My husband and I have always given our daughters little gifts for Valentine’s Day. With none of the stress of Christmas, this has become a holiday where we focus on books, chocolate and flowers. What could be better to lift anyone’s spirits in February?

Here are a few of my favorite books that look at love between family members, friends and boyfriends/girlfriends in two different age groups. Where a review is available, you’ll find a live link on the book title.

For 9 to 13 years and up
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Dewey the Library Cat by Vicki
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

For 14 and up
A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker
Artichoke’s Heart by Suzanne Supplee
The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
Doggirl by Robin Brande
Getting the Girl by Marcus Zusak
How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
Lips Touch, Three Times by Laini Taylor and Jim DiBartolo
Dear Big V by Ellen Leroe
Heart With Joy by Steve Cushman