7 Sweet Valentine’s Day Books We Heart

Here Comes Valentine Cat, by Deborah Underwood and Claudia Rueda
If your kids are fans of Here Comes the Easter Cat (like mine are!), they will be head over heels for this book. Here Comes Valentine Cat features Cat, who is decidedly NOT excited about Valentines’s Day. He thinks it’s mushy. He doesn’t even have a friend he wants to send a Valentine card to! Especially not his new neighbor, Dog. Kids will love everything about Cat.

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #12: Cupid Doesn’t Flip Hamburgers, by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and kids at Bailey Elementary are starting to act weird. There’s also a new cook in the school cafeteria who mysteriously loves to serve everything shaped like hearts, including delicious sugar cookies. Could she be putting a love potion in the cookies? And could she actually be Cupid? Fast-paced and fun, kids will get a kick out of book twelve in the Bailey School Kids series.

Katy Duck and the Secret Valentine, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Henry Cole
This Level One Ready-to-Read book is perfect for young readers on Valentine’s Day. When Katy Duck checks her mailbox, she finds the mailman has delivered a Valentine. But who sent it? Katy Duck is excited to make a Valentine card for her secret admirer, if only she can figure out who it is!

The Very Fairy Princess: Valentines from the Heart, by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and Christine Davenier
The Very Fairy Princess series (Yes, this is written by THAT Julie Andrews!) features Gerry, who made beautiful, elaborate, glitter-bedecked Valentine’s cards for all her friends at school just in time for their Valentine’s Day party. The only problem is, while Gerry made it to class on time in her Valentine’s Day outfit, she brought the wrong folder from home and doesn’t have her cards! How would a fairy princess fix this?

Nancy Clancy Book 2: Secret Admirer, by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day draws near, and Nancy Clancy and her best friend, Bree, come up with an elaborate plan to have their babysitter and Nancy’s guitar teacher fall in love. Nancy and Bree plot different ways to leave notes and flowers for Annie and even find a way for them to meet up. Will their plan work, or will they be found out? Little girls who are fans of Nancy Clancy will cheer them on.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Little Critter!, by Mercer Mayer
Little Critter’s class is having a Valentine’s Day Party! They are having so much fun getting ready—making their Valentine’s mailboxes for their cards, decorating their room, and more! Little Critter can’t wait to see if he gets any Valentines! Your child will love reading this one in preparation for their own Valentine’s Day party at school.

Guess How Much I Love You?, by Sam McBratney, Illustrated by Anita Jeram
Valentine’s Day is all about love, so it’s only appropriate to include this one on the list. A parent’s love for their child is, like the book says, as high as he can reach and to the moon and back, and no child tires of hearing that. A great one for all occasions, but it’s especially appropriate for Valentine’s Day.