Love You Forever - Robert Munsch

I've a fellow dooyoo-er to thank for this book. It arrived with me (via some of her American relations) shortly after the birth of my son. We'd often talked about the book and she'd declared it a "must have" so, do I agree, or is there a cultural divide? "Love You Forever" is all about the relationship between parents and children, and in particular, a mother's love. Describing that feeling that I think you can only really appreciate as a parent, it illustrates that deep-seated love and bond between parent and child and captures that feeling that you first experience on holding a new baby who, despite you never having seen before, you ...

Are you a parent? Do you remember holding that newborn baby in your arms in those first few minutes, and knowing that you could never love another creature more than you love this tiny, helpless infant at this moment? Do you remember thinking "I'll love you forever?" Thing is, that tiny, mewling baby grows up, into a bigger, messy, complaining, cheeky toddler, child and teenager. And yet...you go into the bedroom to give that sticky, sleeping face a kiss, and those feelings you had in those first few hours and days come rushing back, and you know you will love that child until the day you die - even if you can't always say so to that screaming ...