| Love You Forever | 
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| Author: Robert Munsch
Creator: Sheila Mcgraw
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  780 reviews
Sales Rank: 807
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0920668372
UPC: 000920668373
EAN: 9780920668375
ASIN: 0920668372
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
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Amazon.com Review
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 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. 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. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr
Product Description
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 worldwide. 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). Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in a 8" x 8" size. In gift editions we carry:
a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book
and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding. (20050426)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 775 more reviews...
 five stars for an adult, none for a child= three stars October 12, 2008
I agree with much of what everyone else wrote. It is beautiful and reduced me to hiccuping tears, which is exactly why I didn't read it to my child. I will give it to her when she is old enough to get it and not obsess that I will be getting old and dying someday.
I wasn't bothered by the "creepy" scene that one reviewer related. I didn't really take that literally, but more figuratively to show the mother's love not abating with time. I know that I will never ever lose the desire to hold and caress my child, no matter how big she gets. I didn't take it as the author suggesting that a mother would sneak into her grown child's home, because she'd failed to cut the apron strings. What normal adult man would allow that? lol!
I think this book does a great job of showing the painful and consuming love that a parent has for her child, and the sweetness of a child's love in return. Maybe the subtle message is that the love we give to our children comes back to us.
I still think it is way too heavy for a child, but I love it for myself.
 Creepy to say the least, do not buy September 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book made the hackles on my neck stand straight up. Absolutely creepy and odd. It is one thing to rock your sleeping baby, quite another to sneak in your grown sons house (with a ladder no less), and rock him in his bed. This book shows the exact opposite of how to be a healthy parent. Cut the creepy apron strings. DO NOT BUY !!!
Hate to have to give it even one star... September 29, 2008
Maybe a million Elvis fans can't be wrong but a million "Love You Forever" fans certainly can be.
...disturbing parts in this story, spend your $10 on a myriad of better childrens books...
 A touching book September 23, 2008
I gave this book to my son when he turned forty. He called me and told me how much it meant to him and how it made him cry. My son is a 6'3 Army Ranger Instructor and very few things have made him cry., trust me. I heard this book the first time when in church, our preacher pulled up a rocking chair on Mother's day and read it to us. I knew I had to have it. I hope all of you who read it are touched by a mothers love.
Susie
Love you forever September 19, 2008
It's a wonderful book to give to someone who has lost their parent(s). It is a metaphor for the generations
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