Valentine’s Day Gifts for Children: 5 Valentine Books for Ages 4 to 14
When my kids were little we tried to limit the amount of candy we gave them for any holiday to the amount we’d let them eat that day. That alleviated a lot of “can I have this” requests. But this also meant we had to get creative, because the last thing we wanted was a house full of junk toys (which in the end happened because of all the birthday party “favors”, but that’s a post for another day).
Our first choice was always books. I think I’ve mentioned before that the ONE item we never regretted buying them was books.
Here are my picks for the best Valentine’s Day Gifts for Children – 5 Valentine Books for Ages 4 to 14 (Pre-K to Jr High):
The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
Grades: Pre-K, K |
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer
Grades: 1st, 2nd |
The Muppets: For the Love of Piggy
Ages: 4+ |
The Candy Smash (The Lemonade War Series)
Ages 8+ |
Love? Maybe.
Ages 12+ |
I chose this one because it was written by Julie Andrews! The newest in her best-selling and highly rated series. It’s a story about how to handle disappointment and learning to make the most of what you have.
New for 2013! Nancy Clancy and Bree, her best friend, are learning about the human heart in science class. Thinking they know how it works, they decide to play matchmakers, but nothing works out has they planned.
Ah, it seems Miss Piggy has a secret Valentine? She’s received flowers and chocolates, but who could it be?? Kermit because a little jealous about the attention. Could he have some competition for Miss Piggy’s affection?
The Candy Smash is the 4th installment of The Lemonade War series but it stands on its own. It’s also centered around Valentine’s Day but it’s a fun story any time of the year. It teaches kids that it’s OK to think outside of the box. New vocabulary words are shared at the beginning of each chapter.
I picked this book because the lead character, Piper, works in a candy store and she creates the idea of Consternation Hearts, a play on the popular Conversation Hearts. But it doesn’t go as she planned.All of these books are under $10 and will get read or shared over and over. Books are on the top of my non-candy gift list for Valentine’s Day (or any holiday!).
Great idea to give books for Valentine’s! We love the Fancy Nancy series.
The Muppets: For the Love of Piggy
I would love for my neice
The book Love? Maybe. sounds perfect for my daughter. Thanks for the post. I hate just giving them candy, which they really don’t need.
It’s a great book for tweens.
Fancy Nancy is set of books I want for my littlest grandbaby
They’re really fun books. My future grand babies will be getting lots of books from Nana!
I like the message of the book The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart.