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Author: Nina Jaffe
Illustrator: Louise August
Publication Date: 1998
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-2
Text Level: Grade 3
Teaser: "The youngest daughter of a rabbi is sent away from home in disgrace, but thanks to the help of the prophet Elijah, marries the son of a renowned scholar and is reunited with her family."
Teaching Moment: https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/l-o-v-e-activitylesson-plan/

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Author: Barbara M. Joosse
Illustrator: Barbara Lavallee
Publication Date: 1991
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-2
Text Level: Grades 2-3
Teaser: "A child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The story is made all the more captivating by its unusual Arctic setting."
Teaching Moment: We can teach our students that their parents love them no matter what, we need to get our students to understand that their parents love is everlasting and can't be undone.

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Author: Margery Williams
Illustrator: Neil Waldman
Publication Date: 1922
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-5
Text Level: Grade 4
Teaser: "The story of a stuffed rabbit and his desire to become real, through the love of his owner."
Teaching Moment: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real

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Teaser: "Some poor guy thinks he has lost his girl for good, but he's redeemed when he finds out from a friend that she still loves him. There's even a moral at the end of the story: "Pride can hurt you too." Good advice when arguing with a loved one."
Teaching Moment: We can teach our students that pride can hurt you too, to say what you feel because it will benefit you most times.

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Teaser: A powerful PSA about love's different forms
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/pro-bowl-kiss-cam-love-has-no-labels-ad-council-video-nfl
Teaching Moment: This video can help us teach our children to accept people no matter what their sexual orientation. This video is extremely powerful and they can learn a lot from just watching it.

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Teaser: "Based on a real experience. As a teenager, she had an argument with her parents over a boy - they thought he was a creep, and Taylor thought it was love."
Teaching Moment: We can teach our older students to value our parents opinions because in the end they will usually be right about things.

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Author: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrator: Paul Yalowitz
Publication Date: 1991
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: 3-5
Text Level: Upper Elementary
Teaser: "A sweet story that examines how love can improve a lackluster life. When a postman delivers a mysterious package with a big pink bow to a lonely man named Mr. Hatch, he sets out to discover who his secret admirer is and, in doing so, enjoys the biggest surprise of his life!"
Teaching Moment: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/heart-habits-gratitude-students-reflect-act-on-maurice-elias

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Author: Anna Dewdney
Illustrator: Anna Dewdney
Publication Date: 2014
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-K
Text Level: Kindergarten
Teaser: "Llama Llama shows his friends and family how much he loves them on Valentine's Day with cards and hugs."
Teaching Moment: http://lessonplanspage.com/artpracticalvalentinesgiftscraftspk-htm/

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Author: Cedella Marley
Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley Newton
Publication Date: 2011
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-K
Text Level: Grades 1-2
Teaser: "Adapted from one of Bob Marley's most beloved songs, One Love brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation. Readers will delight in dancing to the beat and feeling the positive groove of change when one girl enlists her community to help transform her neighborhood for the better."
Teaching Moment: http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/love-lesson-plan/

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Author: Sam McBratney
Illustrator: Anita Jeram
Publication Date: 1994
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-K
Text Level: Grade 2
Teaser: ""Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how much he loves him: as wide as he can reach and as far as he can hop. But Big Nutbrown Hare, who can reach farther and hop higher, loves him back just as much. Well then Little Nutbrown Hare loves him right up to the moon, but that's just halfway to Big Nutbrown Hare's love for him."
Teaching Moment:
We can teacher our students that love our love between our parents should be mutual and caring. The story just shows the love between father and son and how it is everlasting.

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Author: Lisa McCourt
Illustrator: Cyd Moore
Publication Date: 1997
Genre: Non-Fiction
For Levels: PreK-5
Text Level: Grade 3
Teaser: "This story captures the unconditional love of a parent. Even when her little boy questions if she'd love him if he were a superstinky skunk, the mom in this story assures him of her unconditional affections."
Teaching Moment: http://www.proteacher.com/090004.shtml

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Author: Robert N. Munsch
Illustrator: Sheila McGraw
Publication Date: 1986
Genre: Non-Fiction
For Levels: PreK-K
Text Level: Grades 1-2
Teaser: "Tells the story of an evolving relationship between a boy and his mother. "I'll love you forever/ I'll like you for always/ As long as I'm living/ My baby you'll be.""
Teaching Moment: We can teach our younger students that their parents will forever love them, to make sure that they understand that sometimes parents can be busy but that does not mean that the love for them is not there.

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Author: Rachel Bright
Illustrator: Rachel Bright
Publication Date: 2012
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-K
Text Level: Grade 2
Teaser: "Love Monster is a hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville and find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey is not easy, but he soon discovers that love can find you when you least expect it."
Teaching Moment: https://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/search/label/love%20monster%20lesson

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Author: Shel Silverstein
Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Publication Date: 1964
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-2
Text Level: Grade 2
Teaser:  "Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave."
Teaching Moment: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson292.shtml

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Author: Caron Levis
Illustrator: Charles Santoso
Publication Date: 2016
Genre: Fiction
For Levels:  PreK-2
Text Level: Grade 2
Teaser: "Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always.
Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn’t going to get better. The friends help each other face the difficult news with whispers, sniffles, cuddles, and even laughs. Slowly Gus realizes that even after Ida is gone, she will still be with him—through the sounds of their city, and the memories that live in their favorite spots."
Teaching Moment: https://twowritingteachers.org/2016/06/17/idaalways/

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Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publication Date: 1963
Genre: Fiction
For Levels: PreK-5
Text Level: Grade 2
Teaser: "A fantasy about about a young boy whose imagination transports him far away from problems at home to a land where almost anything can happen."
Teaching Moment: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/where-the-wild-things-are