Readers find sweet treats to make for their sweetheart as they explore various Valentine's Day baking recipes. Chocolate, strawberry, and gingerbread are just some of the festive flavors that beginning bakers work with as they learn to get creative in the kitchen. Safety tips, measuring information, and lists of ingredients guide them along the way. In addition, the steps in each recipe are often accompanied by photographs to help readers visualize...

On the day it rains hearts, Cornelia Augusta makes Valentine cards for four of her friends.

The pupils of a first grade class prepare for their St. Valentine's Day party.

Relates the history and describes the customs of this holiday from its beginning in Roman times to the present. Includes directions for making a paper valentine and sugar cookies.

When Marvin shows Milton how to make valentines, they decide to make one for each person in their neighborhood.

Chocolate, flowers, poems, gifts-all of these things are readily associated with Valentine's Day, the most romantic holiday of the year. But how did this day devoted to the celebration of love come to be? How have the traditions associated with February 14th changed over the years, and how do people in different countries around the world mark the occasion? In VALENTINE BE MINE, readers learn all about this special holiday, from its origin in Rome...

Presents an introduction to Valentine's Day, in simple text with illustrations, describing what it is, how it started, and how it is celebrated.

Emily Elizabeth tells about Clifford's first Valentine's Day when he was still a tiny puppy. Clifford goes to the post office with Emily Elizabeth to mail valentines and gets lost in the carts full of letters.

Relates briefly the history of St. Valentine's Day, originally celebrated by the Romans thousands of years ago.

When Nancy Clancy finds out that both her guitar teacher, Andy, and her favorite babysitter, Annie, have broken up with the people they were dating, she decides to make them fall in love on Valentine's Day.