No one can read this without the tears falling.

There is a powerful, age-old resonance to the story, centered on that intangible, steadfast bond between mother and child. The one book that has the most meaning to me. It's even more poignant when you learn that Munsch wrote the book as a memorial to two still-born children he and his wife had in 19. I dare anyone to read this story and not shed at least one tear by the end.

Pigeonholing this as a children's book is like saying 'Romeo & Juliet' is merely a cautionary tale about drug abuse. It makes me appreciate even more how my mother still calls me and my brother (despite us being 32- and 22-years-old, respectively) by our childhood nicknames, Pussycat and Tchotchke (Yiddish for 'knickknack'). The story reminds you that no matter how grown up you are, you're always someone's child that no matter how 'adult' you are, you're never too old to be loved by your parents. is a beautiful script about parenthood, a poignant parable about life and death, a testimony to when the roles of child and parent become blurry. There are certain books about a parent's unconditional love for a child that are timeless-and this is one of them. Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book-one that will be read repeatedly for years. Darcy Matheson ―Īn extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child-forever. There's a reason why Love You Forever is still on the bestseller list 24 years after its release. Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book - one that will be read repeatedly for years. (Ages 4 to 8)Īn extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child - forever. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw's comic and yet poignant pastels. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she's too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. 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. So far so ordinary-but this is one persistent lady. 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. Since publication in l986, Love You Forever has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French) So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Every other page a full page, color illustration.Ī young woman holds her newborn sonAnd looks at him lovingly.

I like you for always book