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Love, Friendship & Valentines Round-Up!

1/25/2022

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February, the month of love, & valentines day celebration makes for a happy time (especially when you're celebrating with kids, who are easy to please!) 
We have been counting down to Valentines Day at our house & reading some of these heartwarming favorites. Please feel free to share any of your family favorites with me below! 
Love, Friendship & Valentines Books:  
1. How Do I Love Thee?
by: Jennifer Adams
(Three friends are adventuring in nature & meanwhile share the joy of friendship in their journey.)
www.amazon.com/How-Do-I-Love-Thee/dp/0062394444/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1K3E1S3EN9JCC&keywords=how+do+I+love+thee&qid=1644343977&s=books&sprefix=how+do+i+love+thee%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1

2. Love Monster
by: Rachel Bright
(This is the story of a little monster trying to fit in with all the other critters in Cutesville. But...he's not so cute; & that makes it hard to fit in. 

www.amazon.com/Love-Monster-Rachel-Bright/dp/0374346461/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RH0F7B7K817Z&keywords=love+monster&qid=1643175864&s=books&sprefix=love%2Cstripbooks%2C145&sr=1-1 '

3. Happy Valentines Day, Little Critter
by: Mercer Meyer
(Little Critter is excited for Valentines Day at school; he makes a box to collect all his valentines & Secret Cupid in & then he makes an extra special valentine card for his mama.)

www.amazon.com/Little-Critter-Happy-Valentines-Day/dp/0060539739/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=happy+valentines+day+little+critter&qid=1643761043&sprefix=happy+valentines+day+little+%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

4. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts
by: Victoria Kann
(Pinkalicious is just as excited as anyone to exchange valentines with her class at school. But after dreaming of an amazing valentine, & creating an awesome valentine card for her friend Alison, Pinkalicious gets a little disappointed with the valentine she receives....at first.  Until she finds a hidden poem inside!) 

www.amazon.com/Pinkalicious-Pink-Hearts-Victoria-Kann/dp/0061989231/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=pinkalicious+pink+of+hearts&qid=1644473821&sprefix=pinkalicious+pink+of+%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1
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5. Bunny Roo, I Love You
by: Melissa Marr & Teagan White
(All kinds of mommy animals are portrayed as the mommy bunny reassures her baby that she will always be there to take care of it.) 
www.amazon.com/Bunny-Roo-I-Love-You/dp/0399546472/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=bunny+roo+i+love+you&qid=1643349559&sprefix=bunny+roo+i+%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1

6. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
by: Alice Schertle
(Little Blue is out delivering valentines to all his buddies when he wonders if he too will get any valentine cards.) 
www.amazon.com/Little-Trucks-Valentine-Alice-Schertle/dp/0358272440/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3LX1HRLUXHB0J&keywords=Little+Blue+Trucks+valentine&qid=1643823874&sprefix=little+blue+trucks+valentine%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-2

7. The Biggest Valentine Ever
by: Steven Kroll

(Mrs. Mousely asks the class to make valentines; so Clayton & Desmond decide to design one together for their teacher & surprise her! The friends are not on the same page though; one adds to much glitter, the other too many hearts, & pretty soon they rip the card in half. But then these two friends realize they can make the biggest heart valentine ever by working together.) 
www.amazon.com/Biggest-Valentine-Ever-Steven-Kroll/dp/043976419X/ref=sr_1_4?crid=157T7EXCGAOUQ&keywords=valentine+mice&qid=1644442718&s=books&sprefix=valentine+mice%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-4

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8. Click, Clack Moo: I Love You
by: Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin
(Duck is excited for Valentines day & is getting valentines ready for everyone....& getting glitter everywhere. The nice thing is, everyone is invited & welcomed to the party in the barn; even a yippy little fox who meanders over later on.) 
www.amazon.com/Click-Clack-Moo-Love-Book/dp/1481444964/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1643349618&sr=8-1
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9. You are My I Love You
by: Maryann Cusimano
(A mama bear tells her baby cub all the ways the baby means love to her.) 
www.amazon.com/You-Are-My-Love-board/dp/039924395X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L37GOE1RHDD8&keywords=you+are+my+I+love+you&qid=1643869624&sprefix=you+are+my+i+love+you%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

10. The Day it Rained Hearts
by: Felicia Bond
(Cornelia Augusta begins collecting hearts when it rains & then she brings them home & decorates them as cutesy valentines for all her animal pals.) 
www.amazon.com/Day-Rained-Hearts-Felicia-Bond/dp/0060731230/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+day+it+rained+hearts&qid=1643870522&sprefix=the+day+it+rained+hear%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

11. Love Around the World
by:  Lonely Planet Kids & Alli Brydon
(A beautiful, cultural portrayal of how love is expressed throughout the world. Beautiful henna designs from India & lighting lanterns on Chinese New Year are just a couple of the highlights of this book!) 

www.amazon.com/Love-Around-World-Family-Friendship/dp/178868494X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32VZ1EUKBSW2E&keywords=love+around+the+world&qid=1644275710&s=books&sprefix=love+around+the+world%2Cstripbooks%2C134&sr=1-1

12. I Love You To the Moon & Back 
by: Amelia Hepworth
(A cute little rhyming board book, as a mama polar bear puts her cub to bed.) 
www.amazon.com/I-Love-You-Moon-Back/dp/1589255518/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=i+love+you+to+the+moon+and+back&qid=1644276478&s=books&sprefix=I+love+you+to+the+moon%2Cstripbooks%2C156&sr=1-2
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13. Valentine Blessings
by: Mike Berenstain
(So many loved ons to celebrate for Valentines.) 
www.amazon.com/Berenstain-Valentine-Blessings-Living-Lights/dp/0310734894/ref=sr_1_1?crid=287JNTJJ0OWP7&keywords=valentine+blessings&qid=1644442689&s=books&sprefix=valentine+blessings%2Cstripbooks%2C164&sr=1-1

14. Here Comes Valentine Cat
by: Deborah Underwood & Claudia Rueda 
(Oh that troublesome cat! He's back just in time for Valentines day & he is determined not to make valentines for his neighbors ....especially Dog. Dog doesn't play very nice & Cat wants to send him an angry valentine.) 
www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Valentine-Deborah-Underwood/dp/0525429158/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=here+comes+valentine+cat&qid=1643403856&sprefix=here+comes+valentine%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1
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