By Sam McBratney (author) , Ivan Bates (illustrator)
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Best-selling Sam McBratney author of Guess How Much I Love You? tells a new story which celebrates a very special relationship. Small Bear Hansie is always getting into scrapes but luckily he has a great Dad who always knows exactly how to make things better. So, when Dad needs help, Hansie knows exactly what to do and his ‘There, there’ soon makes Dad better.
'There, there' - two of the most soothing words in the English language. In this story from Sam McBratney, Little Hansie Bear loves to pretend - but walking like a duck can be hazardous, especially when he falls into a deep-down ditch and has to be helped out by his dad. With a 'there, there' and a hug, Hansie is soon off to play again.
Sam McBratney (1 March 1943 – 18 September 2020) won many awards for his children’s books and is best known as the author of 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 bestselling picture books.
As a child In his own words, Sam McBratney 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 of 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 , and the two of them collaborated again in 2007 to produce a series of brand-new storybooks featuring the Nutbrown Hares: Guess How Much I Love You in the Spring followed by Summer, Autumn and Winter and brought together in Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round.
'There, there' - two of the most soothing words in the English language. In this story from Sam McBratney, Little Hansie Bear loves to pretend - but walking like a duck can be hazardous, especially when he falls into a deep-down ditch and has to be helped out by his dad.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed There, There and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
There, There features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations
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There, There was written by Sam McBratney and published by Brubaker, Ford & Friends an imprint of Brubaker, Ford & Friends
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