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Guess How Much I Love You
"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 ...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
December 28th 2010
by Candlewick Press
(first published January 1st 1994)
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This is THE best bedtime story, in my opinion. It was a nightly ritual for my first daughter, and it holds a very special place in our hearts. When it says that the dad bunny leans down and kisses the little one's head, Leah would always lean down and kiss the picture. The page became a little scummy from kiddie goo, and it's PRECIOUS! I will forever cherish my little girl's kisses in the book.
A shot of insulin, please! Sam McBratney's Guess How Much I Love You has lots of saccharine in it—but not to a point it’s cloying, just something that a dreamland-bound kid would surely enjoy. See, there’s no plot of any kind, just a pair of adorable, furry hares (I think they’re father and son) engaging in an equally cute contest on who loves the other more. Anita Jeram’s illustrations are perfectly endearing. I heard there’s a collection of this, and kid or not—geez I just turned twenty!—I’ll ...more
One of the only books I can read to my daughter where the adult in the book is a male. Most of the books have no men or relegate the father to support-staff roles.
Having said that, the book is really a testosterone-fueled look at the competitive indoctrination of little boys.
Paraphrase of text:
Kid: I love you as million.
Dad: I love you a billion.
Kid: Can't you let me win once?
Dad: Only when you surpass my strength, then I ...more
Having said that, the book is really a testosterone-fueled look at the competitive indoctrination of little boys.
Paraphrase of text:
Kid: I love you as million.
Dad: I love you a billion.
Kid: Can't you let me win once?
Dad: Only when you surpass my strength, then I ...more
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Guess How Much I Love You is one of those books which, Gruffalo-esque, has firmly rooted itself into popular culture. This review specifically relates to the pop up version from Walker Books (2011).
God I love pop up books. I really really do. A lot of this is due to Huck Scarry's Looking Into The Middle Ages which I read at an early age and have remembered for the past twenty five odd years primarily because of the fact it had POP UP FREAKING HORSES which frankly would endear anything ...more
God I love pop up books. I really really do. A lot of this is due to Huck Scarry's Looking Into The Middle Ages which I read at an early age and have remembered for the past twenty five odd years primarily because of the fact it had POP UP FREAKING HORSES which frankly would endear anything ...more
There was a little hare called Nut brown. He wanted to make sure that big Nutbrown hare was always listening to how much he loved him . Guess how much i love you he said, as big Nutbrown could not guess little nutbrown showed him as he stretched his arms out as wide as he could. Big nutbrown stretched his arms out longer showing how much he loved him. Little nutbrown wished he had arms that long.
So little Nutbrown stretched up high showing how much he loved big Nutbrown. Big Nutbrown did t...more
So little Nutbrown stretched up high showing how much he loved big Nutbrown. Big Nutbrown did t...more
Little Nutbrown Hare, enjoying a ride on his Papa's back, wants to be sure that his father is listening--so he says, "Guess how much I love you!" the result is a sweet, lighthearted, loving banter as father and son strive to describe the size of their love for each other--thinking bigger and bigger as the book goes on! The father and son bounce off of each other and encourage each other to be increasingly imaginative. Big Nutbrown Hare is quietly amazed by his son's big thinking and hi...more
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This not-so-many-pages book is beautifully written.
The idea is so simple.
Touches the very basic question in relationship (any relationship).
Do you love me enough? Do I love you enough?
The simple lines show so much about how great it is to feel secure of being loved by your loved ones.
I love this book so much that it still makes me smile everytime I read it.
Gak nyesel sampe susah-susah nunggu sebulan inden di QB dan bayar 84 rebu cuma buat buku 15 lembar begitu...more
The idea is so simple.
Touches the very basic question in relationship (any relationship).
Do you love me enough? Do I love you enough?
The simple lines show so much about how great it is to feel secure of being loved by your loved ones.
I love this book so much that it still makes me smile everytime I read it.
Gak nyesel sampe susah-susah nunggu sebulan inden di QB dan bayar 84 rebu cuma buat buku 15 lembar begitu...more
This book is so sweet! It is about a baby rabbit that is getting put to bed and he and his father are talking about how much they love each other. Little kids would love this book because it is so sweet and sincere and I think every child has played this game with a parent at one time or another. It is definitely for the younger kids and would be a good book to read towards to beginning of the school year during a family unit.
