More: 20 new books to read this fall, from Mariah Carey, Jonathan Lethem, Megan Rapinoe, more Amazingly humble, he also was a hilarious storyteller and convivial companion.” “You could recognize his voice in a moment - he was an exceptionally talented wordsmith and always knew exactly what children would enjoy hearing the most. “Sam McBratney was a profoundly lovely human being,” Karen Lotz, group managing director of Candlewick’s parent company Walker Books Group, said in a statement Monday. His death comes less than two weeks before the publication of “Will You Be My Friend?,” a companion to his 1994 classic, which has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 57 languages. Additional details were not immediately available. NEW YORK - Sam McBratney, the Irish children’s author whose picture story of ever-wider and higher devotion “Guess How I Much Love You” became bedtime reading for millions of families, has died.Ĭandlewick Press announced that McBratney died Friday at age 77. Watch Video: Kristen Bell releases first children's book
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