Little Acorn Village is the kind of place where a new family moving in is everyone's good news. The Squirrel family arrives, the neighbors turn out, and a small child gets to run the welcome: over 180 stickers bring the gentle scenes of family and friendship to life, and there are welcome cards to decorate for the new friends next door.

What the book is actually teaching sits quietly under the play. Every spread is an act of kindness a three year old can recognize, helping, sharing, making someone feel at home, modeled by cute animal families rather than announced as a lesson. It makes a lovely valentine alternative, and an even better anytime gift for a child who is about to become a neighbor, a sibling or a new kid somewhere themselves.

Pocket sized to travel in a bag, with sticker placement doing double duty as fine motor practice. By Holly Bathie, illustrated by Kathryn Selbert. The sticker shelf grows nicely with Little First Stickers Cats and Kittens and Dogs and Puppies, also at Stellar Luxe.