Author: Sam McBratney
Illustrated by: Anita Jeram
Book Summary:
This book is about love of animals between a father (Big Nutbrown Hare) and his baby son (Little Nutbrown Hare). By testing out how much and if his father loves him. Little Nutbrown Hare wants to make sure that his father is listening when he tells and shows how much love he has for him by stretching his hands as far as he can. But in return Big Nutbrown Hare tells him how much he loves him by outstretching his arms as wide as he can also. Every time Little Nutbrown Hare tries to show his father and tells him that his love reaches the sky, Big Nutbrown Hare would always show more love by stretching his arms wider and higher which is much bigger than Little Nutbrown Hare can ever reach. He knows that he can never reach as high and spreads his arms as wide than his father so he just says that I love you all the way to the moon and closes his eyes as I'm sure he was tired of trying to reach high into the sky. Big Nutbrown Hare is happy and satisfy with his son and puts him down on his bed of leaves placing a warm kiss on his forehead and bidding him good rest.
Biography:
McBratney, S. (1995). Guess how much I love you. New York, NY: Candlewick Press.
My Impression:
I love this story because it really illustrates deep feelings of love in animals as it would be for human beings reflecting on a mother and son or father and daughter relationship. I like how Little Nutbrown Hare after seeing his father Big Nutbrown Hare reach far into the sky, he would still try to stand on his toes so he could reach higher and further, he never gave up trying to reach higher because he wanted to show his father that he loved him more. Unconditional love that can only be earned by caring and loving back. Example: This is the love that I have for my own mother, as much love as I have for her, she would love me more. Why? I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for the love that she has for me, and because of her love and care I wouldn't be able to love my own children when I first had them till now, and I know they love me back because although they are married and have children of their own, they still come to visit, call and ask if there is anything that I need. This is the love that these animals have for each other, weather it was real of fiction they expressed themselves naturally to one another, just like human beings when they show their love for one another.
Professional Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
( March 13, 1995; 9781564024732 )
Fresh as a fiddlehead fern in spring, this beguiling bedtime tale features a pip of a young rabbit and his indulgent parent. Searching for words to tell his dad how much he loves him (and to put off bedtime just an eentsy bit longer), Little Nutbrown Hare comes up with one example after another ("I love you as high as I can hop!"), only to have Big Nutbrown Hare continually up the ante. Finally, on the edge of sleep, he comes up with a showstopper: "I love you right up to the moon." (Dad does top this declaration too, but only after his little bunny falls asleep.) Effused with tenderness, McBratney's wise, endearing and droll story is enriched by the near-monochromatic backdrop of Jeram's pen-and-wash artwork, rendered earthy tones of moss, soft brown and gray for a visually quieting effect just right for that last soothing tale before sleep. Ages 3-up. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist
( March 15, 1995; 9781564024732 )
Ages 3-5. An endearing nursery game is beautifully revitalized in this comforting, sleepy-time picture book. A little hare tests his father's love by declaring his own: "Guess how much I love you . . . This much." Jeram's double-page-spread watercolors are just right for the gentle competition that ensues as parent and child each avow affection in ever more expansive terms. Neither sugary nor too cartoonlike, the watercolors, in soft shades of brown and greens with delicate ink-line details, warmly capture the loving relationship between parent and child as well as the comedy that stems from little hare's awe of his wonderful dad. The story ends with a declaration of love so great it reaches "right up to the moon," and little hare finally falls fast asleep. There's not a wrong note in this tender tale, which should become an enduring bedtime favorite--right up there with Goodnight Moon.
Review. (1995, March). Guess how much I love you. [Review of the book Guess how much I love you]. Publishers Weekly. Available from: Bowker Books in Print- http://libproxy.library.unt.edu:4874/default.ashx
Review. (1999, April). Guess how much I love you. [Review of the book Guess how much I love you]. Available from: Horn Book Guide- http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product-6805279.xml
Library Use:
This book can be used in the library by doing a short skit about love as there are many kinds of love. In the lower levels students will have a better understanding when they observe individuals acting out a small skit. In the higher levels this book can be used in the form of a poem reading with feelings by one individual.
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