Sam Mcbratney

As a child
In his own words, Sam spent his postwar childhood "in short trousers and Fair Isle jumpers." He remembers studying for his 11-plus exam, before going to grammar school, and then on to study History and Political Science at Trinity College in Dublin.

As an adult
Sam became a teacher and taught at a further education college, a grammar school and a primary
school. He took early retirement from the teaching profession to concentrate on his career as a writer. Sam is married with three grown-up children and a teenage tortoise, and lives in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

As an artist
Sam has won many awards for his children's books and is best known as the author the multi-million selling Guess How Much I Love You which was shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award, and is now one of the world's best-selling picture books. In 2004, Sam reunited with Guess How Much I Love You illustrator Anita Jeram to produce the follow-up, You're All My Favourites.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Sam Mcbratney

Guess How Much I Love You - Gift Edition
Sam Mcbratney
This is an absolutely delightful slipcase gift collection of four captivating stories featuring the adorable hares – Big and Little Nutbrown.  Each unputdownable story is seasonally themed and beautifully illustrated and perfect for sharing at any time of the year....
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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One Voice, Please
Sam Mcbratney
Subtitled Tales of Truth and Trickery this is a terrific collection of very, very short stories each with a pithy point to make. Some are familiar such as The Ratcatcher a version of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, the...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/12/2005
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