Sam McBratney

Sam McBratney was a Northern Irish children's author best known for the picture book Guess How Much I Love You. His books include You're All My Favourites, I'm Sorry, Just You and Me, You're All My Favorites, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. McBratney wrote with tenderness, simplicity, and a strong ear for the emotional questions children bring to family life.

His best-known stories are gentle without feeling empty. Guess How Much I Love You turns affection into a playful exchange between Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare, while other books explore jealousy, reassurance, apology, fear, and belonging. Parents, teachers, and young readers looking for warm read-aloud books, bedtime stories, and emotionally clear children's literature will find Sam McBratney especially comforting.