Kids - Valentine's Day Featured Titles

Updated March 21, 2026
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Kids - Valentine's Day Featured Titles

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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...
Happy Valentine's day, Mouse!
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
Paper Book
Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he celebrates Valentine's Day with all the friends he loves. This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for preschoolers, who will enjoy the simple introduction to the fun of Valentine's Day. "This title follows Mouse as he...
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 does not like Valentine's Day
Bruel, Nick
Paper Book
New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator Nick Bruel's naughty feline is back in the holiday adventure Bad Kitty Does Not Like Valentine's Day. Kitty does not like Valentine's Day. Because no one has given Kitty a Valentine. Maybe to get a Valentine,...
A Crankenstein Valentine
Berger, Samantha
Paper Book
Even the crankiest monsters have hearts in this monstrously funny Valentine tale from fan favorite author Samantha Berger and bestselling, award-winning illustrator Dan Santat. An ordinary kid becomes Crankenstein on the most lovey-dovey,...
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...
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...
The day it rained hearts
Bond, Felicia.
Paper Book
A creative and sweet story, perfect for Valentine's Day, that helps open the hearts of young readers. From the beloved illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. One day it rains hearts, and Cornelia Augusta catches them. She realizes that the hearts are perfect for making...
If you were my valentine
Plourde, Lynn
Paper Book
This Valentine-themed follow-up to If I Could Give You Christmas is an adorable celebration of love and the special relationship between parents and children.   If you were my valentine, I would jump, jump with joy!
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...
The mystery valentine
Newton, A. I.
Paper Book
It's Zeke's first Valentine's Day, and Harris offers to help him navigate Earth customs and discover the identity of his secret Valentine. Read Book 6 in the bestselling Alien Next Door series! Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and Harris explains the holiday and its...
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...
Good dog Carl's valentine
Day, Alexandra
Paper Book
Carl is back in Good Dog Carl's Valentine, the newest picture book in the beloved series about Carl, the babysitting Rottweiler. In Good Dog Carl's Valentine, Carl and family are decorating and getting ready for the Valentine's Day holiday. After making a valentine...
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?
Little Blue Truck's valentine
Schertle, Alice
Paper Book
Spread the love with Little Blue Truck--a perfect Valentine's Day read-aloud in this best-selling series! "Beep!" said Blue. "Happy Valentine's Day!" Join Little Blue Truck as he delivers Valentine's Day cards to all his farm animal friends. But as Blue beeps along, he starts to...
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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