History Literature / LoveYouForever

''Love You Forever'', which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Creator/RobertMunsch. Munsch wrote it after he and his wife had two stillborn babies, and one of them died from an illness.

* InformedAttribute: The son is described as "great big" as a teenager and a grown man, but he seems to be about average size. It's implied that he's described this way because it's the way the mother sees him.

-->''A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him she sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.' ''

--> ''Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and rocked her, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and while he held her he sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.'''

* MomentOfSilence: When the son arrives home after his mother dies, he stands at the top of the stairway in silence for a long time. This is one reason readers interpret that the mother passed away.

* CartoonCreature: When the teenage son is asleep, an animal can be seen on his bed with stubby legs, stripes, and a pointy snout. It's hard to tell if it's a cat or a dog.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: We never see the man's dad, or his daughter's mother.
* AmbiguousSituation: The mother ends when she's "old and sick". She's probably dying, but there's a slim chance she'll recover, and the wording is so ambiguous that some people have interpreted it as meaning she died on page.

* {{Bookends}}: The books begins with:

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The boy was a bit of a goof as a teen, wearing "strange clothes", listening to "strange music", and pretending the lamp was a microphone. His teenage friends were described as strange too, but we never learn what makes them strange.

** Zigzagged for the mother. While she is a good mother in general and loves him all her life, she does want to sell him to the zoo when he gets on her nerves at age nine, and when he's a grown man she breaks into his house and holds him when he's asleep.
** Played straight for the man when he has a daughter. Though we don't see much of her, he seems to be a loving father, singing her to sleep.
* InformedAttribute: The son is described as "great big" as a teenager and a grown man, but he seems to be about average size.

%%* MommasBoy: Yes.
* MomentOfSilence: When the son arrives home after his mother dies, he stands at the top of the stairway in silence for a long time.
* NeverSayDie: It's pretty obvious that the mother is dying at the end, but the narration never goes out and says it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if the man still hangs out with the "strange friends" he had as a teenager.

* BabiesEverAfter: The book ends with the boy (now an adult) singing the song to his infant daughter.
* BrattyHalfPint: The son was like this for the majority of his childhood, but it didn't stop his mother from singing the song to him every night.

* MommasBoy: Yes.

* ParentalLoveSong: The "I'll Love you Forever" song.
* PietaPlagiarism: The adult son is depicted cradling his ailing mother in this pose.

** and ends with

* MommasBoy

''Love You Forever'', which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Creator/RobertMunsch. Munsch wrote it after he and his wife had two stillborn babies.

* BabiesEverAfter: The book ends with the boy singing the song to his infant daughter.

''Love You Forever'', which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Creator/RobertMunsch. Munsch wrote it after and his wife had two stillborn babies.

[[caption-width-right:220:I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.]]

''Love You Forever'' is the story of a mother and her son throughout the course of the boy's life; describing his exasperating behavior throughout his youth. In spite of the aggravation caused by her son's behavior, the mother visits his bedroom every night to cradle him in her arms, and sing a lullaby promising to love him forever. She continues to do this even when he is a grown man, and has moved out of the house. Eventually, when she is old and sick, he picks her up and sings the same song to her. Then he goes home, and sings it to his own child. ''Love You Forever'', which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Creator/RobertMunsch. Munsch wrote it after and his wife had two stillborn babies.

--->''A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him she sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.' ''

---> ''Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and rocked her, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and while he held her he sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.'''

--->''I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my mommy you'll be.''

* ParentalLoveSong: The "I'll Love you Forever" song.

---> ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and rocked her, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and while he held her he sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.']]''

--->''[[TearJerker I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my mommy you'll be.]]''

Love You Forever is the story of a mother and her son throughout the course of the boy's life; describing his exasperating behavior throughout his youth. In spite of the aggravation caused by her son's behavior, the mother visits his bedroom every night to cradle him in her arms, and sing a lullaby promising to love him forever. She continues to do this even when he is a grown man, and has moved out of the house. Eventually, when she is old and sick, he picks her up and sings the same song to her. Then he goes home, and sings it to his own child. Love You Forever, which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Robert Munsch. Munsch wrote it after and his wife had two stillborn babies.

[[caption-width-right:220:I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.]]

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---> ''[[Heartwarming Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and rocked her, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and while he held her he sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.']] ''

---> ''Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and rocked her, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and while he held her he sang 'I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.' ''

--->''I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my mommy you'll be.''

LoveYouForever is the story of a mother and her son throughout the course of the boy's life; describing his exasperating behavior throughout his youth. In spite of the aggravation caused by her son's behavior, the mother visits his bedroom every night to cradle him in her arms, and sing a lullaby promising to love him forever. She continues to do this even when he is a grown man, and has moved out of the house. Eventually, when she is old and sick, he picks her up and sings the same song to her. Then he goes home, and sings it to his own child. LoveYouForever, which has been making people cry since 1986, is a Canadian picture book written by Robert Munsch. Munsch wrote it after and his wife had two stillborn babies.