My girls and I have nearly devoured every Valentine’s Day book in our public library this month; I like to think of it as calorie-free brain candy. If you’ve exhausted your fair share of “Mouse’s First Valentine” and “The Day It Rained Hearts,” here are some heartwarming children’s picture books that celebrate the power of love, as recommended by The Brooke Jackman Foundation, a non-profit that promotes literacy for at-risk children in NYC. Happy Valentine’s Day–and happy reading!
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
- I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen
- Porcupining A Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
- Love, Ruby Valentine by Laurie B Friedman
- Where’s My Valentine? (Yo Gabba Gabba! Series) by Tina Gallo
- A Giant Crush by Gennifer Choldenko
- The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson
- Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat
- Olive You!: And Other Valentine Knock-Knock Jokes You’ll A-Door by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg