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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 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

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.

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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 02, 2008 Type: User Review An excerise in Munsch's warped mind

I had to read this book for one of my field experiences. While the toddlers loved it and were laughing, I thought this book was horrible. It was explained to me (and also in some of the positive reviews here) that it's only a metaphor. I think...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 02, 2008 Type: User Review Loved it, own it

The first time I read this book was outloud to my son. I'd never read it before. I started crying while trying to finish reading it to him.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 29, 2008 Type: User Review Endearing

Love You Forever
Written By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Sheila McGraw

I loved this story from the first time I heard it. The tender love of a mother and her child.

When I gave this book to my...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 25, 2008 Type: User Review Negative Storyline

I agree with the reviews that say this storyline is a little twisted. The mother running after her son until her weak old age and going to extremes to express her love. However, I don't think my kids thought anything of that. What I did have a...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 22, 2008 Type: User Review Beautiful Book!!!!!

This book is just beautiful. I remember the first time I heard this book. My husband and I was attending our 2nd child's pre-K orientation and the teacher read this book. I was 8 months pregnant with our 3rd and last baby and had lost my...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 11, 2008 Type: User Review Grear book!!

I really think that people are over analyzing this book. It's a sweet book and it's meant for children. Yes, a little dramatized but all children books are. I mean, we read to them about animals and monsters. My mom read it to me and now I read...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Type: User Review Great Mother's Day Gift

Got tissue? You'll need it for this cute and touching little book. I bought it for my mom and my wife for Mother's Day. They both enjoyed it (they both cried, too!).
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Type: User Review Great Book for Adults and Children

This is a book I've had for years. I first heard it read aloud in a school faculty meeting, and tears were flowing. It was meant to show the teachers how much every child means to their parents. I have since read this book to preschool...
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From: Amazon Posted: May 29, 2008 Type: User Review This Book Taught Me A Lesson!

The lesson is to prescreen any children's book prior to reading it to my grandchildren. No matter who it comes from. As this came from a good friend who I thought was reasonably intact upstairs. From first opening the package, I wasn't certain...
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From: Amazon Posted: May 28, 2008 Type: User Review My Mother read this book to me as a child

I wanted to share my experience with this book since I noticed many people stating that they thought this book was *creepy* and inappropriate for children.

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