Anybody's child have the book "Love you Forever" by Robert Munsch

[poptoone]

Man, my DD 4 asks me to read this to her every night and the big softie I am I always end up with tears in my eyes. Anyone else read this book to their child, it's a tear jerker.

 

[JennyMominRI]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

 

[Mkrop]

DS10 can recite it by heart. I give it as gift all the time and I always inclue a package of tissues with it.

 

[Mkrop]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

I agree with that too. but I still love it

 

[tekmom]

DS10 can recite it by heart. I give it as gift all the time and I always inclue a package of tissues with it.

DS15 used to love that book.

 

[disney4us2002]

Yep, I read it to mine all the time. I made up a jingle to sing the song and the boys remember it. I gave a copy of that book to my niece (their cousin) last year for Christmas and I heard my 13 yr old reading it to her and singing the song. I was so moved by that I nearly cried.

Another great one is The Runaway Bunny.

 

[Abbie]

Another great one is The Runaway Bunny.

Ahhh! My very, very favorite! I love the story and the pictures.

I really liked Robert Munsch's books when my kids were little but I never could get into this one too much. Besides the fact that it made me cry, I never did like the man and the old lady at the end!

Another favorite was Sandra Boynton's The Goodnight Book. I think I could still do that one by heart.

 

[Magickndm]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

I agree. I never read it to my daughter for that reason even though we had it.

 

[DISshopkeeper]

Read it many, many times when the kids were little. A tear jerker for sure...

 

[va32h]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

Yeah, that's what I think too. The son never gets married and has his own family does he? I think I'd flip out if my MIL climbed in the window to come and rock her baby boy!

 

[DVCLiz]

Ick, ick, ick - I hated that book.

Sorry to be the lone dissenter here, but I was a Children's Librarian when that was published and we used to shriek that it got so much attention. It really wasn't a very well-written book, and the illustrations were amateurish, etc. But people LOVED it. It was on a par with a kind of literature we called "grocery store" books - things like the Berenstein Bears and the Sesame Street library - OK to pass the time with, but no redeeming literary quality, kind of the library equivalent of a Happy Meal.

It might win all kinds of popular awards, but to my knowledge it's never won any kind of literary award. I couldn't even find any editorial reviews from Booklist or any reputable source so they must have ignored it when it first came out.

Sorry to rain on your parade - it's fine with me if you love it but it's not great litereature.

 

[DVCLiz]

Another great one is The Runaway Bunny.

Now The Runaway Bunny IS a great classic of children's literature.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Man, my DD 4 asks me to read this to her every night and the big softie I am I always end up with tears in my eyes. Anyone else read this book to their child, it's a tear jerker.

I read that book and Goodnight Moon every night for year when my son was 2.

 

[babytrees]

We love Munsch books. (even the kids who are 15 and 11).

I was in a Children's Literature class and we had to read a book to the rest of the class...somebody chose that book. I turned to a classmate and said "I bet they haven't read it themselves until tonight". I was right.

I agree the drawings/illustrations are amateurish but the story is a good one and if it gets parents to read to read to their kids that's a good book in my opinion!

 

[RadioNate]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

I agree - I have a strong dislike for this book because it creeps me out!

 

[ducklite]

My son still has that one in his bookcase alongside some Curious George books and a couple of others. They are cherished childhood momentos.

 

[lulugirl]

It gets kind of creepy at the end when Mom is stalking her grown son

I thought I was alone!!!
That picture at the end of the book w/ the Mom creeping in her adult son's bedroom window and holding him on her lap EWWWW

 

[DVCLiz]

I agree the drawings/illustrations are amateurish but the story is a good one and if it gets parents to read to read to their kids that's a good book in my opinion!

It's just that there are so many wonderful quality children's books out there - kids should be exposed to as many of them as possible. Sort of the same argument you would use if somebody said, "Well, anything that gets them to stop being hungry is a good thing" if you see someone feeding a kid a steady diet of candy bars and Spaghettios. Yes, it keeps them from being hungry, but it's not the same as feeding them well.

But it's not life-threatening to read this book and a lot of people seem to really love it!

 

[tekmom]

I thought I was alone!!!
That picture at the end of the book w/ the Mom creeping in her adult son's bedroom window and holding him on her lap EWWWW

She must be a helicopter parent.

 

[babytrees]

It's just that there are so many wonderful quality children's books out there - kids should be exposed to as many of them as possible. Sort of the same argument you would use if somebody said, "Well, anything that gets them to stop being hungry is a good thing" if you see someone feeding a kid a steady diet of candy bars and Spaghettios. Yes, it keeps them from being hungry, but it's not the same as feeding them well.

But it's not life-threatening to read this book and a lot of people seem to really love it!

I agree but so often we here that parents don't read to their kids anymore....sometimes it's not about the book but about the time spent as a family cuddling.