Love You Forever

Title

Love You Forever

Author

Robert Munsch

Type

Junior Picture Book, Picture Book for Preschoolers

Call Number

JP MUN

ISBN

9780099266891

A young woman holds her newborn son and 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. This is the story of how that little boy goes through life and becomes a man, and how his mother’s love never wavers.

Review

“A mother cradles her new-born child and sings a gentle lullaby:

‘I’ll love you forever.

I’ll like you for always.

As long as I’m living

My baby you’ll be.’

With a simple text and rich, luminous illustrations, Love You Forever is a book to be shared … a tender affirmation of enduring love that children will carry with them throughout their lives.”

A classic from the ever popular Robert Munsch that is a departure from his usual laugh-out-loud stories. This heart-warming tale started as a song for the author’s still-born child and has since become popular with children and adults alike.

A mother sings this loving song to her baby son each night and even when he grows into a young man, she would sometimes travel across town to see him. When she grows old and becomes too frail to finish the song, her son, now with his own family, sings the song back to her and continues this family tradition with his own baby. This is a tender story that is also sometimes filled with realistic, amusing touches. (Check out the descriptions of the son, as a teenager, listening to strange music and turning the house into a zoo!)

You can also hear the author read the story and sing the song on his website robertmunsch.com

By Lim Sieu Pin, National Library Board

Love You Forever is available at the National Library, find out if Love You Forever is available at the public library nearest to you.