‘Guess How Much I Love You’ is an illustrated book written by Sam McBratney about two Nutbrown hares, little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare poses the intriguing question to Big Nutbrown Hare, ‘Guess how much I love you.’ This results in the two hares using larger and larger measures to assert how much they love each other. This is a great read for all children ranging from 2 to 8. This book can be read as a reading exercise for some children in class with teachers but ...more
Guess How Much I Love You. By Sam McBratney. Illustrated by Anita Jeram. Candlewick Press, 1994. 20 pages. $7.99.
Can this much love be measured in words?
This is the story of two hares, Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare, telling each other of their love. It is a board book with a short paragraph on each page or two pages. The text goes across the page and the font is one half inch in height. Italics are used to emphasize certain words and the illustrations...more
Can this much love be measured in words?
This is the story of two hares, Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare, telling each other of their love. It is a board book with a short paragraph on each page or two pages. The text goes across the page and the font is one half inch in height. Italics are used to emphasize certain words and the illustrations...more
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I believe I read this in college because a friend loved it because it had a personal meaning for her. I thought it was a cute story that would help teach some about measurement. I've heard books criticized for being too much about how kids are so loved, and not teaching, but I think this is a one that some of both.
Okay this is my favorite book in the whole wide world, so I was surprised to see the number of less than favorable reviews.
To the guy that thinks (and I use that word liberally) that this book is a allegory for socialism, really? I mean really???? Really?????
To everyone else that thinks this book is about a "game of one-upsmanship" or it has a "undercurrent of competition between the parent and the child", You guys could not be more wrong.
I...more
To the guy that thinks (and I use that word liberally) that this book is a allegory for socialism, really? I mean really???? Really?????
To everyone else that thinks this book is about a "game of one-upsmanship" or it has a "undercurrent of competition between the parent and the child", You guys could not be more wrong.
I...more
We love this book. I'll never forget one day when I was putting Katherine to bed and she told me to tell her, "I love you all the way to the moon and back to Earth." So, I told her and then she openned her eyes, looked at me with a big smile and said, "I don't love you all the way to the moon and back to Earth."
Setiap ayah yang punya anak harus membaca buku ini! Sweet bahkan saat saya menceritakan inti cerita kepada ayah, sampai berkaca-kaca sendiri :p
Intinya tentang percakapan anak kelinci yang ingin memamerkan dirinya kepada sang ayah betapa ia mencintainya. Sang anak melompat. Cintaku sebesar lompatanku! Ayah melompat lebih tinggi. Anak tidak kehilangan akal ia membentangkan tangannya, eh ternyata tangan ayah lebih panjang juga. Begitu terus sampai malam menjelang dan sang anak selalu kala...more
Intinya tentang percakapan anak kelinci yang ingin memamerkan dirinya kepada sang ayah betapa ia mencintainya. Sang anak melompat. Cintaku sebesar lompatanku! Ayah melompat lebih tinggi. Anak tidak kehilangan akal ia membentangkan tangannya, eh ternyata tangan ayah lebih panjang juga. Begitu terus sampai malam menjelang dan sang anak selalu kala...more
This was my favorite book when I was little. It's about two nutbrown hares and the big one is trying tell the little one that he loves him more than the little one loves the big one.(They use their height!) Me and my mom love it so much we've read it almost a million times!!!!!!!!!
