Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Will You Be My Valenswine?
by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Kristina Stephenson

On Valentine’s Day, Polly the pig notices that she does not have a valenswine. She sees that all of the other animals have someone who loves them the most, and Polly starts to feel lonely. She tells her mother that she has no valenswine, and her mother tells her to think about it, and she would find someone who loves her the most. She asks the roses, a sparrow, and her slop to be her valenswine, but none of these things will do. She tells her mother every time, and her mother tells her to keep thinking about it. Will Polly figure out who loves her most? Who will be her valenswine?













Love, Ruby Valentine
by Laurie Friedman and illustrated by Lynne Avril Cravath

Ruby’s favorite day is Valentine’s Day, and she spends the five days before Valentine’s Day getting ready. Five days before she made all of the cards she was going to give out on Valentine’s Day. Four days before she made heart-shaped cookies and a heart-shaped cake. Three days before she spent the day making goody bad to hand out and tied them all with a bow. With two days to go, Ruby finished up all of her gifts and made sure they were signed. With one day left, Ruby loaded her wagon and made sure she had everyone’s names on her list. Getting everything ready, though, makes her very tired, and she goes to sleep. Will she wake up in time to give out all of the valentines that she worked so hard to make? Will everyone in the town like her valentines?














Mushy!: The Complete Book of Valentine Words
by Lynda Graham-Barber and pictures by Betsy Lewin

This non-fiction book begins with several explanations as to how Valentine’s Day came about. Then the book describes things that are associated with Valentine’s Day, such as Cupid, turtledoves, Bride and Groom, and then describes what the words mean and where they came from. There are also some fun facts about many different things associated with love and Valentine’s Day, such as where the first silk was made and how or how many conversation hearts that Necco makes every year (1.7 billion). At the end of the book there is a timeline of love related dates and other more historic dates.














Gopher Takes Heart
by Virginia Scribner

Gopher does not enjoy his morning walks to school, because every day a bully named Fletcher steals his milk money from him. He does not tell anyone, and he tries everything he can think of to stop Fletcher by leaving early and running away. Nothing seems to work. Then one day the class asks him to make a valentine for their teacher. The class takes up money from everyone, and they give it to Gopher in order to buy the supplies for the valentine. Unfortunately, Fletcher soon demands the three dollars from Gopher. Gopher has to give it to him. Will Gopher be able to get the money back from Fletcher in order to make the valentine for the teacher? Will Gopher be able to stop Fletcher from taking things from him?