When I started to write about Valentine’s books for kids, I quickly realized that I needed to write about books specifically for babies and toddlers. Then I realized I had 15 Valentin’s Day books for babies and toddlers that I knew were perfect for helping introduce them to the topic.
I love board books with fun lift the flaps, touch, and feel, and bright pictures to help engage babies through different senses.
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Maybe it’s the teacher in me, but I get such a joy of changing out my kid’s books for the seasons! I’m excited to tell you about my kid’s favorite Valentine’s Day books for babies and toddlers.
Please let me know in the comments below what your favorite Valentine’s Day books are for babies and toddlers!
Busy & Bright Baby Hug Kiss Love
My 1-year-old adores this sweet series of books! It’s full of fun lift the flaps and bright pictures, perfect for little hands!
This book is simple enough to help support language development. It also allows for the parent to add in other descriptive words throughout the book.
Little Blue Truck’s Valentine By Alice Schertle
Little Blue Truck is a sweet story of a book with rhymes and car sounds. If your baby or toddler loves the first book, I have no doubt that Little Blue Truck’s Valentine will quickly become another favorite!
I Love You (Baby Touch and Feel) By DK
These touch and feel books a perfect sensory tool for babies and toddlers! I love this one because it works outside of the “holiday” as well. These books are also small enough to throw in your diaper bag for on the go entertainment.
Llama Llama I Love You By Anna Dewdney
Another book in this adorable series about baby Llama and his patient momma! My 1-year-old loves the baby llama in this series.
I love them because they do tell a story and it’s a great way to start introducing toddlers to books with more of a plot. In this book the baby llama and his momma are making, giving, and sending Valentines to friends and family.
Where Is Baby’s Valentine? By Karen Katz
I love Karen Katz for baby books! She has a way of capturing babies and toddlers that makes them want to engage with her books.
Throughout her books, she uses the same type of illustrations (which of course) includes a lot of pictures of babies! She also includes fun lift-the-flaps that help create a sense of peek-a-boo for little readers.
Babies Love Valentines Lift-a-Flap Book
This book gives babies and young toddlers a lot of context to help support language development about different holidays. In this book they will learn about different traditions of the Valentine’s holiday.
It has big chunky lift-the-flaps that help little ones with staying engaged and using their fine motor skills throughout the book.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! By Laura Numeroff
I love these books, if for anything my own memories! I’ve loved this little mouse since the original “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie” years ago! This time the mouse is back making valentine cards for each of his friends.
I like how the mouse thinks about each friend and what kind of valentine they would enjoy. Its a great way to open up discussion about others, with young children.
Guess How Much I Love You By Sam McBratney
Guess How Much I Love You, is a classic! I think when we had my first son he was gifted at least three of these books! It’s for good reason. The young one in this book is trying to show his mom how much he loves her.
I always make sure I pull out books like this at this time of year to expand on the conversation of love in our home.
Huggy Kissy By Leslie Patricelli
Our family was first introduced to Leslie Patricelli’s books with her book titled “Potty”. It features the same baby in that book like this one. They aren’t full of words that could be off-putting for some families, but my husband and I really enjoy the creativity these books allow!
I Like You More Than Ice Cream By Brick Puffington
What baby doesn’t love a good puppet book? I know my kids do! This book allows the parent to make the ice cream come alive as a cute little sundae!
Hug Machine By Scott Campbell
Okay, I’ll be honest I don’t know much about Scott Campbell or his book Hug Machine, but I think it looks adorable! It’s a funny little story about a boy who is a “hug machine” and how he gives hugs to all!
I Love You, Little Pookie By Sandra Boynton
I couldn’t write a list about books for babies and toddlers without including a Sandra Boynton book on the list! She has wonderful stories for babies and toddlers.
They are quite funny as a parent reading them as well. I’ll be honest that my youngest didn’t take to her books as well as my oldest (although I still read them to him anyways).
Kiss, Kiss, Pout-Pout Fish By Deborah Diesen
Pout-pout fish is a book series for babies and toddlers. We have this one and my kids enjoy it! It shows all the ways you can tell someone “I love you”.
What’s your favorite way to say it?
Little People Valentine’s Day is Here!
We have this book for every holiday! My kids love these book! They are fun “i-spy” and lift the flap books. I like how they teach young children about different holidays and give them some ideas of holiday traditions.
How Do I Love You? By Caroline Jayne Church
I’m going to round out this list with another one of my favorite author’s for this age group, Caroline Jayne Church. I can always tell if a book is written by her just by seeing the cover! We have several of her books!
I love that they give pictures of young children and babies so my kids feel like they can relate to them. They also provide rhythm and rhyme.
Well, there you have, 15 perfect Valentine’s Day books for babies and toddlers! Don’t forget to let me know in the comments below what your favorite book is for your little one this time of year.
I’d also love it if you would share this with a friend that would enjoy it as much as you did.
Love, Ashley E
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