From what I can remember, the book that really brings me back to my child hood is “Guess how much I love you” by Anita Jeram. I was too young to read at this time but I remember just about everyone in my house reading it to me but especially my dad. It was my favorite book because it was about a young hare and his daddy. I was a complete daddy’s girls growing up, being the youngest of four (two boys and two girls) it was really special to me to get time to read with my dad. I would picture myself being the little hare and of course my dad being the big hare. My parents were divorced so even when I was not staying at my dad’s I knew how much he loved me because he told me so. He would buy me books from the school book fair growing up and take me to the big book store in town with my siblings as we all got older. My dad always encouraged me to read and to be smart. He always said that “pretty girls don’t need to fake smart they need to be smart”. This really impacted me through my years of school but now that I am older I can really look back on how thankful I am for his guidance in my younger years. My love for learning, reading and exploring this world came from him. If I did not have the opportunity to be read “Guess how much I love you”, I might not have fallen in love with literature and wouldn’t have the desire to become an educator. No matter how simple Jeram’s book is, it impacted my life and is a part of very special memories with my dad.