On October 4th, Milk + Bookies teamed up with Seedling and Bakeology to celebrate the 20th anniversary of best-selling children’s book, Guess How Much I Love You.
The amazing author, Sam McBratney, and his wife, Maralyn, joined us at Books and Cookies in Santa Monica, where they were met by a group of excited children (and adults!) wearing great big hares ears, inspired by the books titular characters. And, we weren’t the only ones sporting Guess How Much I Love You gear! Sam arrived wearing a beautiful hand painted tie with illustrations of Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare–where can we get one?!
Everyone had a chance to meet Sam as he signed copies of his book, before finding a cozy place to sit for story time. Sam, himself, read us the tale of Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare and their quest to determine exactly how much they love each other. Afterwards, Sam told us about his inspiration for the book, the 6-month process of hand-picking each word, and his continuing journey as an author. He had the entire crowd enraptured as only a true Irishman could!
But wait! Just when we thought we had to bid Sam farewell, he brought out his personal favorite book, You’re All My Favorites, and read us a bonus story. Well, Sam, you are definitely OUR favorite!
Sam’s weren’t the only stories we were hearing at the celebration–the kids got to tell their own #SeedlingStory with the fun animal masks they made with Seedling! Everyone’s masks were so unique and colorful!
Of course, it wouldn’t be a true Milk + Bookies story time without cookies! Thanks to the amazing mother-daughter team at Bakeology, we had plenty of delicious cookies for everyone to enjoy. It certainly didn’t take long for the kids to discover these bite-sized wonders. With a book in one hand and a cookie in the other, everyone enjoyed the celebration!
