LOVE YOU FOREVER -- by Robert Munsch & Sheila McGraw

這是一本溫馨感人的親子圖畫書!
小baby出生了,媽媽常常坐在搖椅上抱著baby前前後後慢慢的搖,媽媽總是對著baby唱:

I'll love you forever,

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

my baby you'll be.

baby一天天長大了,兩歲時他會滿屋跑到處搞破壞,媽媽會說:"This Kid is driving me CRAZY!"但當他睡著,媽媽看著他天使般的臉,會抱著他搖著唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be"

男孩9歲開始叛逆,總是不愛洗澡,對長輩說粗魯的話......媽媽有時真想把他賣到動物園去!但當他夜裡熟睡,媽媽總會靜靜的打開他的房門,像抱baby一樣的抱著孩子,前前後後搖著唱:

"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be"

男孩到了teenage,交奇怪的朋友,穿奇怪的衣服,聽奇怪的音樂......媽媽覺得自己簡直就像住在動物園裡一樣!但當他夜裡熟睡時,媽媽還是會靜靜的打開他的房門,像抱baby一樣的抱著孩子,前前後後搖著唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be"

接著男孩長大成人,搬離開家獨立生活去了!有時媽媽在夜裡想起孩子,會開著車去看孩子,儘管孩子已入睡,媽媽還是會抱著他前前後後搖著唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be"

當媽媽年老且病,打電話要孩子來看她,見到孩子時媽媽唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always......"媽媽太虛弱,沒辦法唱完......孩子抱起媽媽孱弱的身軀,坐在搖椅上,輕輕的前後搖,他對媽媽唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my Mommy you'll be"

那天晚上孩子回到自己家中,已身為人父的他,到baby的房間,抱起孩兒,慢慢的前前後後的搖,對著baby唱:"I'll love you forever,I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be"

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相信不只是孩子,每一個媽媽看這本書都會很有感覺!
Robert Munsch這本書除了和繪者Sheila McGraw合作的版本之外,還有和另一位繪者Anthony Lewis合作的版本(如下圖),兩位繪者不同的畫風,讀起來的感覺也不太一樣喔!

有關作者與繪者:(請點閱)
Robert Munsch
Sheila McGraw
Anthony Lewis