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“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.” —1 John 4:7

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i t n n e e l a V Blessings ZONDERKIDZ The Berenstain Bears’® Valentine Blessings Copyright © 2013 by Berenstain Publishing, Inc. Illustrations © 2013 by Berenstain Publishing, Inc. This book is also available as a Zondervan ebook. Visit www.zondervan/ebooks. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zonderkidz, 5300 Patterson Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN: 978-0-310-73489-5 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Any Internet addresses (websites, blogs, etc.) and telephone numbers in this book are offered as a resource. They are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement by Zondervan, nor does Zondervan vouch for the content of these sites and numbers for the life of this book. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other — except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan. Editor: Mary Hassinger Art direction: Cindy Davis Printed in China 13 14 15 16 17 18 /LPC/ 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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When winter comes to Bear Country, a young cub’s mind usually turns to thoughts of ice hockey. And Brother Bear was no exception. He was the star forward of his hockey team, the Bear Country Cousins. The big game with their crosstown rivals, the Beartown Bullies, was coming soon. In fact, it was set for Valentine’s Day, February 14th. Brother and his whole team were practicing hard every afternoon.

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The day before the big game, Brother came home from practice still thinking about his slap shot. He looked in the mailbox and saw a big pink envelope addressed to him. Still thinking about hockey, he opened it. To his shock, it was a big, pink valentine!

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It said: “Oh, Brother Bear, Will you be mine? From, Sweetie Bear— Your Supersecret Valentine.”