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Listicle: New Picture Books about Love

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Romantic love, familial love, the love between friends...it all makes the world a more loving place!  Spread some love with these adorable pictures books!
Written by Elaine Vickers
Illustrated by Samantha Cotterill
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book.

A child gifts paper hearts to members throughout their home and community.  The hearts accompany loving acts of service. The child feels, sees, smells, hears, and tastes love all around them in this joyful ode to the power of one person to make the world a more loving place.

By Felicita Sala
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. Picture Book.

In a book that might hit very close to home for some parents, a young child sees their father thoroughly distracted by his smartphone.  The father regretfully stops his typing when his child asks what will happen if their dad runs out of words and has none left for them.  The dad and child then go back and forth, with the dad making up stories of where he'd find more words and the child asking what-if questions, forcing the dad to pivot and expand the story to answer the questions. 


By MaryJo Scott
Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2024.

A little boy has a very special chicken named Lucy.  Sam loves Lucy and Lucy loves Sam.  They do chores together, find worms together, and can't wait to see each other at the end of every school day.  One day, however, Sam notices Lucy limping and is told that Lucy is getting old.  Lucy's condition continues to deteriorate, but Sam continues to love and help her until the end, reminiscing about their happy memories together. 

By Gianna Marino
New York : Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. Picture Book.

A parent horse asks their little foal how they should spend their day together.  As the day grows long, the parent reassures their foal not to worry because they will stay together and love each other. 

By Francesca Pirrone
New York, NY: Clavis Publishing, Inc. 2024. Picture Book.

Harry the Hedgehog is unhappy when his friend, Randy, blows off helping him find worms to instead watch the sunset with Becky.  Harry can't believe it!  Harry hates love and determines to go worm hunting on his own.  But when Harry meets a sweet female hedgehog, will he be able to hold on to his hatred of love? 
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