Sam McBratney

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  • Bibliography:
    55 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1988
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Guess How Much I Love You

Guess How Much I Love You (Mar-1995)
When I'm Big (Dec-2007)
Let's Play in the Snow (Jan-2009)
Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round (Feb-2010)
The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare (Sep-2012)
Guess How Much I Love You: Colors (Jan-2013)

Book List in Order: 55 titles

  • The Ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    They aren't afraid of those kids! Nice ghosts. Peaceful ghosts. Ordinary happy ghosts. That's what the three ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane are, until the horrible Sweet children move in! But what can the ghosts do when the nasty Sweet kids sell pe...

  • The Chieftain's Daughter

    New edition of the well-loved children's book by Sam McBratney. A young boy fostered with a remote Irish tribe 1500 years ago becomes involved with local feuds, with the ideas of the wandering Christian missionary, and with his beloved Frann - the Ch...

  • The Lough Neagh Monster

    When NESSIE arrives from Scotland to visit her monster cousin NOBLETT there is bound to be trouble. Noblett loves his peaceful secret garden and has little time for his troublesome cousin from Loch Ness....

  • The Ghastly Gertie Swindle

    Miss Amy Steadings, proprietor of Hungryhouse Lane, is looking for a house companion. Someone who enjoys country life and antiques, someone who is not afraid of...well, the unusual. What she gets is rip-off artist Gerty Moag and her double-crossing a...

  • Guess How Much I Love You

    Guess How Much I Love You

    Celebrate twenty years of sharing love to the moon and back with this anniversary edition dressed in an elegant new cover. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as L...

  • Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    Three young mice, determined to find out if there truly is a monster living at the top of the cellar stairs, recruit one of their elders for guidance and go on an adventure to discover who, or what, really lives up there....

  • Caterpillow Fight

  • Just One

  • Just You and Me

    Through their joint efforts, Little Goosey and Big Gander Goose find protection from an approaching storm.

    Little Goosey and Big Gander Goose are out walking by the river. When a storm approaches, they must find a warm, dry place to shelter th...



  • Once There Was a Hoodie

    Filled with a cast of unusual creatures, a tale offers readers an amusing story of an unhappy Hoodie who goes on an adventure to find the one and only thing missing in his life. By the author of Guess How Much I Love You. ...

  • I'll Always Be Your Friend

    No one likes to stop playing when they're having fun. So when Mother fox says its time to go home, her little fox tells her, I'm not your friend anymore, and scampers off. But as daylight fades and dark shadows loom, little fox starts to have second ...

  • I Am Not Your Friend

    When a little fox's mother says it is getting too late to play, he decides that he's not going to be friends with her anymore! But as the daylight fades and the shadows draw in, the little fox wonders whether it wouldn't be such a bad idea to stay f...

  • Stranger from Somewhere in Time

  • Jimmy Zest, Super Pest

    Jimmy Zest is such trouble. He just can't seem to learn that his plans never work out. That doesn't make him give up on them, though, which is something that annoys his friends. In this third collection of Jimmy Zest stories, his friends still join i...

  • Little Red Riding Hood

  • Celtic Myths

    Bestselling author Sam McBratney recreates the magic of Celtic legends in this fascinating retelling. The stories encompass tales from English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh folklore....

  • You're All My Favorites

    Features an audio read-along performed by the author, Sam McBratney. From the creators of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU -- a comforting tale to assure young children that there's enough love to go around. The team who brought us the beloved Big and Lit...

  • I'm Sorry

    I have a friend I love the best.

    Having a best friend makes life so much better. but even best friends fight, and when that happens, "I'm sorry" is the hardest thing to say.

    From internationally acclaimed author Sam Mc...

  • Its Lovely When You Smile

    An endearing and heart-warming tale guaranteed to make everyone smile. When Little Roo wakes up, he just feels grumpy. He doesn't want to play and he doesn't know why. His mother tries to cheer him up by playing in the leaves, hiding in their favouri...



  • Tell Me a Story Before I Go to Bed

    A warm, soothing bedtime story by the author of Guess How Much I Love You -- one of the best-selling children's books of all time. Anna-Sophia's dad says he will tell her a story when they go up the wooden hill. But Anna-Sophia isn't sure where to fi...

  • Yes We Can!

    Little Roo and his friends usually have a great time playing together, but not today. They are too busy making fun of each other. When everyone is left in bad moods, Little Roo's wise mother comes up with an idea that might just help the threesome...

  • Colors Everywhere

    Down by the river on a bright summer’s day, Big and Little Nutbrown Hare are lazily looking at all the colors around them.

    Down by the river on a bright summer’s day, Big and Little Nutbrown Hare are lazily looking at all the colors around...

  • When I'm Big

    Guess How Much I Love You

    For the first time in twelve years, the Nutbrown Hares hop back for a brand-new GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU story. Happy spring!

    Out in the fresh spring air, the two Nutbrown Hares see a tiny acorn growing. "Someday it will be a tree," says Big ...

  • Guess How Much I Love You Plush Hares

  • Let's Play in the Snow

    Guess How Much I Love You

    Features an audio read-along performed by the author, Sam McBratney. The Nutbrown Hares are playing I Spy as they hop through the snow. They spy something that belongs to a tree, a bird, and a spider. They spy something that belongs to Little Nutbrow...

  • Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round

    Guess How Much I Love You

    Little readers can love the Nutbrown Hares from spring to summer to fall to winter -- and back -- with this gorgeous collection of four sweet stories. Little Nutbrown Hare has lots of questions when growing things start to sprout in the spring -- ...

