Guess How Much I Love You
I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy and full of all things heart warming today, and that is because the book I’m reviewing this week is Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney (Author), Anita Jeram (Illustrator).
A Family Favourite
Being an absolute family favourite, loved by both adults and children, Guess How Much I Love You is a must have in every household.
As well as being utterly heart warming and featuring some of our favourite literary hares, Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare have made it big time in the world of merchandise.
You can see Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare on greeting cards, cuddly toys and they even have their own TV shows.
If you’re a crazy bunny lady like me, you may even have seen some beautiful and charming Nutbrown Hare tattoos. There’s no denying that the symbolism behind a Guess How Much I Love You tattoo is wonderful, whether you’re a tattoo fan or not.
There is no escaping the fact that this story is magical and has clearly captured the hearts of children and adults alike.
It’s really easy to see why.
The story is fairly basic and short and what I really love about the characters is that Little Nutbrown Hare is talking to his father, rather than his mother. It’s something that I didn’t see much growing up and I don’t think, even in this day, I have seen as many father-son books rather than mother and the children books. I’m not saying they’re not out there – just I haven’t come across them.
“Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover that love is not an easy thing to measure.”
The story is wonderful, simple and one for the children to follow and interact with. It’s repetitive, making it a great read with little ones:
“I love you as high as I can reach,” said Little Nutbrown Hare.
I love you as high as I can reach,” said Big Nutbrown Hare.
We’ve been reading this little gem for quite some time, it’s especially great for bed time. At the end of the book, Little Nutbrown Hare is still trying to think of ways to measure love, and dreamily drifts off to sleep in his bed of leaves: “I love you right up to the MOON,” he said, and closed his eyes.”
It’s hard to believe that Guess How Much I Love You was originally published in 1994. We have the board book edition and it has a beautiful gold shiny stamp on the front cover signifying it’s 20 Year anniversary.
The quote on the back of the books says:
The perfect book to snuggle up with and read together.
And I couldn’t agree more!
5 out of 5
Lukeosaurus And Me
Rachael is a 31 year old mum to 10 year old Luke and 5 year old Oscar. She lives in England and writes about family life, crafts, recipes, parenting wins(and fails), as well as travel, days out, fashion and living the frugal lifestyle.
14 Comments
Training Mummy
Love this book, I only learnt about it when I had M but heard it is a classic! Don’t know how I had not heard about it before.
Lukeosaurus And Me
It’s great, isn’t it? 🙂 So charming and cute, I love everything about it. I remember having it read to me when I was younger and Luke had a Little Nutbrown & Big Nutbrown Hare 1st birthday card for his Great Grandpa 🙂 xx
Rachel - tenminutesspare
I absolutely love this book. I’m a little embarrassed to admit this but it actually makes me well up each time I get to the last page. My husband often encourages me to read it to the little ones purely because it amuses him that even after the millionth reading it still makes me emotional!
Lukeosaurus And Me
It’s such a lovely, heart warming book isn’t it?! I am a bit of a tattoo fan and I hadn’t seen any about the book before, but when I was writing this I saw some amazing ones and now I think I could be persuaded. It’s so wonderful and definitely a must-have! xx
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops
Awww, I do love books like this, snuggley books =) great review
Lukeosaurus And Me
Thank you, lovely. 🙂 It’s the ultimate snuggling up book, isn’t it? 🙂 xx
rachel
I love this book! It is one of my fav’s! I am surprised that is was first published in 1994! It goes to show that some books never age xx
Lukeosaurus And Me
I know! I remember having it read to me when I was young – I was only born in blooming ’92!! xx
Nichole Goodland
I love this book. It really is such a lovely little story. 🙂 x
Lukeosaurus And Me
Aww, it’s a beautiful book. I love everything about it! 🙂 xx
Yvette @ Big Trouble in Little Nappies
What a lovely review! The quotes got me all choked up too. Absolutely love this book, but hadn’t even thought about the fact it is a daddy talking to and putting little nut brown hare to bed – you are right – that is really lovely. It’s such a special story,and gorgeously illustrated too 🙂
Lukeosaurus And Me
Thank you lovely! 🙂 I think it’s a lovely little twist to most children’s books, having the daddy as the main character rather than the mum. It’s all heart warming and squishy! Thanks for stopping by, honey. xx
Laura @ Life with Baby Kicks
I love this book, this is the first I bought for the toddler before he was born! #bigfatlinky
Lukeosaurus And Me
I would highly recommend it 🙂 It’s a cute read Thanks for stopping by! Xx