Monday, March 11, 2013

"The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare" by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram (Review & Giveaway)

The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare is an absolutely beautiful book illustrated in delightful watercolors by Anita Jeram. The author, Sam McBratney, also wrote the best-selling classic Guess How Much I Love You. Teamed together, Jeram and McBratney have collaborated to bring us four short stories about Little Nutbrown Hare as he explores the world around him.

He is cautioned by his father, Big Nutbrown Hare, of the dangers; yet he is given some room to explore and make decisions. Little Nutbrown Hare discovers that danger lurks in cloudy mountain and in the big dark hole.  He also discovers that his dad, Big Nutbrown Hare, is there for him and that home is his most favorite place to be.


This is a delightful book to be added to the home book shelf because it will be a reader's choice and a kid's choice for many days to come.  How often do parents, teachers, and librarians say "thank you" to an author or an illustrator for bringing delight into the homes and lives of children and parents when they pick up a lovely book such as The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare?  But today, we say, "Thank you" to each an every author of beautiful children's books.

About the author and illustrator:
Sam McBratney, Author - The Northern Ireland native started writing children's books when he was a teacher in his thirties, with the aim of helping out students who had trouble reading. But he continued writing for a more-personal reason: "the act of imagining simply makes me feel good," he says. The fifty-seventh book of Sam McBratney's career, and his first book with Candlewick Press, was the much-loved GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, which has sold an astonishing 15 million copies worldwide, and is available in 37 languages. "This is not the sort of thing you expect when most of your books have been remaindered," the author admits. "But, as the frog trapped in the milk discovered, if you keep going, sometimes you find yourself walking on cream cheese." 

Anita Jeram, Illustrator - The illustrator of many popular and critically acclaimed books for children, including ALL PIGS ARE BEAUTIFUL by Dick King-Smith, Anita Jeram has also written several children's books of her own. As author-illustrator of BUNNY, MY HONEY, a sweet story of a bunny lost and then found, Anita Jeram was able to exercise her rabbit-drawing skills. A rabbit is also the hero of I LOVE MY LITTLE STORYBOOK, Anita Jeram's magical tribute to the wonderful world of books.   

GIVEAWAY:   Candlewick Press is providing a copy of this delightful book  for one Chat With Vera's readers to win.  Enter using the Rafflecopter form below (please be patient as it loads. GIVEAWAY begins March 12 and ends March 27 at 12:01 a.m. EST. Open to USA addresses only.
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DISCLOSURE:  A complimentary copy of The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare was provided by Candlewick Press on behalf of the author in exchange for my honest review.  Opinions expressed are solely my own. 

21 comments:

  1. I think I always learned lessons about telling the truth-when you don't it always comes back!

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  2. We had a creek behind our house that I would explore as a child. I would look for wildflowers, toads, and blackberries. My parents had no idea that I was there as they thought that I was playing with neighborhood kids but really I was not friends with any of them. It taught me to appreciate nature. Now there are twice yearly creek cleanups and the drainage ditches and pathways that used to lead down to the creek have been removed because the local cities do not want people in the creek. 40 years ago there was never any trash in the creek, but now there is.

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  3. I don't remember any adventures I had as a child, I lived a quiet, boring life, lol.

    wfnren(at)aol(dot)com

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  4. I think An Interrupting Chicken would be cute, I get interrupted all the time, lol.

    wfnren(at)aol(dot)com

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  5. I would love to win this for my youngest daughter.

    april yedinak

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  6. I had so many adventures and mishaps as a child. I think a biggie was my tree climbing. My parents repeatedly told me not to and I didn't listen. I can't say how many injuries I received trying to get down out of the trees.

    april yedinak

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  7. I would like to read 'Fat Angie'

    april yedinak

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  8. I like Bramble and Maggie: Horse Meets Girl
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  9. I remember my biggest adventure was riding my bike with my sister to the community pool. It was so hot I passed out from heat stroke. I learned not to ride m bike there if it was really hot.
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  10. My daughter would also enjoy Creepy Monsters, Sleep Monsters by Jane Yolen.

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  11. We love Guess how much I love you and it will be great to see what else little nut brown hare gets up too! Thanks for linking with the Kid Lit Blog Hop!

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  12. We loved reading this book! Thanks for sharing on blog hop!
    -Reshama
    www.stackingbooks.com

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  13. I think my son would really like their "Baby Happy Baby Sad (Board Book)".

    acartwrightmorell at gmail dot com

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  14. my cousin and I had a little plastic butter bowl and we filled it with paper and set it on fire. The grownups were playing cards. When they came to check on us we slid the bowl under the porch to hide it. Needless to say the porch caught on fire and so did our bottoms so we learned not to play with fire.

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  15. It wasn't much of an adventure but I learned you couldn't put regular dish soap in the dishwasher. I did not know this.

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  16. I'd like to own Interrupting Chicken. My daughter loved it when we read it together.

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  17. I could go ride my bike, I just had to check in so my parents did not worry. One day I was gone too long and they worried. Being able to ride my bike around town by myself as a child, those were the days.

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  18. I've always wanted a Where's Waldo? book.

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  19. My daughter loves "Guess How Much I Love You". I think I'm going to add this one to her library as well.
    Thanks for sharing. :)

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