Little Blue Trucks Valentine

A small blue truck makes special deliveries for Valentine's Day, bringing cards to all his friends.

Say good night with Little Blue Truck and friends as they prepare for bed in this next installment in the bestselling series!

"Sure to steal readers’ hearts."--Kirkus reviews A comically mismatched Valentine's Day picture book with a clever and hilarious take on Cupid. Introducing Cupig the Valentine's Day pig! Cupig absolutely loves Valentine's Day. Every year she enjoys spreading love and cheer to every creature, far and near. But when a storm blows through and sends her arrows off course, Cupig accidentally puts arrows in hearts that don't need to be mended. Peanut Butter has stopped loving Jelly! Salt and Pepper have broken up! Needle and Thread are falling apart at the seams! Will Cupig ever fix her mistakes and get these classic pairs back together again? With clever rhyming text and comically expressive art, Cupig is sure to be a Valentine's Day classic for years to come! The perfect Valentine's Day gift and for fans of Little Blue Truck's Valentine, How to Catch a Loveosaurus, and Love from the Crayons! "Sure to be a hit with the picture book crowd."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Move over, Cupid—a pink piggy competitor takes a shot at creating love matches in this mixed-up Valentine’s Day outing." --Publishers Weekly

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To feed her three children, Widow Abigail Jenkins takes the only job available in Sunset Cove: night cleaner in the notorious, haunted tea-house. She figures the wild, supernatural rumors about the place are pure fiction. After all, ghosts don’t exist. Eric Eklund a sexy spirit from Sweden is over a thousand years old. Having missed his chance at Valhalla, the Viking spends his time roaming the world and gambling. That is until he sees Abby whose feisty earthly-spirit turns his ghostly world upside down. When the two meet sparks fly, but their romance is interrupted by a poltergeist hunting children. What happens when you mix a naughty, Viking ghost built like a Norse god, a strong woman who suffers no fools and a nasty poltergeist? Answer: another fun, Gambling Ghost story. A Viking Ghost for Valentine’s is a lighthearted novella filled with love, laughter and just enough ghouliness to thrill and chill you to the bone.

Roses are red, violets are blue… It’s Valentine’s Day, but the course of true love never runs smoothly. Damien, Henry and Adrian have some big plans for their special ladies, but an old secret and some crazy coincidences threaten to upset everything. Whose relationships will survive Valentine’s Day and who will end up alone?

The highly anticipated new novel from the author of A Snicker of Magic