Adorable story and illustrations. A must have for any nursery. But very young children will lose interest in it pretty fast because of the amount of text on each page and the fact that the pictures are pretty much the same on every page, and not brightly colored and bold. So not a BABY book. But still, who can resist the title alone??? Mom loves it even if baby doesn't yet.

My son and I love, love, love this book! He is nine months old and helps me turn the pages. Read with enthusiasm, how can one not enjoy telling a child, I love you thiiiiiis much!

This is one of my favorite books. I love this author and highly recommend this book. My boys love it to!

Too annoying and choppy sounding to read aloud to a small child (if you want them to pay attention) ...I never bring it out any more, though it IS a sweet story.

Perhaps when she's older.

I bought this when my daughter was 7 months old. She liked looking at the pictures, but simply couldn't sit through the entire book. I often found myself skipping pages to get to the end. I think maybe around a year she'll be able to sit through the entire thing.

This is a sweet little story about a little nut brown hare and a big nut brown hare. It is a story my child and I both enjoy. It is the whole book in it's entirety, not just a shortened version of the hardback as many boardbooks can be. My child loves when I substitute our names for the word 'hare'.

I love, love, LOVE this book. I had it when my older kids were babies and now my youngest loves it just as much. We even did his nursery in this theme!! The back and forth about love between a parent and child is heartwarming. The illustrations are beautifully done. This is a must have for any little one!!!

I have been reading this incredibly touching story to my daughter over the last three years which brings tears to our eyes by the time we reach the end; not because it is sad, but because it is such an emotional expression of love between a father and his child.

This is one of those children's books you keep and look forward to reading to your grandchildren one day.

Such a sweet children's book! A friend gave it to me and now I'm hooked and buying it as a present for everyone else. This book is just sweetness, a really cute story that every parent will associate with.

Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Baby

There are many wonderful books that show a mother's love for her child. This one is special because it features "Big Nutbrown Hare" who the child can view as a mother or father. (The text refers to him as a "he" making this book an especially good fit for dads.) Both the writing and illustrations are charming, and the lovely twist ending makes for a perfect bedtime story.

Perfect for those who are shy about saying "I love you". Book makes it easy to express feelings with children. The characters in this book show a simple yet fun way of bonding between dad and child. My kids LOVE this book!

this bookwas adorable. I read it 2 my 4 yr old granddaughter & she pretended 2 read it back 2 me

I got this book as a shower gift. My daughter and I love cuddling and reading it together.

Another great book for your pre-school child or grandchild. Promotes concepts that they may already identify with such as big and small. Puts into words the concepts they may already have about the love they're constantly surrounded by. I heartily recommend it.

This is my second favorite children's book to Goodnight Moon. It's so sweet, the illustrations are beautiful, and it's not too wordy so your baby can enjoy it without getting too distracted/bored. I love telling my baby it's closing line, "I love you to the moon and back."

My kids loved this board book. The names (Little Nutbrown Hare, Big Nutbrown Hare) are a mouthful to say over and over, but the little ones love hearing the story.

I read this to both my children. Simply the best book ever written to read to your little ones. Really captures the difficult to express emotion of love.

Children all over the world will LOVE to have this book read to them. It can be a real bonding experience between caregiver and child. Who doesn't love to hear, "Guess how much I love you?" Buy it for your little ones and you won't regret your purchase!

this is a good book to share w/little ones and make them feel loved and special.

My wife and I both enjoyed reading this, almost daily, to our first child. He really latched onto the book, and my wife and I both identified as the parent bunny. (Who says it's not the dad?) This could have been hokey and saccharine, but it's fun and imaginative instead. A really good way to end a tough day for a tired toddler and frazzled parents.

Very similar to "The runaway bunny". In a world where children hear horrific crimes from mothers against thier own children, this is a sweet little oasis for a small child. We can't always shield our children from what they hear or see but we can emphasize our unfailing love for them. Give them hope to know they are important, and have a vital place in this world.
Author/Illustrator

The first time I heard of this book was in my childbirth class. I loved it so much I had to buy it. I'm hoping it will become one of my baby's favorite books.

I bought this baby book based on the reviews and the fact that Guess How Much I Love You is one of my favorite children's books. The book does a nice job of asking enough questions to make a complete record for your baby without being overly burdensome. Some of the other books I looked at seriously asked what the weather was on the day you found out your were pregnant. Seriously, who would care about that? This baby book also gives great suggestions for a few pictures which is helpful--like the place to put a picture of you pregnant. I am very pleased.

