Kids - Valentine's Day Featured Titles

Updated March 21, 2026
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Hap-pea Valentine's Day!
Baker, Keith
Paper Book
Keith Baker's New York Times bestselling peas get a Valentine's Day spin in this picture book filled with lots of loving and giving moments for the peas to share! It's Valentine's Day, and there are lots of hap-pea hearts for the peas to give away. From frilly hearts and...
Paper crafts for Valentine's Day
McGee, Randel.
Paper Book
Do your readers want to make their own heart sculpture? How about making their own pop-up puppet? Valentine's Day has been celebrated since ancient Roman times. Readers follow storyteller Randel McGee as he explores Valentine's Day. Readers will learn to make a cupid figure, a lacy heart card, heart...
Cupig : the Valentine's Day pig
Tattersfield, Claire
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! A comically mismatched Valentine's Day picture book with a clever and hilarious take on Cupid. Introducing Cupig the Valentine's Day pig! Cupig absolutely loves Valentine's Day. Every year she enjoys spreading love and cheer...
Bad kitty gets a bath
Bruel, Nick.
Paper Book
BAD KITTY IS BACK (AND BADDER THAN EVER!) when she is forced to take a bath in this hysterical new illustrated how-to for young readers. The following are some items you will need for Kitty's bath: one bathtub, plenty of water, dry towels, a suit of armor, a letter to your loved ones...
Flubby does not like Valentine's Day
Morris, J. E.
Paper Book
Flubby, the cute but aloof cat, is not a fan of Valentine's Day! Kami wants to give Flubby a gift for Valentine's Day. But cats can't read cards, and flowers make Flubby sneeze! Can Kami find the perfect present for her pal? The charming illustrations, simple text,...
Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime [i.e. valentine]
Park, Barbara
Paper Book
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Junie B. Jones has a secret admirer in the hit chapter book series that keeps kids laughing and "makes reading fun" (Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man). "Junie B. is the darling of the young...
Bobby and the big valentine
Woitas, Timmy
Paper Book
In this charming debut picture book, a young boy makes the biggest, most sparkly valentine that he can for his crush. But how will his grand gesture be received? Fall in love with Bobby and Eddie in this sweet story about Valentine's Day and sharing how much you care!
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...
Alexis's cupcake Cupid
Simon, Coco
Paper Book
He loves me, he loves me not...Alexis leaves a Valentine's Day surprise for her crush. Does he like her back? Despite objections from her Cupcake Club pals, Alexis makes a special valentine cupcake for her crush, Emma's older brother Matt, and leaves it for him next to his...
The secret valentine
Reed, Melody
Paper Book
In book 6 of the Major Eights series, someone is leaving notes for the band. Do the Major Eights have a secret admirer? Scarlet is flattered when she finds a sweet message in her locker. But she doesn't know who it's from. Is it fan mail? Or a secret admirer? Can the band figure...
Porcupine Cupid
Jason June
Paper Book
A porcupine hatches a prickly plan to bring his animal friends together on Valentine's Day in this humorous, heartwarming tale where everyone gets a happily ever after. Love is in the air this Valentine's Day--or it will be if Porcupine has any say. He uses his quills like...
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...
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...
Mr. Goat's valentine
Bunting, Eve
Paper Book
After reading in the newspaper that it's Valentine's Day, Mr. Goat sets out in search of very special gifts for his first love. But just what would a goat choose as the perfect gifts to show how he feels? Readers will be in for a surprise at Mr. Goat's nontraditional selections. From acclaimed...
I haiku you
Snyder, Betsy E.
Paper Book
This giftable little picture book of haiku by award winner Betsy Snyder is something adults will love to give one another as much as they'll enjoy sharing it with the youngest listeners. Perfect for Valentine's Day and any day of the year, this book will inspire people to tell one another, "I haiku...
No valentines for Katie
Manushkin, Fran.
Paper Book
Katie Woo's class had a special celebration for Valentine's Day. Katie had lots of fun reading the little candy hearts that her teacher handed out. But when everyone got a special valentine except her, she felt terrible. Could it be that nobody likes Katie Woo?
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...

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