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Janice starts the school year feeling nervous and alone on a snow‑plowed Valentine’s Day. As a shy new girl, she hopes her neatly crafted valentines will earn her friends during the school’s Valentine party. Yet when the long‑lived big red Valentine Box proves empty, Janice wrestles with loneliness and the fear of being invisible. As she trudges to class through the snow, she discovers that the day’s true adventure lies not in expecting gifts, but in facing the challenges of belonging and friendship herself.
First publish date: 1966
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Maud Hart Lovelace
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