Love You Forever  (English, Paperback, Munsch Robert)

A heart touching story, Love You Forever gently reaffirms the love of a parent for her child. The children’s book tells the story of a mother whose love never wavers throughout her son’s life.

Summary Of The Book

Love You Forever begins with a scene in which a young mother is pictured carrying her sleeping baby as she gently sings to him a song about how she will love him forever and how he would always be her baby. The little boy grows up and soon turns into a restless two year old but the mother’s love remains the same and she continues to sing the same song even when he grows into a messy nine year old and then into a raucous teenager.

A mother’s love never changes and in her eyes her child always remains a baby no matter how old he or she may have grown. The same happens in the story when the persistent mother continues to treat her grown up son like her little baby. Even after her son has left home, she drives across the town with a ladder strapped to her car roof, and climbs through her son’s window. She still sings him the same song and rocks her sleeping son like she used to do when he was little.

The touching story takes a twist when the mother inevitably gets too old and sick to hold her son anymore. Now the roles are reversed and it’s the son’s turn to hold his mother and rock her to sleep. Love You Forever is a beautiful portrayal of caring parenthood, and a moving tale of life and death. The book illustrates how with time the roles of a child and the parent get blurry. The story also reminds us that no matter how grown up we may be, we are still our parent’s children, and we are never too old to be loved by our parents.

Love You Forever is a classic children’s story book with an extraordinary story that is written in a simple and easy to read language. The book’s pages are illustrated by Sheila McGraw’s humorous and colorful pastels. Since it was published, the book sold in excess of 15 million copies and the story has touched the hearts of millions of readers.

About Robert N. Munsch

Robert Norman Munsch is a popular children’s author.

Some of his other popular children’s books include The Paper Bag Princess, Stephanie's Ponytail, The Fire Station, and Mortimer.

Munsch was born in Pittsburgh in 1945. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History from Fordham University in 1969, and his Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from Boston University in 1971. He relocated to Canada in 1975 and has taught at the University of Guelph in Ontario and also in the Department of Family Studies at the same university. Munsch is a Member of the Order of Canada, and has also been honored by the induction of a star in his name on Canada’s Walk of Fame.