I know many people love this book. I don't know why. We received one as a gift, and after reading it to my daughter, I was disturbed by the story. I felt sorry for the bunny whose parent invalidated his expression of love on each page. As many other reviewers said, it was a competition the adult wouldn't let the child win. This book contains a mean-spirited, misguided, sad, and disturbing message.

"Guess how much I love you" is a classic. The story is a simple dialog between a big rabbit (the parent) and a little rabbit (the baby), each professing and comparing the depth & "height" of their love for each other. We read this book almost every day to our infant daughter. She loves the watercolor illustrations & coos at the pictures. A lovely addition to a kid' book collection.

This is a fabulous book for little children and the grownups who read to them. When children are read to daily, they learn to love reading. Perfect bedtime stories, to calm everyone down and make us ready for sweet dreams. If you can find the LARGE size book get it- they're fabulous keepsakes. Perfect gifts for any child, and a perfect tradition in your own home and family!

This book is one of my favorites.
It is a great story and very classic.
The book is hard and durable...which is essential with a baby!
Great book for gifts too.

This book will keep you entertained for a very good summer day by the swimming pool.

I recommend it.

The best book to read to your children. It is so much fun finding out just how much the dad really loves his child. It is the best gift to give any new parent.

The book has wonderful cadence and scansion. "Guess How Much I Love You" is excellent for reading softly and slowly as the last book of the night to help your toddler fall asleep.

The illustrations are wonderful and engaging and hold the interest of boys and girls and parents alike.

A sweet story about how much Little Nut Brown Hare and Big Nut Brown Hare love each other. A nice gift for expecting parents.

A delightfully illustrated board book with a lovely reminder for all of us who love children. Children can not hear "I love you" too often. The board book formats allows some abuse while passing on an appreciation of books. The illustrations capture the imagination and are an ideal accompaniment to a lovely book.

this is a cute book, but my son isn't really interested in it and its kind of long for him. i don't think we ever get though the whole thing, he loses interest and we move on to another book.

We love this book!! When I tell my (now 5 1/2 y/o) son I love him to the moon and back- he replies that he loves me to PLUTO and back. He loves space and science, and he loves reading at nighttime especially. If you can find the LARGE size board book get it- they're fabulous keepsakes. Kids learn to enjoy reading when you read to them every night- make it a tradition in your family!

That's the most beautiful book for a young child that I know of. It perfectly expresses the mother's love. I enjoy reading it every night before my daughter goes to bed. I started to read it to her over a year ago when she was only two years old, and now she can read it with me. It has created a special bond between us. I highly recommend this book to any loving mother. In addition to that I also recommend a book series titled "Why Some Cats are Rascals ( Book 3)" containing lovely and inspiring stories for older children. My other recommendations go to:
Love You Forever
The Giving Tree
Corduroy

I think this is a classic example of a children's book written to appeal to adults. How wonderful it is, isn't it, that we have a book that not only helps to cultivate a kid's reading habit, but also expresses, on our behalf, how much we love our kids.

(1) The way it is written is not for kids

The fact of the matter is, the way this story is written is so cumbersome and tongue twisting, that a 2-year-old will have problem understanding some of the sentences and therefore the full meaning of the story. And stopping every other sentence to explain what it means simple takes lots of fun out of the reading. By the time a kid goes to 3 or 4 years old, they will know these sentence structures, but they will find the content of this book too simple and uninteresting.

Sure, lots of kid will like us to read this book with them, but I highly doubt that is because of the book's appeal to kids. It is more because of the affection that we subconsciously show when we are reading a feel-good book like this to our beloved angels. From this point of view, this book deserves some credit. But is a kid going to pick up this book himself and be fascinated by its content? Unlikely.

(2) The way it is drawn is not for kids.

I also do not quite like the style of the drawing in books like this. Why can't they put the proper pictures at the proper places besides the text to help kids understand the story? There is a reason why Disney is the biggest children entertainment industry in the world. Toddlers' brain and eyes are still under development. They see things differently from adults. The striking, highly contrasting and often exaggerating colors in a Disney-style cartoon may not look artistic, but it certainly contains a lot more information that a kid's eye can interpret immediately. The drawings in this book, while smoothing and appealing (I have no doubt it is drawn by a good artist, unlike the computer-produced mess-generated old-fashioned Disney stories) doesn't quite encourage kids to look at them in detail because the style is too subtle for a 3-year old.

(3) Maybe I am just ranting, but here is my humble opinion for parents and writers:

I understand this review is almost like ranting because frankly, I only decided to write this review after repeated failed attempts to get my 3-year-old interested in this book. (I actually obtained both the "board version" and the "big book".) This is still an above average book. I just feel like pointing out a few things that those glowing reviews don't talk about.

