Recommended books for young children about love

• Hug by Jez Alborough
• Love is a Handful of Honey by Giles Andreae
• Mama’s Right Here by Liza Baker
• Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton
• No Matter What by Emma Dodd
• I Love You Always and Forever by Jonathan Everett
• No Matter What by Debi Gliori
• The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas
• Love Your Forever by Robert Munsch
• I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
• PLUS - Check out the Valentine's Day books in the Holiday Collections along the east wall of the Children's Area.

Valentine's Recipes

Recipes handout (1 page PDF)  Find a fun and easy recipe for Sweet Fortune Cookies using a store-bought pie crust, plus Healthy Valentine’s Day Snacks including fruits and veggies, breads and juices.

Songs and fingerplays

Handout with a song and a fingerplay(1 page PDF) Just in time for Valentine's Day, learn a fingerplay about love and sing the silly song "Skidamarink" together.

Make an "I Love You' photo book

Instructions to make your own "I Love You" photo book (1 page PDF) Help your children remember all of the people they love with an “I Love You” photo book. Talk to your child about the people in the photos. Keep your “I Love You” photo book in a special place, or keep it with other books to be read regularly together.

For parents and caregivers

Visit the library’s parenting collection in the Family Zone (near the aquarium) for books, DVDs, and community resources on parenting topics.

Helping kids grow into loving, responsible adults is hard work. We’re here to help!

Come to the next Parents and Children Together program—first Saturday of each month from 10-11am in the Lingo Story Room.