Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day read? We asked two of our READ from the START program discussion leaders, Deb Haynes, Director of Youth Services at The Carthage Public Library, and Sarah Howard, librarian with the Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO, for the best children’s books about love.

Love That Dog
Creech, Sharon - Grades 3 - 7
Esio Trot
Dahl, Roald - Grades 2 - 6
Homemade Love
hooks, bell - 4 yrs - grade 3
The Ballad of Valentine
Jackson, Alison - 4 yrs - grade 3
Violet’s Music
Johnson, Angela - 4 yrs - grade 3
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Joose, Barbara - 5 yrs - grade 1
Mouse in Love
Kraus, Robert - 5 yrs - grade 1
Baby Loves
Lawrence, Michael - Baby - PreK
My Monster Mama Loves Me So
Leuck, Laura - 4 yrs - grade 3
The Bookstore Valentine
Maitland, Barbara - Grades 1 - 3
Guess How Much I Love You
McBratney, Sam - 5 yrs - grade 1
I Love You Stinky Face
McCourt, Lisa - 5yrs - grade 2
Hugs
McLerran, Alice - Baby - PreK
Kisses
McLerran, Alice - Baby - PreK
I Love to Cuddle
Norac, Carl - 4yrs - grade 1
The Kissing Hand
Penn, Audrey - 4yrs - grade 2
Badger’s Parting Gifts
Varley, Susan - 5yrs - grade 3
Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?
Waddell, Martin - 3yrs - grade 2
Owl Babies
Waddell, Martin - 3yrs - grade 1
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
Wheeler, Lisa - 4yrs - grade 3
“More, More, More,” Said the Baby: Three Love Stories
Williams, Vera B. - 5 yrs and up
Hold My Hand: Five Stories of Love and Family
Zolotow, Charlotte - 3yrs - 5

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