Stories About Love for Kids

There are lots of ways to talk about love with young readers, check out one of these books to get started!

Updated February 6, 2025
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Valentine mice!
Roberts, Bethany
Paper Book
"Skip! Hop! Zip! Nip!" The sprightly characters from "Halloween Mice!" frolic across a wintry landscape to deliver valentines to all their woodland friends. Lively rhymed text filled with sounds that are fun to say aloud, and a simple mystery -- what happened to the littlest mouse? -- that is...
Love
McAnulty, Stacy
Paper Book
From award-winning author Stacy McAnulty comes a sweet story about love and what it's really all about. What is love? Can you only express it in fancy meals, greeting cards, and heart-shaped chocolates? Kids will find love everywhere in this delightful book. It can be found in...
Love, Z
Sima, Jessie
Paper Book
From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes the story of a young robot trying to find the meaning of "love." When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed "Love, Beatrice," they decide to find out what "love" means. Unable to get an answer from...
Love, Violet
Wild, Charlotte Sullivan
Paper Book
Stonewall Book Award Winner Lambda Literary Award Finalist Charlotte Huck Honor Book Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua is a touching picture book about friendship and the courage it takes to share your feelings. Only...
Love, Escargot
Slater, Dashka
Paper Book
Fall in love with this laugh-out-loud third picture book in the bestselling Escargot series about a cute French snail who attends a Valentine's Day party--the perfect gift for Valentine's Day or celebrating love all year round. Today is Snailentine's Day, and Escargot is on...
Grumpy monkey Valentine gross-out
Lang, Suzanne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The beloved character Jim Panzee is very grumpy about Valentine's Day until his buddy Norman shows him that the holiday is for everyone. Two pages of full-color stickers are included for extra fun! This holiday hardcover book is brimming with...
I love you every day
Otter, Isabel
Paper Book
The fourth book in a collectable new series that celebrates the true spirit of the holidays every day, this colorful novelty picture book engages with the sweet tenderness of Valentine's Day year-round and makes an ideal gift! Through adorably-illustrated vignettes, this gifty,...
Valenslime
Keller, Joy
Paper Book
A young slime scientist's efforts to make a Valentine's Day friend for her slime explode in Valenslime, a clever and funny picture book companion to Joy Keller and Ashley Belote's Frankenslime. Victoria Franken, slime scientist, loved her...
Love like chocolate
Banghart, Tracy E.
Paper Book
A deliciously sweet story of family, traditions, and chocolate! The perfect book for any time you want to tell someone "I love you." As a family welcomes an adopted little girl to their home, her brother takes it upon himself to teach his new sister their traditions...
First valentine
George, K.
Paper Book
A charming, relatable rhyming read-aloud just-right for Valentine's Day, about first experiences! Little friend. First valentine. A heart will be the best design... Little friend is so excited to make his first valentine--in the shape...
Valensteins : (a love story)
Long, Ethan
Paper Book
Something strange is in the air on this dark, cold night. The members of Fright Club are always ready to scare, but tonight Fran K. Stein has something else on his mind. He's busy making something, and the other monsters want to know what it is. Could it be a mask with...
Love
de la Peña, Matt
Paper Book
#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER " A poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child's life . . . eloquent and moving."-People "Everything that can be called love -- from shared joy to comfort in the darkness -- is gathered in the pages of this...
Hello, love!
Miura, Tar¿
Paper Book
How do animals show their love? By touching trunks, beaks, and noses! Toddlers will delight in adorable pairs of fish, ducklings, elephants, and monkeys as they splash, swim, dance, and swing, all while showing affection. Author-illustrator Taro Miura brings a playfulness and verve to this love...
Love, Splat
Scotton, Rob.
Paper Book
From bestselling author Rob Scotton It's Valentine's Day and Splat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class. Her name is Kitten, and Splat likes her even more than fish sticks and ice cream. But Kitten doesn't seem to like him at all. And then there's Splat's rival, Spike...
Love grows everywhere
Timms, Barry
Paper Book
Vanishing Valentines
Auerbach, Annie
Paper Book
When Valentine's Day cards and treats go missing throughout Kittydale, the SuperKitties must track down the thief to save the holiday. This pawsome foursome of adorable kitties transform into fierce, furry super heroes anytime justice needs to be served. Based on the hit Disney Junior series...
The mystery of the love list
Marsh, Sarah Glenn
Paper Book
A heart-warming Valentine's mystery Pippa's teacher tells her students to make a love list--a list of all the things that take up room in their hearts. Pippa makes her list, but when she finds someone else's and sees that her own name has been written down, along with all...
Sweet and silly
Lubner, Susan
Paper Book
Best friends Drag and Rex are back to cook up oodles more fun in the second book in a charming buddy series that reads like a modern FROG AND TOAD. Drag is a devoted, daring, and dreamy dragon. Rex is a precise, practical, and patient T. Rex. And together, they always have tons...
Love from Snoopy
Testa, Maggie
Paper Book
Say I heart you with the world's most loveable dog--the one-and-only Snoopy--in this uplifting and heartwarming picture book perfect for Valentine's Day or any day of the year! You are cooler than cool. I love you more than the grandest adventure... Snoopy is...
Henry in love
McCarty, Peter.
Paper Book
Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker.Then there's Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel. This is the story of how one blueberry muffin makes all the difference.
I'll love you till the crocodiles smile
Cristaldi, Kathryn
Paper Book
From the team that brought you I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home comes another funny and sweet lyrical lullaby, celebrating boundless family love. I'll Love You Till the Crocodiles Smile is a cozy bedtime read-aloud guaranteed to have both you and your little...
Heartfelt
Vickers, Elaine
Paper Book
From the creators of the "wonderfully evocative" (BookPage) Thankful comes a cozy picture book about a child who finds that small acts of kindness can change the world. A child makes paper hearts to give to her teacher, to a friend, at the library, and more. As she...

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