30 Best Valentine’s Day Books for Kids (Sweet, Funny & Read-Aloud Favorites)

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Looking for the very best Valentine’s Day books for kids and toddlers? Check out this list of sweet books to share with your kids as you celebrate Valentine’s Day this year!

Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to cozy up with your kids and enjoy sweet stories about love, friendship, and kindness. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, having a great collection of Valentine’s Day books for kids makes it easy to create meaningful storytime moments all month long.

In this list, you’ll find 30 of the best Valentine’s Day books for kids, including adorable picture books, silly love-themed stories, and heartwarming tales that are perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early elementary readers.

These are wonderful for classroom read-alouds, bedtime stories, or a simple Valentine’s Day activity at home — and many are budget-friendly, too!

30 Best Valentine’s Day Books for Kids (Sweet, Funny & Read-Aloud Favorites)

We love to gather up books for each holiday and different topics we are learning about in our home preschool. I just changed out our bookshelf books and added our favorite Valentine’s Day books for us to enjoy and I wanted to share those with you, too!

We do really short preschool lessons at home each morning, and I love to include our seasonal and holiday books in our lessons. I also leave them out in our front facing bookshelf or on easy to access shelves on the wall in our playroom so our daughter can look at them whenever she wants.

I love reading books with my kids and having new and interesting books available helps them develop interest and a great love for books, too.

Check out this list of the best Valentine’s Day books for kids and find some new books to add to your home to celebrate and learn all about Valentine’s Day.

See if your library has any of these in stock and check them out for some frugal reading fun!

Or pick up a new one for a perfect gift for your kid’s Valentine’s Day gift!

The 30 Best Valentine’s Day Books for Kids

Looking for the very best Valentine's Day books for kids and toddlers? Check out this list of sweet books to share with your kids as you celebrate Valentine's Day this year!

Books are a great way to learn about different holidays and why we celebrate the way we do – and it’s extra fun to enjoy together as a family!

Reading is one of the best ways to learn about holidays and new topics!

Along with reading books together, try these simple activities:

coloring free Valentine’s Day coloring pages
baking and decorating heart shaped cookies together
enjoying heart shaped pancakes for breakfast
making a big heart shaped pizza together
creating simple Valentine’s Day art or heart-shaped cards to send
sending Valentine’s Day cards to loved ones
doing an arts and crafts activity with your kids
having each child decorate a box for Valentine cards in their own way

For a fun and heartfelt Valentine’s Day gift, create a simple gift basket with a dollar store basket filled with a new book, a treat, stickers, and a fuzzy Valentine stuffed animal.

Check out this list of the best Valentine’s Day books for kids of all ages!

Best Valentine’s Books for Kids of All Ages:

These books make great gifts for babies to 8 year olds, too!

1. Little Blue Truck’s Valentine

This is a new book for us this year, and we love it! The whole Little Blue Truck collection is so sweet and full of animal friends and fun rhyming text.

These books always have beautiful illustrations too!

Get Little Blue Truck’s Valentine here.

2. Llama Llama I Love You

We love this short and sweet board book! All of the Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney are a favorite in our house!

Little Llama is one of our favorite characters and we love this sweet book about him and his mama!

Get Llama Llama I love You here.

3. The Biggest Valentine Ever

We love this classic story about two best friends working together to create the best and biggest Valentine ever for their sweet teacher, Mrs. Mousely.

A really great read for young readers!

Get The Biggest Valentine Ever here.

4. I Love You Like No Otter

This one is a super sweet book with lots of funny puns – perfect for toddlers and preschoolers!

You’ll want to snuggle up and give lots of hugs when you read this one!

Get I Love You Like No Otter here.

5. The Day it Rained Hearts

A fun picture book about it raining hearts one day and a little girl named Cornelia Augusta catching them and giving them to her animal friends.

Get The Day it Rained Hearts here.

6. Happy Valentine’s Day, Little Critter

We love the Little Critter books! This would be a fun one to surprise your kids with on Valentine’s Day!

Get Happy Valentine’s Day, Little Critter here.

7. You’re My Little Cuddle Bug

We read this one at bedtime a lot – it’s so sweet! Lots of fun cut out pages, colorful illustrations, rhyming text, and sweet pictures!

Get You’re My Little Cuddle Bug here.

8. Where Do Diggers Say I Love You?

Here’s the perfect Valentine’s Day book for truck lovers!

Get Where Do Diggers Say I Love You? here.

9. Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse!

A sweet story from Laura Numeroff, the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Join Mouse as he makes his own valentines for his friends.

Get Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! here.

10. Construction Site: You’re Just Right

From the Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site collection, this one celebrates Valentine’s Day with the construction crew. Perfect for construction and truck lovers!

Get Construction Site: You’re Just Right here.

11. Baby Touch and Feel I Love You

These touch and feel books are perfect for babies and have very sturdy pages, too!