A bedtime conversation between father and son, which echoes God's eternal love for His children. As Big Nutbrown Hare prepares Little Nutbrown Hare for bed, Little Nutbrown Hare initiates a contest of one-upmanship, in which each comes up with similes to express their love for the other. Little Nutbrown Hare falls asleep believing he has won with "I love you as far as the moon!" but Big Nutbrown Hare gently cradles him and lays him down, whispering, "I love you as far as the moo...more
If you ever wonder how much your parents love you, then this is the PERFECT book! I have always loved this book and a book that I would want my children and the children in my classroom to read. I know that there will be children in our classroom and in our lives that will feel like there is no one who loves them. And I think as a teacher, we can show these children that we love them and in our classroom, they are safe. Also, it is a great book that says look at how much I love you and for the ...more
My mom would read this book to me when I was younger. Whenever I see it I think of my family. I really enjoyed this book, mostly because it's so adorable. I think every parent should read this book to their kids. It is definitely a mother-child book. Even today, I'll go around to people, extend my arms, and say "I love you THIS much!" I'll even try to extend my arms. I think this is a perfect book to express a mother's love, and I really think that it creates a special bond between the...more
Guess How Much I Love You is a cute story that explores the love between an adult-child relationship; whether it's beween animals, humans, insects, the message is universal. The story shows the son's attempt to show his dad how much he loves him, and the father’s antics to out-prove his son that he loves him more. The father and son’s attempt to outdo each other is uplifting to see, as people tend to get caught up in life’s every day struggles. In reading negative critical reviews of the story, ...more
This book shows children that they are loved. Some children today don't get love at all. They get abused and negulected. This book shows not only them but all children that they are loved by someone out there. In this book the two bunnies appear to be a mom and a child. This shows children everywhere that they are very special and unique. Many people around the whole world can use this book to show not only their children but anyone that they love how much they mean to them. When the little bun...more
When AppleBlossom was born my brother gave us a gift set that included a cup and bib with the illustrations from Guess How Much I Love You on it. We later bought ourselves the board book and read it often. My brother had two older children and one on the way a little younger than AppleBlossom and he told me this was one of his favorites. When I heard about the book coming out in a Pop-Up book format I just knew it was the perfect Christmas present for his son this year. Already we have a great s...more
Have you ever loved someone so much, you simply couldn't put it into words? Well, this charming little picture book captures one little hare's attempt to express the expanse of his love. Little Nutbrown Hare loves Big Nutbrown Hare from the tips of his toes to as high as he can reach, but Big Nutbrown Hare loves him just as much and more. Sam McBratney's playful prose and Anita Jeram's delightful watercolor illustrations bring to life a simple tale about the endless boundaries of love. It is no ...more
Little Nutbrown Hare wants to tell Big Nutbrown Hare how much he loves him. He goes through different things like stretching out his arms to show his love but Big Nutbrown Hare has longer arms. Little Nutbrown Hare says he loves him as high as he can hop but Big Nutbrown Hare can hop higher. It is a sweet story about how much you can love someone. I think it is a great bedtime or anytime story to read with a little one. Even though the story is longer, I think it can keep their attention wi...more
I love this book to the moon and back. Also I love my mommy as much as the moon and back.
This is still sitting on my bookshelf at home. An excellent, very simple little book.
Personally considered a classic in bunny bedtime books, Guess How Much I Love You is a rarity in children's literature as it depicts the love between a father and a son (the contest manner seems pretty typical!). The touching tale exemplifies the relationship between Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare as they tell each other how much they care for the other: from ‘as high as I can reach’ and ‘ all the way up to your toes’ to ‘up to the moon and back’. A tender story chock full of beau...more
A heart-warming tale of love. And one-upmanship.
This book means so much to me, for as long as I can remember, my dad always read this to me before I went to bed. And even now I still tell my dad that I love him "to the moon and back". Plus if he sees an edition of the book I don't have, he buys me it, and sometimes when I'm upset, I still get my dad to read 'Guess How much I Love You' to me, so I love this book as it is very important to both me and my father, and I like to think it always will be. And I hope that if I ever have chi...more
I think this would be a good book to use with younger
readers when introducing the concept of measuring. Students could talk about how high
they jump, how long it is from their heads to their toes and so on. This could also be a
fun way to get kids moving. They would have the opportunity to talk about distance and
what different distances look like. You could also tie in projects with this book as students could measure each other or work on estimation of how long something is o...more
readers when introducing the concept of measuring. Students could talk about how high
they jump, how long it is from their heads to their toes and so on. This could also be a
fun way to get kids moving. They would have the opportunity to talk about distance and
what different distances look like. You could also tie in projects with this book as students could measure each other or work on estimation of how long something is o...more
I received a free copy of this book through a Good Reads First Read giveaway. Thanks!
While I am not a parent, I am an aunt and I can't wait to read this to my sister's little one. We live in different states so I will be sure to read this book every time I visit.
The pictures are adorable and the interaction with the pop-up elements was a great idea. It helps make an already sweet story all that much more immediate.
Plus, what little hands *don't* love touching ...more
While I am not a parent, I am an aunt and I can't wait to read this to my sister's little one. We live in different states so I will be sure to read this book every time I visit.
The pictures are adorable and the interaction with the pop-up elements was a great idea. It helps make an already sweet story all that much more immediate.
Plus, what little hands *don't* love touching ...more
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