The Book Shelf: Love You Forever

Love You Forever

Robert Munsch

32 Pages

Ages 4-8

Summary

This is an extremely cute book about the love you have for your children, even when they grow up and the love that you pass down to them. The mother sings to her baby boy when he is asleep. Even when he becomes a toddler and gets into everything, she sings to him while he sleeps. Even when he turns into a teenager and she hardly understands who he is, she still sings of how she'll love him forever. When he is all grown and moves out of the house, she gets a ladder and climbs in through his window. When she is too old to hold him in her arms and sing to him, he holds her in his arms and sings the song that she would have. He then goes home and sings the song to his new born baby.

I remember having this book read to me when I was younger and absolutely love it. Every child needs to be reminded that there is someone who loves them unconditionally and only when they are grown will they understand how much that love is actually worth.

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The Original Purpose

This blog actually originated as a class assignment. The first "younger reading" class I took had each student create a different note card for every book they read. The note card was to have all of the information on the book as well as a brief summary and our reaction to what we read. With my children's literature class being the second class that required a similar assignment, I decided that a blog was more practical than trying to find some place to store several hundred 3x5 notecards. Thus the birth of "The Book Shelf." I hope you enjoy my insights.