Looking for a special way to spend Valentine’s Day with your littlest sweetheart? Consider Valentine’s Day Treats by Tara Knudson — all the inspiration you need to have a fun-filled day.
Author Tara Knudson and illustrator Pauline Siewert — the team behind Christmas Cookie Day and Easter Egg Day — offer these sweet rhymes, illustrations, and a cherry on top . . . a recipe to make your very own heart-shaped cake with your little one!
From sparkly cards to heart-shaped cakes to a party with friends, Valentine’s Day Treats captures the joy and fun of holiday traditions. The fun, read-aloud rhymes and bright, adorable illustrations are perfect for evoking favorite holiday memories and — with the included recipe to make your very own heart-shaped cereal treats — creating new ones!
Tara Knudson is a former teacher who has been writing poetry and stories since she was a young girl growing up in Chicago. Her published work can be found in children’s magazines, greeting cards, calendars, and a poetry anthology for teens.
My Impressions:
Valentine’s Day Treats is a cute board book with lots of Valentine’s Day activity going on throughout. Bright illustrations and rhyming verse introduce the raccoon family as they make cards and a special treat to share with their neighbors. After reading this book together, your little ones will be eager to create their own Valentine’s Day fun. There’s even a recipe for a sweet treat of their own included. So make sure you have some colored pencils or markers, doilies, and construction paper, not to mention some pantry items to recreate all the fun!
Recommended
Audience: children aged baby to preschool
(Thanks to Zonderkidz for a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)
Valentine’s Day Treats sounds cute and fun!