Our Favorite Valentine's Books

"The next time you see someone wearing mismatched socks, or one of your socks goes missing, you know what it means- a hedgehug has happened!” Hedgehugs, by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper is an adorable story about Horace and Hattie, hedgehog best friends, who finally figure out a way to give each other a hug. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ It is the perfect gift giving book for Valentine’s Day! Let your little give a copy of the book along with a pair of mismatched socks to their bestie. Or give a copy to your best friend to let them know how much they mean to you this Valentine’s Day. So so fun and sweet!

So excited to be giving Cranberry Valentine by Wende and Harry Devlin to my daughters for Valentine's Day.   I loved reading Cranberry Christmas and Cranberry Thanksgiving when I was a kid. There's even a Cranberry Halloween!  How is it that I didn’t know there were other books in the Cranberry series!!! 

Looking for a cute love story?? Well, we found two !!! Porcupining A Prickly Love Story and Hokey Pokey Another Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler are adorable tales of love and friendship. You are going to fall in love with Barb and Cushion! You might even be inspired to have a little dance party after reading them.  We were!

So many things drew us to this book.  I mean what's not to LOVE... cake? apples? a love story? beautiful illustrations? a recipe?  Just about everything we love is all wrapped up into this one precious book.  And did I mention that the recipe for apple cake at the end of the book is absolutely delicious!! Miss 4 and I couldn't even wait for it to cool before we shoveled steaming spoonfuls into our mouths.  It's the best apple cake we've ever had, hands down!!! Apple Cake A Recipe for Love by Julie Paschkis is a simple and whimsical story of a boy trying to get the attention of a book loving girl.  The only way he can get her nose out of her book is by making her an apple cake.  Paschkis uses her great grandmother's apple cake recipe and turns it into a beautiful love story.  It's like a love story within a love story!  Apple Cake reads just like a recipe, with Alfonso, our hero, finding ingredients in the loveliest of places-  salt from the sea, eggs from a nest, butter from the sun....   Check out some fun Apple Cake activities we came up with to go along with the book- a shopping list and recipe flash cards.