"The Ballad of Valentine" by Alison Jackson, illustrated by Tricia Tusa. My kids LOVE books that are told with a song. I don't always. This one is so cute and is sung to the tune of "Clementine". It was actually fun to sing this story. It was cleverly written and drawn (which isn't always the case. Not sure why a lot of the stories that are told to a song have mediocre pictures... they think the song can carry it??? Nope.) This particular story is fun for mom and kids, is great for Valentines AND has the cutest awkward couple EVER. My favorite from this list.
"The Valentine Bears" by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jan Brett. This is a cute story about a bear couple who wakes up mid-winter nap to show each other how much they love each other. I like this book because it reminds me of my big bear of a husband. I also like this because it appropriately shares what a great adult relationship can look like for a child audience.
"Lilly's Chocolate Heart" by Kevin Henkes. Short and sweet (bad pun) board book. The fun thing about this book for our family is that my first grader can read board books to the little kids without getting bored and putting it down without finishing. No mom required (even though I still stand by and watch- too cute to miss.)
"The Day it Rained Hearts" by Felicia Bond. This was the kids favorite. They love a little bit of the ridiculous. Once they new the story it was fun for them to shout out who each Valentine was for before we reached that page. I didn't realize how funny the idea of raining hearts would be to a 4 and 6 year-old. Or hearts growing on trees, for that matter.
"Valentines Day Is...." by Gail Gibbons. We have a lot of Gail Gibbons books but we usually only enjoy her sciency-dinosaur-astronomy-honey bee-apple tree-etc. type books. I have never been a big fan of her holiday books. I think the reason I liked this one better is that Valentine's Day isn't as religiously based as some of the other holidays. This is a great book to learn more about the history of Valentines Day (for young children, that is) and how we celebrate the day. If you are familiar with Gail Gibbons you will know that the pictures aren't exactly spectacular- but they get the point across. These are things that I never knew as a young kid and I would have loved to have a book like this.
"The Ballad of Valentine" by Alison Jackson, illustrated by Tricia Tusa. My kids LOVE books that are told with a song. I don't always. This one is so cute and is sung to the tune of "Clementine". It was actually fun to sing this story. It was cleverly written and drawn (which isn't always the case. Not sure why a lot of the stories that are told to a song have mediocre pictures... they think the song can carry it??? Nope.) This particular story is fun for mom and kids, is great for Valentines AND has the cutest awkward couple EVER. My favorite from this list.
"The Valentine Bears" by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jan Brett. This is a cute story about a bear couple who wakes up mid-winter nap to show each other how much they love each other. I like this book because it reminds me of my big bear of a husband. I also like this because it appropriately shares what a great adult relationship can look like for a child audience.
"Lilly's Chocolate Heart" by Kevin Henkes. Short and sweet (bad pun) board book. The fun thing about this book for our family is that my first grader can read board books to the little kids without getting bored and putting it down without finishing. No mom required (even though I still stand by and watch- too cute to miss.)
"The Day it Rained Hearts" by Felicia Bond. This was the kids favorite. They love a little bit of the ridiculous. Once they new the story it was fun for them to shout out who each Valentine was for before we reached that page. I didn't realize how funny the idea of raining hearts would be to a 4 and 6 year-old. Or hearts growing on trees, for that matter.
"Valentines Day Is...." by Gail Gibbons. We have a lot of Gail Gibbons books but we usually only enjoy her sciency-dinosaur-astronomy-honey bee-apple tree-etc. type books. I have never been a big fan of her holiday books. I think the reason I liked this one better is that Valentine's Day isn't as religiously based as some of the other holidays. This is a great book to learn more about the history of Valentines Day (for young children, that is) and how we celebrate the day. If you are familiar with Gail Gibbons you will know that the pictures aren't exactly spectacular- but they get the point across. These are things that I never knew as a young kid and I would have loved to have a book like this.
