Love You Forever

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The mother sings to her sleeping baby: "I'll love you forever / I'll love you for always / As long as I'm living / My baby you'll be." She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary--but this is one persistent lady. When her son grows up and leaves home, she takes to driving across town with a ladder on the car roof, climbing through her grown son's window, and rocking the sleeping man in the same way. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she's too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw's comic and yet poignant pastels. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr


David Maloof, Boston Globe 09/15/2002
The one book that has the most meaning to me.


Sharon Owen, Madera Tribune 05/08/2003
No one can read this without the tears falling.


Leanne Dohy, Calgary Herald 09/25/2003
The best of Munsch's many storybooks.


John Lownsbrough, Outlook Magazine 06/2004
The starting point for a first-rate library for your grandchildren... a tender ode to the life cycle of a family.


reported in "Reading Today" [International Reading Association], Feb/March 2000
Teachers recommend top children's books: Last year, NEA (National Education Association) published a list of the top 100 favorite children's books, as voted upon by NEA members: [At number 6, in the top ten children's books] "Love You Forever" by Robert N. Munsch (4-8 years).


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