5 Picture Books That Will Make Your Silly Valentine LOL

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!

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.

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.

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.