Guess How Much I Love You
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40 free Guess How Much I Love You trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Guess How Much I Love You is one of the best-loved picture books of the last few decades: a short, gentle story in which two hares try to outdo each other in saying how big their love is. It has been translated into dozens of languages and handed over at countless baby showers and weddings. This quiz covers the story itself, from the opening game to the famous closing line, along with the people who made the book, the publishers behind it, the prizes it was up for, the follow-up storybooks and the animated television series. It is written for parents, grandparents and anyone who can still recite the book from memory. Some questions are gentle enough to answer with a child on your lap; others will test even devoted Nutbrown Hare fans.
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Q 01Which author wrote Guess How Much I Love You, the 1994 picture book about Big and Little Nutbrown Hare?
Sam McBratney
Sam McBratney had written many longer books before this one, and said he had no idea where the story of the two hares came from.
Q 02Which English artist illustrated Guess How Much I Love You, giving the Nutbrown Hares their gangly look?
Anita Jeram
Anita Jeram lived not far from the author, yet the two did not meet while the book was being made.
Q 03Little Nutbrown Hare's last and biggest measure of love in Guess How Much I Love You stretches to where?
The moon
The moon is as far as Little Nutbrown Hare can imagine, and the publisher says the story's closing words have become a way of declaring love all over the world.
Q 04Big Nutbrown Hare gives his final, winning reply only after Little Nutbrown Hare does what?
Falls asleep
Big Nutbrown Hare waits until the little one falls asleep, then settles him down and quietly tops his biggest claim one last time.
Q 05At the start of Guess How Much I Love You, which part of Big Nutbrown Hare does Little Nutbrown Hare grab?
Ears
Ears are his handle: Little Nutbrown Hare tugs on the big hare's to be sure of his full attention before asking his question.
Q 06Guess How Much I Love You never says so, but its TV series makes Big Nutbrown Hare which relative of Little?
His father
His father is how the TV series describes Big Nutbrown Hare; the book's own words leave the bond open, and one review of the sequel calls the big hare ungendered.
Q 07The author spent six months on the text of Guess How Much I Love You, which runs to roughly how many words?
About 400
About 400 words made the final text, and the author said every one of them had to fight for its place over those six months.
Q 08The author of Guess How Much I Love You spent about twenty years in which job before writing full-time?
Schoolteacher
Schoolteacher was his day job, and one story idea came to him when he spotted an early star through his classroom window.
Q 09Who suggested that the author of Guess How Much I Love You, then a novelist, should try a picture book?
His editor
His editor told him that fine illustrators were easy to find, but writers who could tell a powerful story in hardly any words were not.
Q 10Which sequel to Guess How Much I Love You came out in September 2020, days after its author died?
Will You Be My Friend?
Will You Be My Friend? arrived more than 25 years after the original, and its author said it captures the moment a little hare discovers friendship.
Q 11How does Little Nutbrown Hare first show the size of his love in Guess How Much I Love You?
Stretching his arms wide
Stretching his arms wide is the opening move, but Big Nutbrown Hare simply does the same with his much greater reach.
Q 12Which landmark down the lane does Little Nutbrown Hare use as a measure in Guess How Much I Love You?
The river
The river is the farthest spot the little hare can think of at ground level, and the last of his everyday measures before his grandest one.
Q 13What does Big Nutbrown Hare give Little Nutbrown Hare at the very end of Guess How Much I Love You?
A good-night kiss
Q 21Which US channel picked up the Guess How Much I Love You animated series for American viewers?
Disney Junior
Disney Junior took the series for the United States, where its producer said the books were already well known and loved by American families.
Q 22In the Guess How Much I Love You TV series, the character Little Redwood is which woodland animal?
A fox
A fox, Little Redwood turns up alongside Little Field Mouse, Little Grey Squirrel and Little White Owl, who tells tall tales of mystery and magic.
Q 23Which 2004 picture book reunited the author and illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You?
You're All My Favorites
A good-night kiss comes just before the whispered last word, and a pop-up edition stages the moment as a pull-down scene.
Q 14The gentle pictures in Guess How Much I Love You were made in ink and which soft painting medium?
Watercolor
Watercolor washes over ink line give the hares their soft palette, and one review praised the quiet moss, brown and gray tones as just right for winding down.
Q 15The author of Guess How Much I Love You was born in 1943 in which city where the Titanic was built?
Belfast
Belfast was the author's birthplace, though he grew up in the nearby town of Lisburn.
Q 16The author of Guess How Much I Love You studied at which university that houses the Book of Kells?
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin sent him out with an honours degree, and it published its own tribute to him when he died in 2020.
Q 17Which London children's publisher, founded in 1978, first released Guess How Much I Love You in 1994?
Walker Books
Walker Books began in a spare bedroom of Sebastian Walker's London home and went on to sell the hares' story around the world.
Q 18Which Massachusetts children's publisher released Guess How Much I Love You in the United States in 1995?
Candlewick Press
Candlewick Press calls the book its first phenomenon: the young company's sales team picked it as the title to make their mark with.
Q 19Which US organization named Guess How Much I Love You a Notable Children's Book in 1996?
American Library Association
American Library Association librarians put it on their 1996 notable list; its first publisher says the book sold more than 150,000 copies in its first four months.
Q 20SLR Productions, the studio behind the Guess How Much I Love You TV series, is based in which country?
Australia
Australia is home to SLR Productions, which won the screen rights in 2010 and saw the finished series shown in more than 60 countries.
You're All My Favorites follows three cubs who each fret that their parents love one of the others best.
Q 24Which snow hare does Little Nutbrown Hare meet in the 2020 sequel to Guess How Much I Love You?
Tipps
Tipps plays so happily with him that, after a game of hide-and-seek goes wrong and he hops home alone, she follows him all the way back.
Q 25Where does Little Nutbrown Hare find a surprise in the heather in the sequel to Guess How Much I Love You?
Cloudy Mountain
Cloudy Mountain is where he ends up after deciding that his own shadow and his reflection make poor playmates.
Q 26The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You grew up in which English port, home of HMS Victory?
Portsmouth
Portsmouth was where she was born and brought up, and she worked a variety of jobs before taking a degree in illustration.
Q 27The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You is married to a scientist in which field?
Paleontology
Paleontology is her husband's field, and the family shares its home with cats, dogs, rabbits, toads, a lizard, a snake and a tortoise.
Q 28The illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You also drew books for which author of The Sheep-Pig?
Dick King-Smith
Dick King-Smith, whose novel became the film Babe, wrote All Pigs Are Beautiful about his own pigs, with her pictures alongside.
Q 29What was the first book by the illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You, published in 1991?
Bill's Belly Button
Bill's Belly Button appeared a year after she graduated, and three years before the hares made her name.
Q 30Guess How Much I Love You was shortlisted for which British prize for books uniting words and pictures?
Kurt Maschler Award
Kurt Maschler Award night ended without a win, but it was there that the author learned his book had already sold 100,000 copies.