My children and I enjoyed it, night after night, for years It is a charmer The simple story touches the heart
Louisville Courier-Journal - Jeith L Runyon
This book is beyond emotional I dare any mother out there, or any child with an aging parent, to read this story and not have a lump in your throat Should definitely be apart of your child's book collection
Sentimental story that has long been a favorite gift at baby showers
Bridgewater Courier News - Karen T Bilton
An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child—forever. Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book—one that will be read repeatedly for years.
There's a reason why Love You Forever is still on the bestseller list 24 years after its release.
Daily Hive - Darcy Matheson
An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child — forever. Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book — one that will be read repeatedly for years.
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My children and I enjoyed it, night after night, for years... It is a charmer. The simple story touches the heart.
Louisville Courier-Journal - Jeith L. Runyon
A humorous, sentimental page-turner that rarely - let's say never — leaves a reader with a dry eye.
Globe and Mail - Gayle MacDonald
Sentimental story that has long been a favorite gift at baby showers.
Bridgewater Courier News - Karen T.Bilton
The starting point for a first-rate library for your grandchildren... a tender ode to the life cycle of a family.
Outlook Magazine - John Lownsbrough
The best of Munsch's many storybooks... it'll give you a new song to sing... and maybe a bit of perspective down the road.
Calgary Herald - Leanne Dohy
No one can read this without the tears falling.
Madera Tribune - Sharon Owen
There is a powerful, age-old resonance to the story, centered on that intangible, steadfast bond between mother and child.
National Post - Shelley Fralic
The one book that has the most meaning to me.
Boston Globe - David Maloof
One of my all-time favorites. I cry every time I read it.... [The book] 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. 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. 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"). Pigeonholing this as a children's book is like saying "Romeo & Juliet" is merely a cautionary tale about drug abuse. I dare anyone to read this story and not shed at least one tear by the end. 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 1979 and 1980.
This book is beyond emotional. I dare any mother out there, or any child with an aging parent, to read this story and not have a lump in your throat... Should definitely be apart of your child's book collection.
The touching story looks at the endless love a mother has for her son as he grows from a baby into a man and how the man returns the love to his mother as well as his new baby daughter. Parents and grandparents will relate to this story and will enjoy reading it to their children and grandchildren.
There are certain books about a parent's unconditional love for a child that are timeless—and this is one of them.
This best-selling classic of a parent's enduring love is available in a gift edition: slipcased with a laminated box and a clothbound book.
#5 on Instructor's "Teachers Pick the Top 50 Kids Books Ever", chosen by 200 teachers, authors, and children's literature experts.
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