Get Baby Touch and Feel I Love You here.

12. Pop-up Peekaboo! I Love You

We love lift a flap books! Here is a sweet lift a flap book for Valentine’s Day!

Get Pop-up Peekaboo! I Love You here.

13. Where Is Baby’s Valentine? : A Lift-the-Flap Book

Here is another great book with flaps to open. We love the Karen Katz illustrations and this one is simple and so sweet!

Get Where Is Baby’s Valentine? here.

14. The Story of Valentine’s Day

We have read several in this collection and these books tell the history of holidays and why we celebrate the way we do – all in a simple way for young kids to understand.

I highly recommend this heartwarming story book!

Get The Story of Valentine’s Day here.

15. Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

If you kids love The Very Hungry Caterpillar, they will love this Valentine’s story from Eric Carle with our favorite characters – caterpillars, butterflies, and pretty hearts!

Get Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar here.

16. Strawberry Shortcake: Be My Valentine

We have enjoyed this sweet story about Strawberry Shortcake making heart shaped pancakes and a Valentine’s Day card for all of her friends.

Get Strawberry Shortcake: Be My Valentine here.

17. Where Is Love, Biscuit?: A Valentine’s Day Book For Kids

We love the Biscuit books and this one has fun and furry things to feel on each page!

Get Where Is Love, Biscuit? here.

18. Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day

Here’s another sweet story of Biscuit enjoying Valentine’s Day!

Get Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day hee.

19. What Is Love, Biscuit?

And another adorable story about Biscuit the dog!

Get What Is Love, Biscuit? here.

20. Babies Love Valentines

This one is perfect for babies and toddlers. It has sturdy pages and lots of cute flaps to open!

Get Babies Love Valentines here.

21. Happy Valentine’s Day, Curious George!

Do your kids love Curious George? This one is so fun!

See how much mischief a curious little monkey can get into when decorating, making cookies, and making cards for Valentine’s Day!

Get Happy Valentine’s Day, Curious George! here.

22. Curious George’s Valentine’s Day Activity Book

Add this Valentine’s Day activity book to your kid’s Valentine’s present.

There are tons of Valentine’s Day activities in this book like: drawing tips, seek and find games, matching games, stickers, and more!

Get Curious George’s Valentine’s Day Activity Book here.

23. Will You Be My Valentine – A Vintage Children’s Storybook

I love the vintage illustrations in this one! Perfect for a little boy or little girl’s Valentine basket.

Get Will You Be My Valentine – A Vintage Children’s Storybook here.

24. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!

Here’s a wacky picture book kids of all ages will love to read!

Get There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! here.

25. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

This one is great for older kids and those that love Fancy Nancy books!

Get Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer here.

26. Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart

This extra fancy Valentine’s Day book comes with stickers!

Get Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart here.

27. Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Reusable Sticker Book

Add this fun Fancy Nancy reusable sticker book to a Valentine’s basket!

Get Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Reusable Sticker Book here.

28. Groggle’s Monster Valentine

Here’s a really fun and unique Valentine book kids of all ages will love!

Get Groggle’s Monster Valentine here.

29. Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime

Calling all Junie B. Jones fans!

This is a great Valentine’s Day book for older kids in the 5-8 year range!

Get Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime here.

30. The Night Before Valentine’s Day

The Night Before Valentine’s Day by Natasha Wing is a perfect book to read with your kids this Valentine’s season.

Get The Night Before Valentine’s Day here.

Those are the best Valentine’s Day books for kids of all ages!

I hope you found the perfect books to enjoy together with your kids as you celebrate Valentine’s Day and learn more about the holiday and why we celebrate!

Holidays are the perfect time for learning – and books are a wonderful (and fun!) way to learn!

Grab a few of these books each Valentine’s Day from your library (you may need to put them on hold early before they get checked out), purchase some used from a site like abebooks.com or thriftbooks.com, or grab a new one for a perfect gift for your kids Valentine basket.

I have purchased cheap red baskets and love to include a new book for our kid’s Valentine gift with some stickers and treats.

You could also look on clearance after the holiday is over for things for next year!

Here’s a few more fun ideas to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your kids:

Read one of these books for the 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day
Create a scavenger hunt to find their Valentine present
Plan 14 days of fun (free or frugal) activities to do as a family (movie night, game night, ice cream sundaes, smores, pizza night, etc.)
For the 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day, write on a paper heart something you love about your kids and tape it to their door.
Go on a family Valentine date and get all dressed up (go early to avoid waiting)
Send homemade Valentines to friends and family
Send Valentines to residents at a local nursing home
Practice 14 days of kindness
Share what you love about each person in your family
Make a special valentine for each kid with a photo and reasons they are loved

There are so many fun – and frugal! – ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day!

Get creative and plan a fun and special activity for your family this year!