Book Cover
In this book, Big and Little Nutbrown Hare are attempting to describe how much they love each other. For each measurement Little Nutbrown Hare comes up with, Big Nutbrown Hare is just that much bigger or stronger. The book ends with Little Nutbrown Hare falling asleep thinking he has won their contest only to be outdone once again as Big Nutbrown Hare whispers goodnight.
APA Reference of Book
McBratney, S. (1994). Guess how much I love you. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Impressions
I really like this book. The play between father and son shows very clearly the loving, fun relationship they have. Little Nutbrown Hare is like many other children in that he tries to be just as big and strong as his father. Big Nutbrown Hare plays along and copies the things that Little Nutbrown Hare uses to try to describe his love. The ending is very sweet without being sappy. Big Nutbrown Hare tucks his son in seeming to have let Little Nutbrown Hare have the last word, only to whisper his response to his sleeping son.
Professional Review
"In this simple story, a father and son try to outdo one another in expressing their affection. Little Nutbrown Hare says that he loves his father as high as he can reach. Big Nutbrown Hare replies that his son as high as he can reach--which is very high. Father seems to be winning--until the young rabbit tells his dad that he loves him right up to the moon--which his father agrees is very far away. But as he kisses his son goodnight, he replies, "I love you right up to the moon--and back." the watercolor illustrations are composed of scratchy lines and large areas of watery washes that are charming, but not too sweet. Large typeface and repetitive refrains invite beginning readers. It's refreshing and realistic to see a father and son relationship that is both competitive and loving."
Radtke, K. K. (1995). [Review of Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney]. School Library Journal, 41(5), 86. Available
from: http://www.slj.com/
Library Uses
This book would be a good choice for a bedtime or sleepover themed library program such as a teddy bear sleepover. For an event like this, I would read two or three books about bedtime, have a few crafts that children could make, and then have a sign-in/drop-off for their stuffed friends. After all of the children have left, pictures could be taken of the animals as a souvenir of their fun night. The next day the children could come pick up their stuffed friends and take home the pictures of the night's activities.
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