This was my 12 year old boy. He was (understandably) freaked out that her son knew the words to this frightening little ditty since the book specifically stated that Mommy made sure he was asleep each time she crept into his room to sing it. So, not only was the mom a lunatic, but the son was evidently cool with it. <--this was particularly worrisome to him.

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch | Goodreads

urn:lcp:loveyouforever00muns_0:lcpdf:aa964d76-8525-45d4-bddf-57df04cb3f08 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier loveyouforever00muns_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9q253v0t Isbn 9780920668375 The overall general creepiness is another reason I didn't like this book. I realize that the mother sneaking into her grown son's house via a ladder is supposed to be kind of funny (at least I hope it is), but it is still creepy and weird! Shriver, Maria (December 2001). "Love You Forever - Review". O: The Oprah Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24 . Retrieved 2008-09-04. It is the most loved and the most hated book I’ve ever seen. More loved than not, people will read this book and burst into tears.” My son is now a teenager, so we’re well past picture books. He doesn’t read much now; it would be generous to even call him a “reluctant reader,” but that’s a story for another time. Since it had been a while, I decided to reread this book.Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary Love You Forever explores a number of serious subjects including love, gender roles, and the circle of life and death. Kirch, Claire (20 August 2020). "Playwright's Revisions of Classic Picture Books Go Viral". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 16 September 2020.

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw - Waterstones

Finally, the boy grows into a man and moves across town. But still, at night, the mother straps a ladder to the roof of her car, drives across town, crawls into his upstairs bedroom, wrests his giant hulking frame into her lap, and sings him the same song. While the mother does want to sell him to the zoo when he gets on her nerves at age nine, she loves her son all his life and makes it very clear to him. When he has a daughter, though we don't see much of her, he seems to be a loving father, singing her to sleep. I chose to read this book with what it was trying to get across and not literally. It is a weird book to take literally, which could be weird for a child reading it that takes things literally. It might scare the crap out of them. If you take the story as how irritating children are and you love them anyway, no matter what, then it is a great book. Now lets talk about the writing. Repetitive and long-winded. "I'll like you for always" is just a terrible phrase.Alright, now in this book's defense (and all the people who love it!), it's almost certainly not meant to be taken literally. It's meant to show how long a parent's love lasts. No matter what they do, no matter how old they get, your children will always be your babies. And, I admit, it's hard to watch mine grow up and not need me as much anymore.