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    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 [&hellip

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