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5 Picture Books That Will Make Your Silly Valentine LOL
Not everyone is a fan of the mushy Valentine’s Day picture book. Some prefer a sillier take on the holiday. For those readers, here is a collection of giggle-inducing books about love. The following list features a charmingly besotted elephant, an expert hugger, a chocoholic monster, and a letter-writing bovine.
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Hug Machine, by Scott Campbell
The Hug Machine is a boy who lives to hug. He gives hugs to everyone: young and old, big and small, soft and spikey. No one and nothing can escape from the Hug Machine!
Readers will laugh as the boy races to embrace everything in sight: trees, people, park benches, whales, and porcupines. Hug Machine is the first book that Campbell has written and illustrated. Campbell is also the illustrator behind Zombie in Love, and XO, OX (another book on this list!).
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Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, by Rachel Bright
Love Monster is the endearingly scruffy protagonist of four picture books by Rachel Bright. In Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, the monster finds a box of chocolates on his doorstep. Chocolates are the Love Monster’s special weakness! He has a tough decision to make. Should he share with friends, or gobble them all by himself? Bright’s book is a sweet story about sharing that will have young readers giggling.
XO, OX: A Love Story, by Adam Rex and Scott Campbell.
Adam Rex’s witty picture book features a lovestruck ox, a narcissistic gazelle and an overworked mole. The ox, smitten, writes letter after letter to the less-than-impressed gazelle. The gazelle has many admirers. So many, that her butler, a mole, is perpetually ferrying letters to and fro.
Though the ox is rebuffed by the gazelle, he persists optimistically, writing letters that praise the gazelle’s mind, beauty, and sense of humor. In time, the gazelle’s heart melts toward the creature she once called stout and smelly.
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Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, by Diane deGroat
Gilbert is writing valentine poems for each of his classmates. Writing to his friends is fun, but there are a few classmates Gilbert is not fond of. There’s Lewis, who once tweaked his nose, and Margaret, who made fun of his glasses.
Gilbert decides to write less-than-nice poems for both Lewis and Margaret. One poem reads: “Violets are blue,/Roses are pink./Your feet are big,/And they really stink.
The prank does not go over well! When the rest of the class finds out about his cards, Gilbert is the pariah of the playground. Will Gilbert be able to redeem himself by the end of Valentine’s Day?
When an Elephant Falls in Love, by Davide Cali and Alice Lotti
According to Davide Cali, elephants act very foolish when they fall in love. In fact, an elephant in love behaves a lot like a person in love. When besotted, elephants dress with care, write letters they never send, and take far too many baths.
Readers will adore this silly story about a shy, lovesick elephant. Davide Cali’s When an Elephant Falls in Love is truly a perfect Valentine’s Day read.
What silly Valentine’s Day books do you love?