In August 2008, Munsch suffered a stroke that affected his ability to speak in normal sentences. Munsch has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has also suffered from manic depression.

The Munsches have since become adoptive parents of Julie, Andrew and Tyya (see them all in Something Good!) This book was listed fourth on the 2001 Publishers Weekly All-Time Best selling Children's Books list for paperbacks at 6,970,000 copies (not including the 1,049,000 hardcover copies). Out of the tragedy, he produced one of his best-known books, Love You Forever. Munsch's wife delivered two stillborn babies in 19. In Guelph he was encouraged to publish the many stories he made up for the children he worked with. He also taught in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor. In 1975 he moved to Canada to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University. He studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after jobs at orphanages and daycare centers. He graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from Boston University in 1971 with a Master of Arts degree in anthropology. She lives in Houston.Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sheila McGraw has illustrated many children's books and written bestselling craft books. Love You Forever is his internationally bestselling book with over 30 million copies sold. Robert Munsch is the bestselling, widely celebrated author of more than 50 books for children. Parents and grandparents will relate to this story and will enjoy reading it to their children and grandchildren.- () Review Quotes The touching story looks at the endless love a mother has for her son as he grows from a baby into a man and how the man returns the love to his mother as well as his new baby daughter.

Yet it contains every word of the original, which is much-loved by grandparents and parents everywhere.Ī young mother holds her baby, and while she sings to it she rocks it back and forth.Īnd through her life, and the stages of his life, she holds her son and rocks him back and forth as she tells him that she will love him forever. Now we have a board version, printed on light, crisp whiteboard and slightly reduced for child-sized hands. Full color.īooksellers have sold more than 30 million copies of Love You Forever in paperback and hardcover. About the Book This beloved classic is now available in a board book edition, printed on light, crisp whiteboard and slightly reduced for child-sized hands.

Love you forever by robert munsch