#10 in Picture books
Love You Forever
- 32
- Pages
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Our view
“Love You Forever” says one thing, that a parent’s love outlasts childhood, and says it in thirty-two pages that grew out of a song. Robert Munsch made it for the babies he and his wife lost, which helps explain the book’s weight. Some readers, returning to it as adults, find the devotion goes too far: what the book offers as tenderness strikes them as intrusive and unsettling.
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About the book
Love You Forever is a 1986 children's picture book written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Sheila McGraw. The book was written after Munsch and his wife had two stillborn babies. It began as a song that Munsch would sing in his head for his two babies as singing it out loud was too emotional. During a performance at a theatre in the University of Guelph, the short song turned into a full story that was later published as a book. Munsch and his wife have since adopted three children.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 226 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Picture books average of 8.3. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 22 | 10% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 42 | 19% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 162 | 72% |
Frequently asked
What age is Love You Forever for?
Love You Forever sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 32 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Picture books.
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