Love You Forever | 
| Author: Robert Munsch
Creator: Sheila Mcgraw
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  762 reviews
Sales Rank: 1020
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0920668372
UPC: 000920668373
EAN: 9780920668375
ASIN: 0920668372
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
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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
Product Description
A young woman holds her newborn son
And looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him:
"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. 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). Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in a 8" x 8" size. In gift editions we carry:
a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book
and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding. (20050426)
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 Love you Forever July 17, 2008
This book is a must have for every new mom. It will make you cry, smile, laugh, and maybe even look back on fond memories. A wonderful read and fantastic author.
Lovely book July 11, 2008
I would say that this is a book written for mothers. I have two boys, and sometimes they ask me to read it to them. I'm always crying at the end and my boys are puzzled. Of course my husband thinks it's sappy, but hey he's a guy! He does not like it mostly because it talks about the boy using bad language and acting goofy(I do not like that part either, foul language is never use in our house) But I like the concept of the mother's unconditional love. That's my take of it. Yes most mommies don't drive at night and climb into your window in the middle of the night, but lets not forget that this is the same as having bunnies, and cows, and pigs, talking to each other and wearing clothes. It's a children's book, it lends itself to be a little out of reality and that's ok with me. I have given this book as gifts yo many first time mothers and they all had told me how much they liked it (and made them cry).
Very sweet children's book about a mother's love July 10, 2008
I first received this book when my 10-year old son was a baby. From a mother's point of view, I love it. It is a very sweet story of how much a mother loves her child. For those of you who have given it a negative review, what I find disturbing is the fact that you seem to think this is based on a true story. You are taking it much too literally. It is a fictional book with fictional characters. Yes, if some of the things in the book actually happened in real life, it would be a little strange, but surely people with a PhD can figure out the intention of the author and the point he trying to make....a mother who loves her child unconditionally and a son who returns that love as his mother grows old.
 An excerise in Munsch's warped mind July 2, 2008
I had to read this book for one of my field experiences. While the toddlers loved it and were laughing, I thought this book was horrible. It was explained to me (and also in some of the positive reviews here) that it's only a metaphor. I think that is too easy of a label to stick onto something in which the author, Robert Munsch,is so obviously disturbed. I think most people agree when the Mom (now an elderly lady) drives across town with a LADDER on top of her car it truly crosses a line.
I would like to ask the people who think this book is only a harmless
metaphor in love, would you still adore this book and give it five
stars and endless kudos if the gender roles were reversed?
I could've given this book 'no stars', if that was
an option. When I have school librarians and PH.D's also posting
why they dislike this book, then I know this so-called classic
is really an exercise in the warped mind of the author.
Loved it, own it July 2, 2008
The first time I read this book was outloud to my son. I'd never read it before. I started crying while trying to finish reading it to him.
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