Catching Kisses

Valentine’s Day Picture Books for Your Petites

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We love Valentine’s day here, mainly because it is one of the holidays that can be celebrated in public schools!  Hooray.  Here are some of our favorite picture books about Valentines day or about love and friendship.

Love is You & Me by Monica Sheehan is a playful book all about love, perfect for anytime of the year but all the more special for Valentine’s Day.

Somebody Loves you Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli and Paul Yalowitz is unique story about an old man who lives a normal, if somewhat boring life, until one day he receives a mysterious package on his doorstep with a special note that says “Somebody loves you”.

Snowy Valentine by David Petersen a sweet story about Jasper and his search for the perfect Valentine.

Minnie’s Be My Sparkly Valentine this is perfect book for your Disney loving petite.  It also comes with stickers…what fun.

The Night Before Valentines Day by Natasha Wing and Heidi Petach is a fun book that follows the Night Before Christmas format only is special for Valentines day and all the preparation that goes into making it special.

Pete the Cat Valentine’s Day is Cool by James Dean and Kimberly Dean follows along in true Pete the Cat style with Pete not being too sure about Valentine’s day until he realizes how many special people are in his life and begins to make them some pretty awesome Valentines.

The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond a perfect book for a northwest guy or gal about a girl, Cornelia Augusta who discovers that it is raining hearts one day, each one is perfect and she knows just who to give them to.

Slugs in Love Marylou loves everything about Herbie his super slimy snail trail, how he finds the most delicious foods, but she is pretty shy how will she let Herbie know how she feels about him?  You’ll have to read it to find out.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose by Lucille Colandro and Jared D. Lee a riff on the classic lady who swallowed a fly but all about Valentine’s day and a special gift she is making.

Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine by Herman Parish and Lynne Avril a classic in the making, even if the Amelia of my childhood has had a makeover, all about how Amelia is ready for her first Valentine’s Day celebration at school.

Catching Kisses by Amy Gibson and Maria van Lieshout is a wonderful story about sending kisses on a journey across the United States.  This would be a perfect gift to send to your Valentine.  I’ve shared this book before and love how it ties into this special holiday.

Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories this is a story that both my girls adore.  It is a lift the flap book where you can search for Biscuit.  A sweet tale about our little precocious pup.

A Crankenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger and Dan Santat is all about the most lovey-dovey day of the year and the flowers and candies and how this day would turn even the sweetest kid into a monster.

Love, Splat by Rob Scotton is a delightful book about Splat the Cat and his special Valentine in his class whom he loves more than fish sticks.  A sweet addition to your collection.

If I have left off one of your petites favorites, just tell me in the comments below.   If you like this post, you might also like Board Books All About Love too.

Erin

 

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Kisses are Flying in Catching Kisses.

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Catching Kisses, by Amy Gibson with illustrations by Maria Van Lieshout is a book that celebrates kisses and love.  This book is unique in that you go on a journey through the USA as you turn the pages.  Amy Gibson has created such beautiful language to describe the kisses and the illustrations add so much to the lovely story.

This book is really fun because you follow the kisses on their journey through the United States.  My petites loved looking at all of the different places and finding the “kisses” which are the seeds of a dandelion as they move through place to place.  Catching Kisses showcases many popular cities and yours might just be one of them – making the story all the more personal.

For the Classroom:

I think this is a beautiful story, that could be a platform for students to build on their figurative language skills using the similes and metaphors in the text.  I think this would be a really fun read aloud for the classroom and can see reading it to students at the elementary level.  I would read this to students who were in 2nd -4th who were working on bolstering their figurative language as well as for the different locations that are featured, it would be a fun book to have them guess where the places are.  Another fun place to share this book would be during an art lesson/class.  The illustrations have a lot of movement as well as which would be fun to share with a group of students.