Valentine’s Day Storytime – Revised
For preschoolers, Valentine’s Day is a focus on family and friends. Make these simple Valentine’s Day cards: Printable Valentine's Day Cards (dltk-holidays.com).
Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty Does Not Like Valentine’s Day. Bad Kitty doesn’t receive any Valentine’s cards, so she makes one for puppy so she can receive one.
Carle, Eric. Bear Hugs! with Brown Bear and Friends. Various animals are shown embracing friends and their offspring in this oversized board book, with Carle’s signature artwork.
Daywalt, Drew. Love from the Crayons. The crayons demonstrate how each colors represents love.
Henry, Theodore. I Love Us: a Book about Family. This celebration shows the many different types of families and how they love each other.
June, Jason. Porcupine Cupid. Porcupine shoots other animals with a quill for Valentine’s Day, but learns that is not what brings people together.
Lang, Suzanne. Grumpy Monkey: Valentine Gross-out. Grumpy Monkey is disgusted with all the displays of affection until his friend Norman shows him Valentine’s Day is for everyone.
Marley, Bob. Is This Love? In this adaptation of Marley’s song, a brother describes his love for his little sister. With repetition perfect for storytime.
Parr, Todd. The I Love You Book. Unconditional love is the theme of this colorful picture book, now available in a bilingual Spanish/English edition.
Plourde, Lynn. If You Were My Valentine. Various animal families describe how they would show their love to their little ones.
Tattersfield, Claire. Cupig: the Valentine’s Day Pig. When the wind blows Cupig’s arrows off course, she must fix the mistakes and match up peanut butter and jelly, needle and thread, and other pairs.
Wild, Charlotte Sullivan. Love, Violet. Violet is shy but determined to show Mira how much she likes her.
Young, Amy. A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Perfect Valentine. Lucy makes Valentine cards for those invited to the party, but Sparkle has difficulty making one for Lucy.
Previous: Valentine’s Day Storytime Ideas (2011) (bayviews.org)
Penny Peck, SJSU iSchool