Books about love for little ones

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By Kara Navolio, Resident since 1991

I have to admit, I'm a sucker for Valentine's Day, I totally get into this celebration of love. I like to think of it as a day to celebrate not just romantic love, but love of family and friends too. When my kids were little, we used to set up a mailbox for each family member for the first half of February. In each we would deposit little love notes to each other and then read them all on Valentine’s Day. Some notes were especially sweet like “thank you for working so hard Daddy”; others were adorable, failed attempts at poetry like this one from my son who had never been to Europe: “Mom, I love you in Rome, I love you in London. Well, I love you everywhere I guess.” But cuddling up with fun picture books is another great way to spend the cold, end-of -winter days of February with our little ones. Here’s a list of my favorites that have a message of love:

Love Is by Diane Adams Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney If I Could Keep You Little by Marianne Richmond The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb Someday by Allison McGhee I’ll Never Let You Go by Smriti Prasadam-Halls Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse If you have other favorites, I’d love to hear about them. Send me an email: knavolio@bestversionmedia.com.