Your kid doesn't really need an "I love you" book to know that you love him/her. Just like we knowing our kids love us, our kids know we love them. By reading any book, I mean ANY BOOK, your affection will be shown to your kids. So go ahead and buy some other books that are more informative or more interesting (e.g. the how-to books, alphabet books, witches and princess stories), not just a book that aims to make the adults feel good about ourselves.

And come on, authors, I understand that after hundreds of years of children's book development, you guys need fresh ideas. I am sure a book like this appeals to the adult judges in a children' book contest, but this is not how a real kid's book should be written. Look at how many copies Harry Potter is selling. Can't we have something in-between, which is both meaningful and yet actually appealing to the kids?

My daughter loves this book, and I must admit I love reading it to her before bed time. The illustrations are beautiful as well. I usually get a little misty eyed at the end, but I am a big softy after all...

I love reading this book to my daughter and telling her how much I love her. Great book!!!

The whole family feels mediocre about this one, does help to put our little one to sleep.

This book is so fun to read. Who hasn't played the "I love you this much" game with their children?

This book is so fun to read. Who hasn't played the "I love you this much" game with their children?

I PURCHASED SEVERAL BOOKS WHEN AMAZON HAD THIER BUY 3 GET ONE FREE DEAL. I READ ALL THE BOOKS I PURCHSED AND THROUGHLY ENJOYED EVERY ONE OF THEM ( AS DID MY HUSBAND) . I SEND THEM TO MY 4 YEAR OLD GRANDSON THROUGH OUT THE YEAR AS LITTLE SURPRISES FILLED WITH LOVE FROM GRAMMASU.I AM A FIRM BELIEVER OF READING TO YOUR KIDS STARTING WHEN THEY ARE INFANTS. IT REALLY DOES MAKE THEM BETTER READERS, AND MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING. READING IS THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING IN MY OPINION.MY GRANDSON LOVES GETTING HIS SURPRISE PACKAGES FROM GRAMMASU IT IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP CONNECTED AND ENCOURAGE HIS INTERESTS IN BOOKS AND READING.

We were given this book as a gift for our first daughter and thought it would be sweet to get the same for daughter #@2!

"Little nutbrown hare who was going to bed, held on tight to Big nutbrown hare's very long ears. He wanted to be sure Big nutbrown hare was listening. "Guess how much I love you", he said.


As a preschool teacher I was very familiar with "Guess How Much I Love You". It was a favourite amongst the four-year-olds I teach from the time it was first published in 1994.
Then to my surprise, when I was 27-years old, my mother sent me a board book edition with the following inscription:

"Hey Becs, guess how much i love you, Love Mum"

She was living in Canada and I was living in Australia. I was so touched.
I am now 31 and have my own daughter who is 5 months old. As we sit together my daughter attempts to turn the pages as i read this book aloud to her. It now has a second inscription under the first:

"Hey *****, guess how much i love you, love Mum"

I heard so many people raving about this book that I was slightly disappointed when it finally arrived in the mail. The illustrations are ok, but I didn't like the competitive nature of this book. "I love you." "No, I love you more than you can ever love me!" I expected so much from this book and now I feel as though I've wasted my money. I should have purchased Robert Munch's book "Love You Forever" instead.

although this is a kids book, i've given it to adults. Its a message of the largeness of love in a very lighthearted and warm format. A daddy and baby rabbit tell each other how much they love each other, each one building larger and larger until the dad lets his son have the last word, except for a quiet whisper after his son falls asleep.

This is a truly touching story of a father bunny and baby bunny playfully expressing their love for each other. Maybe it was postpartum hormones, but I was moved to tears when I spotted it in the store with my newborn at my side. One reviewer described it perfectly, saying that it attempts to measure the immeasurable love parents feel for their children.
I know my now 6-month-old son does not understand it, but he gets excited when he spots the cover. He listens to my voice, looks at the pictures, and grabs at the cover (no doubt in hopes of chewing it!). My husband and I have made it part of our bedtime ritual, with all three of us lying together and reading the story. I highly recommend it to parents and children of all ages!

This is a perfect baby shower gift! That's when I received mine almost 10 years ago and it is still one of my daughter's favorite books!

I gave this to my daughter for her first christmas. I love the words. My daughter is now almost five and we always say "I love you up to the moon and back".

Purchased as a shower gift for very dear friends. A beautiful classic for all new parents