Born and Brough up in Portsmouth, Anita Jeram completed her degree in illustration at Manchester Polytechnic.  Shortly after graduating, she released, along with author Sam McBratney, the Guess How Much I Love You series and was shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler award. 

"Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how great your feelings are. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love I not an easy thing to measure."