  • Guess How Much I Love You Little Library

  • Bugs Workbook

  • The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare

    Guess How Much I Love You

    The beloved Nutbrown Hares hop back in four exciting new stories from the author of the best-selling Guess How Much I Love You stories. Just like young children everywhere, Little Nutbrown Hare likes to explore, play, venture out into the world, a...



  • I Love It When You Smile

    When Little Roo wakes up, he just feels grumpy. His mother tries everything to make him feel better, but nothing she does makes any difference. So how will a deep, wide, and muddy-at-the-bottom hole make Little Roo smile? From Sam McBratney and C...

  • Colours

  • Guess How Much I Love You: Colors

    Guess How Much I Love You

    What a concept! The beloved Nutbrown Hares hop into a new board book, enticing the youngest of readers to explore colors. Is there a color that Little Nutbrown Hare doesn’t like? Here’s a beautiful red flower to sniff, a blue-winged bird to ma...

  • After the Storm

    A charming adventure starring Big and Little Nutbrown Hare -- based on the animated TV series "Guess How Much I Love You." A storm is coming Big and Little Nutbrown Hare race to the cave, joined by other animal friends. The lightning and thun...

  • Snow Magic

    A charming adventure starring Big and Little Nutbrown Hare -- based on the animated TV series "Guess How Much I Love You." It's the last game before bedtime, and Little Nutbrown Hare kicks the ball so far it can't be found until morning. But snow...

  • There, There

    From Guess How Much I Love You author Sam McBratney comes this tender story of the special kind of soothing comfort that a hug can bring, setting everything just right again.

    “There, there” -- one of the most soothing expressions in th...

  • Finding Treasure

    A charming adventure starring Big and Little Nutbrown Hare -- based on the animated TV series "Guess How Much I Love You." Little Nutbrown Hare sets off with a friend to hunt for treasure, basket in hand. They discover an apple, a feather, acorns...

  • Looking for Blue

    charming adventure starring Big and Little Nutbrown Hare -- based on the animated TV series "Guess How Much I Love You." When Little Nutbrown Hare sees a blue butterfly in the meadow fly away, Big Nutbrown Hare urges him to search for other blue...

  • My Baby Book

  • You're All My Favourites



  • Guess How Much I Love You in the Spring

  • Guess How Much I Love You in the Summer

  • Guess How Much I Love You in the Autumn

  • One More Tickle!

    Little Nutbrown Hare wants to know if Big Nutbrown Hare is ticklish. "Can I tickle your ears? Is your nose tickly, too?" Tickle, tickle, tickle! Little ones can join in too, tickling the soft and snuggly puppet that pops through each page, or -- ju...

  • Guess How Much I Love You in the Winter

    The Nutbrown Hares are playing I Spy as they hop through the snow. They spy something that belongs to a tree, a bird, and a spider. They spy something that belongs to Little Nutbrown Hare -- something that is only there when the sun comes out. But wh...

  • Guess How Much I Love You Sweetheart

    An elegant gift edition of the cherished classic is perfect for commemorating special moments with loved ones. When you love someone right up to the moon and back, what better way to tell them so than with a tender universal story that has touched...

  • Here I Am A Finger Puppet Book

  • Here I Am!

    With the help of an adorable plush finger puppet, Little Nutbrown Hare springs to life in a game of hide-and-seek. Prompted by a refrain of “Where are you, Little Nutbrown Hare?” fans of Guess How Much I Love You will be happy to help act out ...

  • The Most-Loved Bear

    A small bear goes on a big adventure when he is left behind on a train one day in the charming tale of The Most-Loved Bear. From Sam McBratney, the author of global phenomenon Guess How Much I Love You, and illustrated by immense picture-book talent ...

  • Will You Be My Friend?

    From legendary author and illustrator duo Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram comes the delightful sequel to the heartwarming picture book classic Guess How Much I Love You. Little Nutbrown Hare is out exploring on his own. Off he hops along the path a...



  • Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See

    A charming new story from the author of Guess How Much I Love You offers an original—and heartening—take on childhood anxiety.Once there was a girl called Mindi who was afraid of something that no one else could see. This thing that she w...

  • To the Moon and Back

  • I Love You All Year Round

    Little readers can love the Nutbrown Hares from spring to summer to fall to winter—and back—with this gorgeous, reissued collection of four sweet stories.When seeds, plants, and other creatures begin to change in the spring, Little Nutbro...

  • I See Me

    For the youngest fans, Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare hop into a Guess How Much I Love You board book with a mirror surprise at the end. Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare love to go out exploring together. What will they see toda...

  • In the Light of the Moon and Other Bedtime Stories

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    The author of Guess How Much I Love You presents an enchanting collection of eight stories that are perfect for reading aloud and feature a wacky cast of characters including Bunty the daydreaming Tooth Fairy and Big Bog Frog. 35,000 first pr...

  • A Surprise for the Nutbrown Hares

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Little readers will love being in on the surprise in this enchanting new Guess How Much I Love You Storybook about Big and Little Nutbrown Hare.

    On a windy day, the Nutbrown Hares have been playing and chasing leaves, and now Big Nutbrown Har...

Award-Winning Books by Sam McBratney

Guess How Much I Love You
1995 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- ABBY Children's Winner


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sam McBratney has published 55 books.

The next book by Sam McBratney, I See Me, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by Sam McBratney, The Ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane, was published in January 1988.

Yes. Sam McBratney has 1 series.
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