The mother sings to her sleeping baby: "I'll love you forever / I'll love you for always / As long as I'm living / My baby you'll be." She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary--but this is one persistent lady. When her son grows up and leaves home, she takes to driving across town with a ladder on the car roof, climbing through her grown son's window, and rocking the sleeping man in the same way. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she's too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw's comic and yet poignant pastels.

Parents. Children ages 4 and up. Grandparents. Aunts. Uncles. Everyone will smile and cry at the same time.

Softly she sings to him:
"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be."

Hold all my boys as toddlers again.

Loved, Sad, Happy.

Robert Munsch.

Number 1 children's book.

It can be a hard read if you lost a child.

Product details
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books; Illustrated edition (Sept. 1 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0920668364
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0920668368
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.32 x 0.33 x 20.32 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #14 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings
#1 in Children's Books on Parents
#1 in Classics for Children
Customer Reviews: 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 59,233 ratings

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