Looking for a sweet book for a Valentine’s gift? Or just an affectionate tale for a cuddly storytime? Try these new and old winners: I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home, written by Kathryn Cristaldi, illustrated by Kristyna Litten …
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enduring, glittery, always, goofy… love
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Perhaps you’d like to tuck in a book with those chocolates for a child, grandchild, or friend. Here are five grand choices with decidedly different personalities: For a poignant valentine: Love, written by …
what the world needs now is love, sweet love…five full of love for Valentine’s Day
Wolf in the Snow, by Matthew Cordell published in 2017 by Feiwel and Friends My top pick for Valentine’s Day might seem unusual at first glance, but believe me — this is a book about love! Love within a family …
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friends are for loving…five for Valentine’s Day
Five friendly stories to go with your chocolate hearts… Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, written and illustrated by Rachel Bright originally published in the UK; first American edition 2015 by Farrar, Straus, Giroux Love Monster has a dilemma which …
love poems…sandburg and cummings bring valentine’s love to children
Today — a couple of fabulous love poems packaged superbly for children and all the rest of us. Not Everyday an Aurora Borealis for Your Birthday: A Love Poem by Carl Sandburg, pictures by Anita Lobel published in 1998 by …
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chocolate kisses and all good wishes…five books for sharing the love on Valentine’s Day
There are plenty of Valentine’s Day cynics out there, but I for one love this holiday — a day to shower some extra love on people we hold dear and spread some love in corners where it’s a bit thin. …
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poetry friday
My Valentine by Robert Louis Stevenson I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird song at morning and starshine at night. I will make a palace fit for you and me, Of green days in forests …
skidamarink a-dink, a-dink…five sweet books that say “i love you!”
Valentine’s Day is coming! Time to break out the chocolates and candy hearts, construction paper and doilies, and tell folks we love ’em! One way to celebrate is by joining in International Book Giving Day on February 14, which you …
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spread the joy of books…on international book giving day
Looking forward to that sweet holiday, Valentine’s Day, coming up. Yesterday’s post has some great titles for parents and grandparents to share with kids they love. Today’s is about a superb effort to spread a little love around by sharing …
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roses are red, violets are blue…a list of five tales of love definitely not just for Valentine’s Day
That’s What I’d Do, by Jewel, illustrated by Amy June Bates If I owned the sky tell you what I’d do. Gather up the clouds and leave only the blue… If I were a carpenter, tell you what I’d do. …
