Card Valinetines

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Card Valinetines

Card Valinetines

By Janet Schulman, Linda Davick
Knopf Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 26 pages
ISBN 9780375869679

A fun educational holiday counting book, 10 Valentine Friends is a delightful book to entertain children while they learn to count and share. Ten friends are making Valentine’s Day cards. Pete, Pan, Aloysius, Priscilla, Annie Lee, Max, Tom, Lily, Alexandra, and Baby, with scribbles, make cards for each other. Each designs the card based on the personal likes of the friend to receive the card. The story takes the cards one-by-one, on a two page spread for each, to tell who the card is for and why with fun illustrations on one and a half of the two pages. The last half of the right page has a white background highlighting the number with the appropriate number of Valentines, counting from one to ten.

“It’s time to say ‘I like you!’  Make a card for everyone, and have a party when you’re done.”

Ending with a Valentine party overflowing with cards, the last two pages challenge children to count the pictures of Valentines, which number 100. This adds educational room for growth beyond the initial learning to count to ten. This book is an exceptional treat for young children for Valentine’s Day that they will continue to enjoy all year long.

Reviewed by Angie Mangino

 

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