Sam McBratney's timeless story, beautifully illustrated by Anita Jeram's gentle watercolours, has captured the hearts of children and adults alike. How much does Little Nutbrown Hare love his daddy? “Guess How Much I Love You,” by Sam McBratney, is a tale about the bonds of love between parent and child. It’s a beautiful exposition of how we perceive love and its grandeur.
That love seems limitless to us, and we can hardly express it. An enlarged board book edition of this much-loved classic that children will simply cherish. Amil has always dreamed of working at the modern, space-age pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, where he lives.
Instead, on his tenth birthday, he is torn from his family and taken to work for Mr Kumar and his cruel son, Jalesh, in their dilapidated printing factory. There, hidden in a trunk, he finds a secret First World War journal. As its pages come to life, they reveal not only why Amil is there, but that he and the journal’s author – his great-grandfather, Sanjiv - share a magical gift: they can read the wind.
Its purpose remains a mystery until, one terrible night, the pesticide plant leaks poison gas into the air above Bhopal . . .
In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle-grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comfor.
