The Best Valentine’s Day Books for Babies & Toddlers

Valentine’s Day isn’t the easiest holiday to introduce to babies and toddlers, but it’s still a great time to let them know that you love them.

Reading to your baby/toddler about your love for them is one of the best ways to spend quality time with them.

Use this book list of the best Valentine’s books for babies and toddlers to choose the perfect book that will make this Valentine’s Day special. So grab some new books as the perfect gift for your baby’s Valentine.

The Best Valentine’s Books for Babies & Toddlers – Quick Shop

• Babies Love Valentines Holly Berry-Byrd
• Love Monster Rachel Bright
• Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney
• Love You Forever Robert Munsch
• Llama Llama I Love You Anna Dewdney
• Little Blue Truck’s Valentine Alice Schertle
• I Love You Little Pookie Sandra Boynton
• I Love You to the Moon and Back Amelia Hepworth
• Love from the Very Hunger Caterpillar Eric Carle
• Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine Jonathan Stutzman
• Construction Site: You’re Just Right Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Ten Little Valentines Amanda Sobotka
• I Love You, Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo John John Bajet
• Lilly’s Chocolate Heart Kevin Henkes

The Best Valentine’s Books for Babies & Toddlers

Babies Love Valentines Holly Berry-Byrd

Babies Love Valentines is a simple Valentine’s Day-themed lift-the-flap book. This book only includes simple text, but your baby will love lifting the sturdy flaps to find the items. And it’s a great way to introduce Valentine’s Day to a baby or young toddler.

Love Monster Rachel Bright

This monster is sad because he isn’t cute and fluffy like everyone else around him. It’s hard to feel loved when everyone is loveable and you aren’t. The monster searches everywhere for someone to love. And after a long search, he finally finds love.

Kids will love this cute monster in Love Monster and might even understand what it’s like to feel like they don’t fit in. Adults will love the cute story along with the beautiful illustrations.

Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney

In this heartwarming story, Little Nutbrown Hare is determined to show Big Nutbrown Hare that he loves him more. But he’s always bested by how much Big Nutbrown Hare loves him.

Guess How Much I Love You is a great book for Valentine’s Day, because it does what Valentine’s Day is all about—making everyone feel loved.

Love You Forever Robert Munsch

Love You Forever shows the love of a mother throughout her son’s life. During each stage, no matter how frustrated she is with the child, she still sings him this song: “I’ll love you forever. I’ll like you for always. As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.”

This is another sweet book to show your baby and toddler how much you love them during Valentine’s Day.

Llama Llama I Love You Anna Dewdney

These simple Llama Llama books are made for babies and toddlers. Llama Llama I Love You introduces Valentine’s Day customs to your child in a simple, rhyme.

Follow little Llama as he walks through Valentine’s Day. Making Valentines, giving chocolate, and sending flowers. With the final message of “I love you.”

Little Blue Truck’s Valentine Alice Schertle

Come with Little Blue Truck as he delivers the perfect Valentine to each of his friends. But will Blue get any Valentines of his own?

If your toddler loves the Little Blue Truck books, he’ll love Little Blue Truck’s Valentine. It’s a great way to help young children understand giving and getting Valentines. And allows them to understand the disappointment that Blue might face.

I Love You Little Pookie Sandra Boynton

Mom loves Little Pookie, walking with him, singing in the car together, and watching him when he plays. Use this sweet board book to discuss what you love about your child. And give them the great gift of knowing they are loved.

I Love You Little Pookie is a great book to celebrate everything you love about your child.

I Love You to the Moon and Back Amelia Hepworth

I Love You to the Moon and Back discusses all the ways this mother bear loves her cub. She loves all the things they do and all the ways they show their love.

This is another perfect book to show your baby and toddler how much you love them. Discuss all the ways you love them as you read. Even babies will love this adorable story. And it can grow with them into the toddler years.

Love from the Very Hunger Caterpillar Eric Carle

Love from the Very Hunger Caterpillar is just that. A book about all the ways the caterpillar loves you.

If your toddler loves the Very Hungry Caterpillar, they’ll love seeing the caterpillar in all of these scenarios. And it’s the perfect way to give them the message of love on this day.

Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine Jonathan Stutzman

Tiny T. Rex is going to make a special Valentine for his good friend Pointy. But it proves more challenging than he expected. And now he doesn’t have a Valentine for Pointy. But Pointy doesn’t care about a card, he’s just happy to be friends.

I love the message in Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine that making a Valentine is a way to show someone you love them. It might even encourage your toddler to make their own Valentines. Mostly, I love the message that Valentine’s Day is about being grateful for the people in our lives more than Valentines’ or a Valentine’s Day gift.

Construction Site: You’re Just Right Sherri Duskey Rinker

Join this construction site as they show appreciation for each of their members. Lift-the-flaps the read each Valentine’s Day card. Plus, guess who sent each one. And there’s a special card at the end.

I like Construction Site: You’re Just Right better than the original because of the flaps and extra fun. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day book for a little boy.

Related: The Best Truck Books for Toddlers

Ten Little Valentines Amanda Sobotka

Count the Valentine’s Day cards on each page as Ten Little Valentines counts down from 10 heart-shaped cards. This book includes clever rhymes and cut-outs for counting on each page.

If your toddler is interested in counting, this is a great book. If not, your baby or toddler will love these rhymes and hearing you count.

Related: Educational Books for 2-Year-Olds

I Love You, Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo John John Bajet

This Valentine-themed Baby Shark book is written to the tune of Baby Shark so you can sing along. It also includes sign language symbols that you can use to act it out on each page.

I Love You, Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo is such a fun way to get your toddler involved in Valentine’s Day. Pretty soon you won’t even need the book to sing the song!

Lilly’s Chocolate Heart Kevin Henkes

Lilly’s Chocolate Heart is a simple Valentine’s Day book that little kids will relate to. Lilly has a chocolate heart. Where should she hide it? After trying a few places, she realizes there’s only one place for chocolate.

This sweet story is a great way to start talking to your toddler about Valentine’s Day. It has a light humor that you and your toddler will both find cute. It’s perfect for a little girl.

I hope you find some great Valentine’s Day books from this list of my favorite Valentine’s Day books that will make Valentine’s Day special for your child in these early years. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day where you and your baby or toddler both feel loved.

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