Off the Library Shelf: New & Recommended Books

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Monday, January 30, 2006

If You'll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant

If You’ll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant, reviewed by Laura Pache
Children’s Librarian,Butman Fish Branch
(HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, $14.99, unpaged) Preschool-2nd grade.

In this rhyming book, a little boy tells each valentine recipient what he will do if they will be his valentine. The left page features a verse and a valentine. The right page features the little boy and the recipient, a cat, a dog, a little girl, grandma, a little boy, a teddy bear, a bird, and his mother. The story ends with him in his bed with his parents on either side of him and stars in the shape of a heart in his window. The colorful illustrations add to this valentine book that is sure to be a hit.

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