The day of love, also known as Valentine’s Day, takes place on February 14th. To get into the Valentine’s Day spirit, it is always fun to read books about the holiday with your child. I am happy to share my favorite children’s books for Valentine’s Day.
As a speech language pathologist, I love to read books about upcoming holidays with my students in order to increase their vocabulary around the topic. I also use books as an opportunity to work on language goals. For example, I ask the child questions about what is happening in the story or I ask the child to label pictures on the pages. After reading the book, I usually ask my students to recall information from the story or to try to retell the story with a beginning, middle, and end.
I hope you are able to incorporate some of these ideas when you read one of these books to your child! Keep reading for the best children’s books for Valentine’s Day.
Children’s Books for Valentine’s Day
1. The Biggest Valentine Ever
A wonderful Valentine’s Day book about working together! The book comes with Valentine’s Day stickers so your child can make his own card after reading the story.
2. HOW MANY DO I LOVE YOU?
A short and sweet Valentine’s Day book that is great to work on counting skills.
3. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, MOUSE!
If your child is a fan of “If you give a Mouse a cookie”, he will definitely enjoy this book as well!
4. THE DAY IT RAINED HEARTS
A fun book about a young girl who collects hearts and makes Valentine’s Day cards with them. This is a perfect book to pair with Valentine’s Day crafts.
5. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, LITTLE CRITTER
This cute Valentine’s Day story has many flaps. I love to use flaps as an opportunity for my students’ to request to “open” in order to see what’s behind.
6. PETE THE CAT- VALENTINE’S DAY IS COOL
I am a BIG fan of Pete the Cat books! This Valentine Day themed one is a great addition to your holiday book collection.
7. THE NIGHT BEFORE VALENTINE’S DAY
Next is a fun book that is great for story recall and Valentine’s Day vocabulary!
8. AMELIA BEDELIA’S FIRST VALENTINE
A funny Valentine’s Day book which is great for talking about alternate meanings of words.
9. I SpY Valentine’s Day
This next book, is an interactive Valentine’s Day themed book. Your child will have to find objects associated with Valentine’s Day that start with a specific letter. Great for working on letter recognition and letter sounds.
10. LITTLE BLUE TRUCK’S VALENTINE
Last but not least, this cute story about Little Blue Truck delivering Valentine’s to all his animal friends!
Finally, please comment below with your favorite children’s book for Valentine’s Day!
Check out this easy Valentine’s Day craft to work on with your child.
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