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Small-fry and I have just added the phrase "I love you to the moon and back" to our vocabulary and it makes my cold-icy heart swell a little each time.

I've used this for many years in both father and rabbit story times. A girl today knew the names of the rabbits when I asked my group for story time what they saw on the cover. Everyone seemed mesmerized. There is also a pop-up version that I had at a previous library, but even though it's fun the story is good enough to hold groups on it's own.

Don't you love it when you're a kid just trying to express your affection and your dad cannot stop dunking on you.

Those nutbrown hares rock. What a sweet, tender book this is. Great illustrations, story, and overall bedtime reading.

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 are detailed but use muted colors.

The book never gives the relationship between the hares, other than to say that one is big and one is little, which leaves an ambiguity for the relationship to fit any situation for the child and the reader. Through the book, the hares give increasing sizes to show their love for each other, which then allows for the audience to express their love for one another.

It’s easy to understand why this book is a classic.

a favorite of mine and my son

Sweet book


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Favorite of mine and of my older daughter.

A Lesson About Always One Upping Your Child.