The Legend of the Valentine

The Legend of the Valentine
Author: Katherine Grace Bond
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780310700395

On Valentine's Day during the sixties, Marcus, an African-American boy in a newly integrated school, uses St. Valentine as a role model to heal the hate in his classroom.

The Legend of the Valentine

The Legend of the Valentine
Author: Katherine Grace Bond
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780310707868

In this adaptation of the bestselling story The Legend of the Valentine, little ones ages four and under can discover an inspiring story of faith and forgiveness.

How to Help a Cupid

How to Help a Cupid
Author: Sue Fliess
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2022-01-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510761772

Valentine's Day is all about showing kindness to the most important people in your life—and if you're caring and thoughtful, you can help Cupid spread love and happiness, too! Will you spot a Cupid this Valentine's day? If you do, will you be ready to help him spread love and kindness? By being observant, helpful, and friendly, you can lend Cupid a hand, and together you can make special cards and gifts to show all your favorite people how much they mean to you. So, grab some supplies—stickers, markers, crayons, colored paper, glue, and whatever else you like (it's the thought that counts on Valentine's Day!)—and think of heartfelt messages to share with your loved ones. Then be ready to meet Cupid and work together to spread cheer and happiness! Sue Fliess’s poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo’s vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide joy for young readers eager to help Cupid share the love! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in making Valentine's Day cards and how to interest them in the history of the holiday, the mythology behind the winged messenger Cupid, and the value of being thoughtful and kind to everyone.

Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine
Author: Ann Tompert
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781590781814

Retells some of the legends associated with Saint Valentine, a third-century Christian priest who was executed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius II.

The Story of Valentine's Day

The Story of Valentine's Day
Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2000-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0064436268

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.

Jack London

Jack London
Author: Alex Kershaw
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466851694

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong interest in socialism. Brilliant and self-taught, he haunted California's waterside bars, brawling with drunken sailors and learning about love from prostitutes. His lust for adventure took him from the beaches of Hawaii to the gold fields of Alaska, where he experienced firsthand the struggles for survival he would later immortalize in classics like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. A hard-drinking womanizer with children to support, Jack London was no stranger to passion when he met and married Charmian Kittredge, the love of his life. Despite his adventurous past, London had never before met a woman like Charmian; she adored fornication and boxing, and willingly risked life and limb to sail and explore. She typed his manuscripts while he churned out novels, serving as his inspiration and his critic. Lover, fighter, and onetime hobo, Jack London lived large and died before he was forty. This is a rare biography, from bestselling historian Alex Kershaw, that proves the truth can be more fascinating--and a far greater adventure--than a fiction.

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618067916

Traces the history of Valentine's Day and the little-known stories behind its symbols.

Legend Of Valentine Sorrow

Legend Of Valentine Sorrow
Author: Caroline Busher
Publisher: Poolbeg Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781781997635

'Gripping, vivid, and very, very entertaining. I loved it.' Roddy Doyle 'A star of fantasy fiction'. Eoin Colfer Sligo 1832. The cholera epidemic sweeps across Ireland like a secret, bringing with it a family of four hundred year old Vampires. Unsuspecting orphan, Valentine, is unaware of the Vampires lurking in the shadows, until he finds himself flying through the star filled sky on his way to a Vampire's Lair. Matilda, Valentine's sister, returns home from the fever hospital to discover that her brother Valentine has vanished and she will stop at nothing to find him. Valentine embarks on the adventure of a lifetime; he is shipwrecked at the foot of an ancient lighthouse, battles with a Vampire Hunter, rescues a mermaid and works as an illusionist. Valentine takes up residence in Casino Marino, an exquisite temple in Dublin with hidden rooms and secret passageways. It is a race against the clock. Will Valentine ever see Matilda again? Can he overcome the Vampire's curse? And does he have what it takes to defeat Lorenzo, a wicked Vampire, who has travelled through time to find him? The Legend of Valentine Sorrow is inspired by Bram Stoker's mother Charlotte Thornley, and her incredible eyewitness account of the Cholera epidemic in Ireland. Many believe that Charlotte Thornley influenced Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Harlequin Valentine

Harlequin Valentine
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2016-11-30
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630089648

In this modern hardcover retelling of a classic commedia dell'arte legend of tomfoolery and hopeless, fawning love, creators Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book) and John Bolton (Evil Dead) update the relationship of Harlequin and Columbine. A buffoon burdened with a brimming heart, Harlequin chases his sensible, oblivious Columbine around the city streets, having given his heart freely. Consumed with love, the impulsive clown sees his heart dragged about town, with a charming surprise to bend the tale in a modern direction. Gaiman's writing is poetic and as heartfelt as the subject matter. Bolton's art, a combination of digitally enhanced photorealism and dynamic painting, provides sensational depth with bright characters over fittingly muted backgrounds. Those who have spent Valentine's Day alone are aware that the cold February holiday can be hard to swallow. Gaiman and Bolton want you to know that all it takes is a steak knife, a fork, and a bottle of quality ketchup!

Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine
Author: Robert Sabuda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2009-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781437968354

In ancient Rome there lived a humble man named Valentine. He was a physician, but he was also a Christian priest whose life and freedom were in constant danger in a city of people who believed in many gods, not just one. One day a jailer from the emperor¿s prison appeared at Valentine¿s door with his small child, a girl who was blind. Knowing the difficulty of curing blindness, Valentine vowed to do his best, and over the weeks of treatment and prayer the three became fast friends. Here, accompanied by Sabuda¿s full-color mosaics evoking the time period in which the story takes place, is the story of a man whose goodness and faith brought about a miracle, and whose name lives on in one of our most celebrated holidays. Reinforced binding.