![]() ![]() "In fact, it turned out that parents buy it for grandparents and grandparents buy it for parents and kids buy it for everybody and everybody buys it for kids," Munsch writes. Munsch recalled a conversation with his publisher who was astonished that the book was selling tremendously well at a retirement home in Arizona. The author continues to explain that it wasn't until one day while telling stories at a university that he realized he could possibly write a story around the song he held so dear to his heart. It was very strange having a song in my head that I couldn’t sing," Munsch writes. ![]() ![]() For a long time I had it in my head, and I couldn’t even sing it because every time I tried to sing it I cried. "I made that up after my wife and I had two babies born dead. On his website, Munsch explains the origin of the song. ![]() It was listed on the New York Times best-selling children’s books list in 1994 and continues to sell copies today.īut what many fans don't know is how Munsch first came up with the beloved phrase "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." Since then, the picture book has sold more than 15 million copies. Robert Munsch's children's book "Love You Forever" has touched the hearts of young and old ever since it was first published in October 1986. ![]()
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