Summary
For many children, Valentine's Day means one thing: candy. The only difference between Valentine's Day and Halloween, it seems, is the color of the sweet stuff. For children who are old enough to cut out paper hearts or send cards, the holiday can be a stressful time, since the size of a child's stack of pink and red valentines can be seen as a barometer of popularity.
Beyond candy and competition, though, the holiday is a celebration of love, and not just the kind adults express with flowers, poetry and candlelit dinners. Love and affection for everyone - family, friends, neighbors and animals - is portrayed in several new children's books released in time for Valentine's Day.See the full content of this document
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Valentines Books Focus On Selfless Acts
The Love-Me Bird (Orchard Books, $15.95, ages 3-8) by Joyce Dunbar tells the story of a bird who's desperate for love, trying various approaches such as dressing up, acting helpless, playing hard to ...
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