"But, as the frog trapped in the milk discovered, if you keep going, sometimes you find yourself walking on cream cheese." "This is not the sort of thing you expect when most of your books have been remaindered," the author admits. The fifty-seventh book of Sam McBratney's career, and his first book with Candlewick Press, was the much-loved GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, which has sold an astonishing 15 million copies worldwide, and is available in 37 languages. But he continued writing for a more-personal reason: "the act of imagining simply makes me feel good," he says. The 1943 born Northern Ireland native started writing children's books when he was a teacher in his thirties, with the aim of helping out students who had trouble reading.
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