Will You Be My Valenswine?

By Teresa Bateman

Book Overview

On Valentine's Day poor Polly piglet searches all over the barnyard, but can't find the perfect valenswine. She's just about to give up, but is it possible that the right valenswine was under her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807591955
• ISBN13: 9780807591956
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Will You Be My VALENSWINE?

Poor Polly feels rejected, because all her animal friends have sweethearts. Thus, Polly sets out in search for a valentine, but asks inanimate objects such as a rose bush, and her slop to be her valentine. Kids understand how silly it is to pose such questions to a rose, and to slop, so they laugh. The illustrations are soft and simply rendered with little details, but enough to get the point across. The pages are colorful with lots of neutrals, greens, pinks, and reds. I'm partial to this story because it's about a parent's love for their child, and young children relate to that. The text is a blast to read aloud. Bateman works the meter like a pro, and I purposely read the story fast for emphasis. The 24-paged book only takes about 3-minutes to read aloud, thus I recommend it to the 3 to 7 crowd. Fun holiday story, or for year round reading as well.