I love reading Valentine Stories to the children, and although I have many in my repetoire, my favorite is still Frank Modell's "One Zillion Valentines," about two young boys who make a zillion valentines to sell to the people on the block, and end up with enough money to share a box of valentine chocolates. It reminds me of my favorite valentine poem "Mother's Chocolate Valentine" by Jack Prelutsky. If you don't know it, you should look it up. Other valentine stories to share with the children you love: Eve Bunting's "The Valentine Bears;" Lillian Hoban's "Arthur's Great Big Valentine;" and Laura Elliot's "A String of Hearts." If you want to share poetry with your youngsters, try Jack Prelutsky's "It's Valentine's Day." I asked my son to memorize a poem from it for Valentine's day and share it with us. It is called 'I Only Got One Valentine.'
"I only got one valentine
And that was signed Love Frankenstein."
It still is quoted by the whole family, and that request was 21 years ago. Happy Valentine's Day!
Love to READ!
