When Mrs. Mousely asks her class to make valentines, Clayton and Desmond decide to make one together and give it to their teacher as a surprise. But things don’t go as planned. First Clayton puts too much glitter on the card. Then Desmond puts on too many hearts. Soon the friends are arguing and they rip the card in half. “I’m going to make my own valentine!” they both say and go home in a huff. But then Desmond and Clayton realize that by working together they can make the biggest, best valentine ever! Kids can use the colorful foil stickers to make their own valentines!
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This is a nice little story for children about working together, that is set nicely during Valentine’s Day. Two little boys start to create a valentine for their teacher, but begin to fight about what the other did “wrong” and decide to go it alone. But when they aren’t really happy with their solo results either, they decide to give it another go together.
The ultimate message is that while working together sometimes means not having things exactly the way you would have done it, it also means being able to use one another’s strengths and talents to make something better than either would be able to create alone. And what they end up creating is bigger and better than either of them would have conceived of on their own.
The story itself is pretty simplistic and the message is very accessible for young school-aged children. Probably best for preschool-age and older as a read-to-me book, or a good early reader book (probably 2nd grade level and up) to read alone.
The illustrations are nice — nothing spectacular or memorable as a standalone effort, but they tell the story well. I like that the little boys show no issues with using pink hearts and glitter as befits Valentine’s Day — no needless attempt to have them make a “boy” valentine. They even dress their final attempt with lace doily.
That does a nice job at making this book accessible for both boys and girls.
The only thing that strikes me as a bit odd is the first page of the book, which says “Once there were two mice who fell in love with the same valentine, but it didn’t start out that way.” I don’t really see what that has to do with the rest of the story and it doesn’t really make sense (I’ve tried to relate it, to no avail), but it doesn’t bother me that much, because I had forgotten about it by the end of the story.
Overall, I think this is a nice read for a home story, or for a classroom read.
I ordered this as a Valentines Day gift. It was just expected. It is a paperback, better for kids over 3 yrs.
Cute book!