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Summary: This book should become a childhood classic.
Review: I still get misty-eyed when reading this book and I've read it more times than I can count. This book is a treasure. I do not understand the negative comments about the book. Even my three-year-old son understands the metaphorical essence of the story. We laugh at the picture of the tiny mother holding her grown son, but the message of enduring and unconditional love is powerfully portrayed. My son likes it so much that as part of his bedtime routine each night, I sing the book's verse. If that makes me sick, perverse, weird, or bizzare, so be it! (No, I don't plan to crawl into his own house and rock him when he's grown!)
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Summary: A disturbing book
Review: I was fine until I found the mother crawling across the floor of her son's room at night. And when she began driving across town to climb into his window at night, I wondered if I was the only one who found this a rather unhealthy image. I think you can teach unconditional love without the undertones of ownership and dysfunctional attachments. I think most people just pretend the mother crawling across the floor section doesn't exist---however, I couldn't ignore it, so I won't be buying this book for any child.
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Summary: An exquisitely touching tale.
Review: Robert Munsch outdid himself with this tale of a mothers love for her child. I came across this book myself when I was a teenage babysitter. Now, as an adult and a mother to four beautiful adopted children, my family has come to treasure the story of a child going through the stages of life and a mother who loves him unconditionally. If you hear anything negative about this book, I encourage you to get a copy and see for yourself. I would almost guarantee that you will become entranced and near tears when you read the words "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as you're living, my baby you'll be." In a small book, we learn the lengths that a mother goes to and what she endures for her children...and that no matter what..and above all else, she loves them just the same.
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Summary: I think this book is great for all ages of people
Review: I think the book Love You Forever is a great book to read to kids and even adults. It shows love in the family. I don't think that a parent would actually do this but it's just an example to show how much you are loved. I would encourage you to read it to kids
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Summary: Actually, This Book is Rather Creepy
Review: Something just seems rather disturbing about a woman who continually crawls into bed with her son throughout his childhood, to the point where she drives with a ladder to his house, when he's an adult, to stare at him while he's sleeping. Some people treat this book like it's the best kids book of all time, but there's just something bizarre about it. I think you can send the message that you'll love your kids forever, no matter what, without sneaking in to their bedroom as adults and watching them sleep. Creepy! I have 2 kids, and they both yawn with this book, too. Aside from the cryptic message of this tale, it's rather poorly written as well. The song repeated through the book doesn't even flow well or rhyme.
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Summary: Even Guys bawl when they read this one!
Review: I found this book by accident. I loved it so much, I bought a copy for my mother, who loved it also. My eyes well up each time I read it, because it symbolizes the wonderful love that only a family can generate. I guess some people can find reasons to fault the book...but then again some people complain when they go to Disney World, too! I just take it a face value.
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Summary: I found it to be very heartwarming with a surprise ending,
Review: I have read this book many times to my three children and they know mommy will cry each time she reads it. They laugh at the illustrations and see themselves in many of them. I have given the hardcover to parents at showers and baptisms. Everyone has truly injoyed the wonderful story about a mother and sons love for each other. I think it is a great book no matter if you have a son or a daughter.
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Summary: A sweet, touching book
Review: Please ignore any negative comments about this book and take it for what it is...a CHILDREN's book about a mother's love. How comforting for a child to know that no matter how old he gets or how naughty he may act, his mother/father will ALWAYS love him. When my son is too old to rock in my lap, my heart will ache to hold him and I don't think I'm "perverse" for that. He will always be my "baby"..from the time he was in my womb until he's taller than me. This story is about so much more than a mother sneaking in a window to rock her adult son. It's a description of how love is generational- the mother loves her child and he returns that love to her. Forget the psycho-babble and enjoy this treasure. You'll have a hard time not crying when reading it.
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Summary: A sweet, touching book
Review: Please ignore any negative comments about this book and take itfor what it is...a CHILDREN's book about a mother's love. Howcomforting for a child to know that no matter how old he gets or how naughty he may act, his mother/father will ALWAYS love him. When my son is too old to rock in my lap, my heart will ache to hold him and I don't think I'm "perverse" for that. He will always be my "baby"..from the time he was in my womb until he's taller than me. This story is about so much more than a mother sneaking in a window to rock her adult son. It's a description of how love is generational- the mother loves her child and he returns that love to her. Forget the psycho-babble and enjoy this treasure. You'll have a hard time not crying when reading it.
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Summary: I cry tears of joy whenever I read this to my son.
Review: This is a book for everyone, of all ages. My mother gave it to me when I was in grad school. I read it to my son all the time. When my husband's mother recently died, he sat and read it and cried. It is a beautifully poignant book about life cycles, not just a kiddie book.
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