Valentine's Day

Enjoy these books that celebrate Valentine's Day! Titles include stories and non-fiction about this holiday and love in general for preschool and elementary-aged children, as well as young adults (YA).

Picture Books

Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown
Biscuit's Valentine's Day by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
Froggy's First Kiss by Jonathan London
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Lilly's Chocolate Heart by Kevin Henkes
Mouse in Love by Robert Kraus
Mouse's First Valentine by Lauren Thompson
Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance by Jack Gantos
Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Secret Valentine by Catherine Stock
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eillen Spinelli
Special Kind of Love by Stephen Michael King
Sweethearts by Jan Carr

The Valentine Express by Elizabeth Wallace

Valentine's Day by Anne Rockwell
Valentine's Day Is... by Gail Gibbons
Who Do You Love? by Martin Waddell

Fiction

23 Ways to Mess Up Valentine's Day by Valerie Wilson Wesley (YR)

Achingly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (YA)

Attack of the 50-foot Cupid by Jim Benton (YR)

Be My Valentine by Rosemary Wells (ER)
Case of the Secret Valentine by James Preller (YR)
Four Stupid Cupids by Gregory Maguire (J)
Minnie and Moo: Will You Be My Valentine? by Denys Cazet (ER)
Princess in Love by Meg Cabot (YA)
Romeo and Juliet: Together (and Alive!) at Last by Avi (J)
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers (YA)
Twilight: A Novel by Stephanie Meyer (YA)

Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry by Lee Bennett Hopkins (ER)

Valentine's Day Disaster by Geronimo Stilton (J)

Non-fiction

Celebrating Valentine's Day by Shelly Nielsen

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses: The Story of the Valentine Symbols by Edna Barth
Let's Celebrate Valentine's Day by Peter Roop

Valentine's Day: Stories & Poems by Caroline Feller Bauer