Love You Forever
by Robert N. Munsch · first published 1986
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The story details the cycle of life by chronicling the experiences of a young son and his mother throughout the course of the boy's life, and describing the exasperating behaviour exhibited by him throughout his youth. In spite of her occasional aggravation caused by her son's behaviour, the mother nonetheless visits his bedroom nightly to cradle him in her arms, and sing a brief lullaby promising to always love him. After her son enters adulthood and leaves home, his elderly mother occasionally sneaks into his bedroom at night to croon her customary lullaby. However she gradually grows old an
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I don't know how Canada-specific this is, but we can put 'Love You Forever' by Robert Munsch on this list - also a children's book/song. It's not even sad, really? But it just hits so hard.
on ““You Are My Sunshine”: How a maudlin song became a children's classic (2013)” ↗Frank Asch's books George's Store, and Milk and Cookies. Also Robert Munsch's Love You Forever. Warning, make sure tissues are nearby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-oBkgJ4Ow
on “What's your favorite children's book?” ↗…age-appropriate stuff would work just as well. Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light In The Attic by Shell Silverstein are fantastic. Oh man, wait, also Robert Munsch. Equally wonderful memories with some of those (Love You Forever is in my opinion, really great from the lens of a kid, and it's silly to read it through the eyes of an adult. The intended message is very obviously that your parental love will always be with your child.…
on “Ask HN: Books your kids like most” ↗If "Love You Forever" doesn't bring on tears, you aren't a Dad. [0] That's one book that will live forever. I wish Mr. Munsch peace. > One day the publisher called up and said “This is very strange. It is selling very well…
on “Robert Munsch, Canadian children's author, approved for assistance in dying” ↗