Love You Forever"I have yet to read this book through without crying. It says so much about the circle of life, youth, parenting, and our responsibility for our parents as we grow older. The message is so simple yet so profound. Love You Forever is a great gift for anyone with a child, or even for your own parents." - Maria Shriver Love You Forever is one of the best-selling books of all time with more than 8 million copies sold. Here is the full text of the book: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 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. The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother’s watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid is driving me CRAZY!" But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked 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. The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was nine years old. And he never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited he always said bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo! But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine-year-old boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked 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. The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo! But at night time, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked 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. That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house across town. But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove across town. If all the lights in her son’s house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked 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. Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and said, "You’d better come see me because I’m very old and sick." So her son came to see her. When he came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang: I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always... But she couldn’t finish because she was too old and sick. The son went to his mother. He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And he sang this song: I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living my Mommy you’ll be. When the son came home that night, he stood for a long time at the top of the stairs. Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and very slowly rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while he rocked 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. Here is another link on YouTube Book information: Reading age: 4+ Word count: 792 Number of unique words: 166, Word list Number of pages: 32 Year: 1986 Sales (millions): 8 Links: Amazon, Wikipedia, YouTube, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Common Sense Media, Printables, Lexile Similar books: | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Age: 4+ Year: 1963 Pages: 40 Word count: 332 Unique word count: 135 Sales (millions): 20 More... | | The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Age: 2+ Year: 1969 Pages: 26 Word count: 227 Unique word count: 106 Sales (millions): 35 More... | | Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Age: 4+ Year: 1960 Pages: 65 Word count: 769 Unique word count: 50 Sales (millions): 8 More... | | The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Age: 4+ Year: 1964 Pages: 57 Word count: 621 Unique word count: 158 Sales (millions): 5 More... | | The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss Age: 4+ Year: 1957 Word count: 1,621 Sales (millions): 10 More... | | Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Age: 2+ Year: 1947 Pages: 18 Word count: 131 Unique word count: 54 Sales (millions): 16 More... | | Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. 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