There are certain books about a parent's unconditional love for a child that are timeless-and this is one of them. Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book-one that will be read repeatedly for years. Darcy Matheson ―Īn extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child-forever. There's a reason why Love You Forever is still on the bestseller list 24 years after its release.

Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book - one that will be read repeatedly for years. (Ages 4 to 8)Īn extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child - forever. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw's comic and yet poignant pastels. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she's too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. 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. So far so ordinary-but this is one persistent lady.

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. 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) So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide.

Every other page a full page, color illustration.Ī young woman holds her newborn sonAnd looks at him lovingly.

I love you forever story book