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Will You Be My Valentine?

Eva Eva

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Do you have the perfect gift? How will you ask? It can be hard to come up with a great gift idea, and it can be scary asking someone to be your Valentine. Or that would be the case if not for this helpful booklist of characters facing similar difficulties and how they overcame them. Stop into your local CLP location to learn the best way to say, “Will you be my Valentine?” 

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In the Catalog

Bee My Valentine

Bee My Valentine

Becky Davies and Thomas Elliott

Celebrate love on Valentine’s Day by bringing together adorable pairs of parent and baby animals. With textured, cut-out pages and sweet, punny rhymes!

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The Berenstain Bears' Extra Special Valentine

The Berenstain Bears’ Extra Special Valentine

Mike Berenstain

Making valentines for all their friends, Sister Bear wonders who Brother made a big card for when he doesn’t share it with anyone at school.

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From Hoopla
Bigfoot's Big Heart

Bigfoot’s Big Heart

Sarah Glenn Marsh

When Bigfoot loses the valentines he meant to send to his fellow monsters in hiding, scouts from all over the world come together to deliver the letters

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Bobby and the Big Valentine

Bobby and the Big Valentine

Timmy Woitas

Bobby decides to make Eddie, his favorite person, a valentine as big as his feelings for him, but on Bobby’s way to deliver the card, he begins to worry that Eddie might not feel the same way.

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From Libby
The Goodnight Train Valentine

The Goodnight Train Valentine

June Sobel and Laura Huliska-Beith

Love is in the air! Cozy up with someone special and take a Valentine’s Eve ride on the Goodnight Train in this sturdy board book with heart-shaped peekaboo die-cuts on every page. Little ones who love cars, trucks, and things that go will love all of the Goodnight Train books!

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A Stickler Valentine

A Stickler Valentine

Lane Smith

Stickler learns that Valentine’s Day is about giving friends what they love, not what Stickler loves, and decides to give Cat a gift she truly wants

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A Waffle Lot of Love!

A Waffle Lot of Love!

Ben Clanton

Dive into three new stories with best buds Narwhal and Jelly! It’s Palentine’s Day and Jelly gives Narwhal a whaley nice card–but now Narwhal has no idea what to give him! One card isn’t nearly enough, and soon Narwhal is flooding Jelly with gifts galore: waffles, a song about Jelly, more waffles, a book about Jelly..and more waffles! Jelly is grateful, but would prefer the present of Narwhal’s presence more than all of Narwhal’s over-the-top displays of friendship. Can Narwhal realize what true friendship means before they go off the deep end trying to please their pal?

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From Libby