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Valentine's Day Book List
Books and more to celebrate Valentine's Day and the color RED.
Picture Books
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Mouse’s First Valentine.
Thompson, Lauren.
Mouse watches his sister making a valentine and wonders what it is. Board pages.
P THOMPSON (J Holiday Books)
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The Day it Rained Hearts.
Bond, Felicia.
One day it rains hearts, and Cornelia Augusta catches them. Each heart is special in its own way. She knows just who to send them to. Board pages.
P BOND (J Holiday Books)
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Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink.
De Groat, Diane.
On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.
P DE GROAT (J Holiday Books)
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Stoneheart : The Real Valentine's Day Story.
Twyman III, Gilbert Oscar.
King Stoneheart and his subjects in Whineytown are mean and grouchy until the February day that the kingdom is enveloped in a mysterious red glow.
P TWYMAN (J Holiday Books)
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Valentine.
Carrick, Carol.
Heather helps her grandmother rescue a newborn lamb and bake a special Valentine's Day cookie.
P CARRICK (J Holiday Books)
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Valentine Readers
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Minnie and Moo; Will You Be My Valentine?
Cazet, Denys.
Minnie and Moo dress up like Cupids and deliver Valentine's Day poems to everyone on the farm.
EJ CAZET (J Holiday Books)
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Cody’s Secret Admirer.
Duffey, Betsy.
Nine-year-old Cody receives a valentine from a secret admirer and tries to find out the person's identity.
EJ DUFFEY (J Holiday Books)
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Valentines: A Read and Do Book.
Moffatt, Judith.
Rhyming text describes the making of valentines.
EJ MOFFATT (J Holiday Books)
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It’s Valentine’s Day.
Prelutsky, Jack.
Everyone’s favorite silly poet has his way with Valentine’s Day.
EJ PRELUTSKY (J Holiday Books)
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Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House.
Rylant, Cynthia.
While Henry's parents are out on Valentine's Day, he and his dog Mudge have a wonderful time at Mrs. Hopper's house.
EJ RYLANT
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Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine.
Sharmat, Marjorie.
Nate the Great investigates two cases that may be connected, involving a missing valentine and a valentine that came from nowhere.
EJ SHARMAT (J Holiday Books)
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Be My Valentine.
Wells, Rosemary.
Confusion arises as Yoko's classmates secretly trade Valentine's Day cards.
EJ WELLS (J Holiday Books)
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Non-fiction Books for Valentine's Day
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All-New Crafts for Valentine’s Day.
Ross, Kathy.
How to make many Valentine's Day crafts, including cards, bookmarks, bracelets, Valentine holders, magnets, and more.
J794.594 ROS (J Holiday Books)
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Things to Make and Do for Valentine’s Day.
De Paola, Tomie.
Crafts, projects, recipes, jokes, and games on a St. Valentine's Day theme.
J394.2 DEP (J Holiday)
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The Story of Valentine’s Day.
Skarmeas, Nancy J.
Simple text explains the traditions of Valentine's Day and the story of the saint for whom it is named. On board pages.
J394.26 SKA (J Holiday)
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It's All about RED
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The Red Book.
Lehman, Barbara.
A book about a red book without any words.
P LEHMAN
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Red.
Schuette, Sarah L.
Large photographs and text show red licorice, apples, stop signs and more.
P SCHUETTE
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Get Red! An Adventure in Color
Porto, Tony.
A red crayon gets an attitude!
P PORTO
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The Red Rose Box.
Woods, Brenda.
In 1953, Leah’s Aunt Olivia sends tickets from Sulphur, Louisiana, to Los Angeles as a tenth birthday present.
J FIC WOODS (New Books)
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Dear Mr. Henshaw.
Cleary, Beverly.
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh writes about his parents' divorce and being the new boy in school.
J CLEARY (J Fiction)
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The Red Balloon.
34 min., VHS.
In this film, a young boy in Paris makes friends with a red balloon with a mind of its own.
J RED (J Video Collection)
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P.S. Longer Letter Later.
Danziger, Paula.
Tara-Starr keeps her friendship with Elizabeth writing letters after her family moves to another state. Audiobook on cassette.
CJ DANZIGER (J Audiobooks); J DANZIGER (J Fiction)
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