Will You Be My Friend? Padded Board Book: (Discover Little Nutbrown Hare's New Friendship in This Follow-Up to 'Guess How Much I Love You' For Toddlers & Preschoolers)

Sam Mcbratney
Illustrated by Anita Jeram
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Will You Be My Friend? Padded Board Book: (Discover Little Nutbrown Hare's New Friendship in This Follow-Up to 'Guess How Much I Love You' For Toddlers & Preschoolers)

Sam Mcbratney
Illustrated by Anita Jeram
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Jeram’s spacious, pale-toned, naturalistic outdoor scenes create a properly idyllic setting for this cozy development in a tender child-caregiver relationship—which hasn’t lost a bit of its appealing intimacy in the more than 25 years since its first appearance. As in the first, Big Nutbrown Hare is ungendered, facilitating pleasingly flexible readings. Readers are likely to love it to the moon and back.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Twenty-five years after publishing evergreen bestseller Guess How Much I Love You, the collaborators offer a similarly resonant sequel in which Little Nutbrown Hare goes exploring alone when Big Nutbrown Hare is preoccupied...McBratney’s strategically spare narrative leaves ample space for children to personalize the tale, whose affecting affirmation of independence and friendship plays out with corresponding authenticity in Jeram’s airy ink and watercolor paintings.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Recommended for purchase, this is a loving portrayal of a young child’s growing independence and the absolute bliss of finding a new friend.
—School Library Journal

Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 15 reviews.

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Instant classic

"Our house is a big fan of ""To the moon and back"" so this is a hit"

Shelby (5/5)

Love this book

"My son loves this book as well as the other book “guess how much I love you”, by the same author :)"

Akat (5/5)

Love the graphics

"The graphics are amazing and soothing. Warm simple story to encourage early age children making connections with each other and having fun."

Yenni (5/5)

Cute and educational

"Great for learning to make friends for my 5 year old"

Nancy (5/5)

Very sweet

"This is a cute little story similar to its predecessor ""Guess How Much I Love You"". Very sweet and well illustrated."

Kathleen (5/5)

So cute!!

"Such a cute book! Got this for my shy toddler hoping it would help him understand making friends better"

Catsnmaryjane (5/5)

Bunny love

"Love this little book series. My daughter now calls one of her bunnies Tips :)"

KVIVIAN (5/5)

Amazing book collection

"These books are so heart warming to read. You should deficiently get the collection for your little one."

Little R. (5/5)

Best baby gift

"Beautiful story wonderful for children Of all ages"

Donna N. (5/5)

Will you be my friend?

"My granddaughter and me loved reading Will you be my friend? together. She also enjoyed the art"

DWTW (5/5)

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  • Appropriate for: Ages 0-2 Years
  • Published date: Dec 03, 2024
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 24
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • ISBN: 9781536233551
  • Dimensions: 7.13" W x 0.82" L x 8.31" H
Sam McBratney (1943-2020) is the author of the internationally best-selling classic Guess How Much I Love You and its sequel, Will You Be My Friend?, as well as All My Favorites, all illustrated by Anita Jeram. He also wrote Just You and Me and There, There, both illustrated by Ivan Bates, and Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See, illustrated by Linda Ólafsdóttir,among many other books for children.

Anita Jeram is the illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You and You’re All My Favorites, both written by Sam McBratney. She lives in Northern Ireland.

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