the book includes an illustrated table of contents, and the first couple of chapters share the history of Valentine’s Day. The rest of the book shares ideas for celebrating the holiday, as well as information about how people celebrate it around the world. In the back of the book, there are examples of how to say Happy Valentine’s Day in other languages, as well as a glossary and more resources.

What are your favorite new kids books about love? Share them in the comments below!

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