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Love You Forever (Paperback)
by Robert N. Munsch
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Picture books, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 88.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This is a hypnotic, heart achingly beautiful book about love in its primary and most incomparable form, the love a parent has for their child. |
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Author: Robert N. Munsch
Publisher: Firefly Books
Pub. in: September, 1995
ISBN: 0920668372
Pages: 32
Measurements: 8.0 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00029
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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 drive across town with a ladder on the car roof, climb through her grown son's window, and rock 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.
This is a wonderful depiction of love in its most ideal form...a notion of unconditional love being passed on through the generations. For those of you who find this book "weird", because of the mother's efforts to show her love to her son, please remember this is only allegorical, a fairy tale about idealized love, not an allusion to any bizarre mental condition. It is meant to show the unerring devotion we need to give to our children and how those efforts are ultimately rewarded. This is a hypnotic, heart achingly beautiful book about love in its primary and most incomparable form, the love a parent has for their child.
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8
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Robert Munsch is the internationally famous author of more than twenty books, including The Paper Bag Princess. In 1987, he won the "Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature", presented by the Canadian Authors Association. He is also the recipient of the Canadian Booksellers Association "Ruth Schwartz Award" for best children's book.
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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 of Americans. 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).
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Shelley Fralic, National Post (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
There is a powerful, age-old resonance to the story, centered on that intangible, steadfast bond between mother and child. |
David Maloof, Boston Globe (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
The one book that has the most meaning to me. |
John Lownsbrough, Outlook Magazine(MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
The starting point for a first-rate library for your grandchildren... a tender ode to the life cycle of a family. |
Nancy Kavanagh (MSL quote), Minnesota, USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
I first read this book in 5th grade. I truly enjoyed it. I thought that it was silly how the mom would climb in the window, but even at the age of 10 I realized that she could never do that, the author was just showing the reader that parents will love you unconditionally as long as they are able to.
Some people read too much into this book, and try to make it sound disturbing and sick. Those of you who say that it caused your anxiety about death should really go talk to your parents and ask them why you never discussed death as a child. Did no one you knew ever pass away? You have never encountered death? My daughter is 5 years old and the first time I read the book to her, she asked me "did his mom go to Heaven?" I'm not afraid to talk to my children about the tough issues they will face in life. The sooner they learn that death does happen, the easier it will be for them when someone they love dies.
If the mother dying in the end is such a big issue for some, then sit down with your children and talk about it. Explain to them that life is a cycle. Everyone dies when it's their time. You don't know when it will happen, but that is why you should live your lives to their fullest. Love those you love with joy and understanding and appreciate what you have for the rest of your life.
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