40 Fun Facts About Guess How Much I Love You

Which author wrote Guess How Much I Love You, the 1994 picture book about Big and Little Nutbrown Hare?

Sam McBratney had written many longer books before this one, and said he had no idea where the story of the two hares came from.

Which English artist illustrated Guess How Much I Love You, giving the Nutbrown Hares their gangly look?

Anita Jeram lived not far from the author, yet the two did not meet while the book was being made.

Little Nutbrown Hare's last and biggest measure of love in Guess How Much I Love You stretches to where?

The moon is as far as Little Nutbrown Hare can imagine, and the publisher says the story's closing words have become a way of declaring love all over the world.

Big Nutbrown Hare gives his final, winning reply only after Little Nutbrown Hare does what?

Big Nutbrown Hare waits until the little one falls asleep, then settles him down and quietly tops his biggest claim one last time.

At the start of Guess How Much I Love You, which part of Big Nutbrown Hare does Little Nutbrown Hare grab?

Ears are his handle: Little Nutbrown Hare tugs on the big hare's to be sure of his full attention before asking his question.

Guess How Much I Love You never says so, but its TV series makes Big Nutbrown Hare which relative of Little?

His father is how the TV series describes Big Nutbrown Hare; the book's own words leave the bond open, and one review of the sequel calls the big hare ungendered.

The author spent six months on the text of Guess How Much I Love You, which runs to roughly how many words?

About 400 words made the final text, and the author said every one of them had to fight for its place over those six months.

The author of Guess How Much I Love You spent about twenty years in which job before writing full-time?

Schoolteacher was his day job, and one story idea came to him when he spotted an early star through his classroom window.

Who suggested that the author of Guess How Much I Love You, then a novelist, should try a picture book?

His editor told him that fine illustrators were easy to find, but writers who could tell a powerful story in hardly any words were not.

Which sequel to Guess How Much I Love You came out in September 2020, days after its author died?

Will You Be My Friend? arrived more than 25 years after the original, and its author said it captures the moment a little hare discovers friendship.

How does Little Nutbrown Hare first show the size of his love in Guess How Much I Love You?

Stretching his arms wide is the opening move, but Big Nutbrown Hare simply does the same with his much greater reach.

Which landmark down the lane does Little Nutbrown Hare use as a measure in Guess How Much I Love You?

The river is the farthest spot the little hare can think of at ground level, and the last of his everyday measures before his grandest one.

What does Big Nutbrown Hare give Little Nutbrown Hare at the very end of Guess How Much I Love You?

A good-night kiss comes just before the whispered last word, and a pop-up edition stages the moment as a pull-down scene.

The gentle pictures in Guess How Much I Love You were made in ink and which soft painting medium?

Watercolor washes over ink line give the hares their soft palette, and one review praised the quiet moss, brown and gray tones as just right for winding down.

The author of Guess How Much I Love You was born in 1943 in which city where the Titanic was built?

Belfast was the author's birthplace, though he grew up in the nearby town of Lisburn.

The author of Guess How Much I Love You studied at which university that houses the Book of Kells?

Trinity College Dublin sent him out with an honours degree, and it published its own tribute to him when he died in 2020.

Which London children's publisher, founded in 1978, first released Guess How Much I Love You in 1994?

Walker Books began in a spare bedroom of Sebastian Walker's London home and went on to sell the hares' story around the world.

Which Massachusetts children's publisher released Guess How Much I Love You in the United States in 1995?

Candlewick Press calls the book its first phenomenon: the young company's sales team picked it as the title to make their mark with.

Which US organization named Guess How Much I Love You a Notable Children's Book in 1996?

American Library Association librarians put it on their 1996 notable list; its first publisher says the book sold more than 150,000 copies in its first four months.

SLR Productions, the studio behind the Guess How Much I Love You TV series, is based in which country?

Australia is home to SLR Productions, which won the screen rights in 2010 and saw the finished series shown in more than 60 countries.

Which US channel picked up the Guess How Much I Love You animated series for American viewers?

Disney Junior took the series for the United States, where its producer said the books were already well known and loved by American families.

In the Guess How Much I Love You TV series, the character Little Redwood is which woodland animal?

A fox, Little Redwood turns up alongside Little Field Mouse, Little Grey Squirrel and Little White Owl, who tells tall tales of mystery and magic.

Which 2004 picture book reunited the author and illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You?

You're All My Favorites follows three cubs who each fret that their parents love one of the others best.

Which snow hare does Little Nutbrown Hare meet in the 2020 sequel to Guess How Much I Love You?

Tipps plays so happily with him that, after a game of hide-and-seek goes wrong and he hops home alone, she follows him all the way back.

Where does Little Nutbrown Hare find a surprise in the heather in the sequel to Guess How Much I Love You?

Cloudy Mountain is where he ends up after deciding that his own shadow and his reflection make poor playmates.

The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You grew up in which English port, home of HMS Victory?

Portsmouth was where she was born and brought up, and she worked a variety of jobs before taking a degree in illustration.

The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You is married to a scientist in which field?

Paleontology is her husband's field, and the family shares its home with cats, dogs, rabbits, toads, a lizard, a snake and a tortoise.

The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You also drew books for which author of The Sheep-Pig?

Dick King-Smith, whose novel became the film Babe, wrote All Pigs Are Beautiful about his own pigs, with her pictures alongside.

What was the first book by the illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You, published in 1991?

Bill's Belly Button appeared a year after she graduated, and three years before the hares made her name.

Guess How Much I Love You was shortlisted for which British prize for books uniting words and pictures?

Kurt Maschler Award night ended without a win, but it was there that the author learned his book had already sold 100,000 copies.

Each adventure in the Guess How Much I Love You TV series uses a particular what as its backdrop?

A season frames every episode, from spring wildflowers and long, lazy summer days to the frozen landscape of winter.

Tomhais Méid Mo Ghrá Duit is the edition of Guess How Much I Love You in which Celtic language?

Irish got its own edition from the book's publisher, pitched as a gentle way to introduce young children to the language.

The author of Guess How Much I Love You took a degree in political science and which other subject?

Modern history was his other subject, and the past fed his fiction: The Chieftain's Daughter, set in the 5th century, won a Bisto merit award.

In the winter storybook of the Guess How Much I Love You series, the two hares go out to play which game?

I Spy in the snow gives the story its payoff: the little hare has to work out what Big Nutbrown Hare's most treasured thing is.

The summer storybook in the Guess How Much I Love You series teaches which idea through berries, leaves and sky?

Colors are the lesson, from the red of the berries to the blue of the sky, and the little hare ends by finding out which one the big hare likes best.

Little Nutbrown Hare is a youngster; what is the proper name for a hare less than a year old?

Leveret is the word, and unlike baby rabbits, young hares are born fully furred with their eyes open.

Publishers toasted 20 years of Guess How Much I Love You at which Italian city's children's book fair?

Bologna hosted the dinner, where about 70 guests swapped stories and the book's American publisher said it felt as emotional as a wedding.

Which US teachers' group listed Guess How Much I Love You in its top 100 children's books after a 2007 poll?

National Education Association members voted online, and the hares earned a place on its Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.

The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You has said she hopes one day to set up what?

A wildlife sanctuary would suit her: the artist behind the hares already lives among a household menagerie of pets.

The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You took her degree at a polytechnic in which English city?

Manchester Polytechnic, now Manchester Metropolitan University, taught her illustration after she had first taken a foundation course in visual studies there.