Real tragic reason behind controversial children's book 'Love You Forever'
dailyrecord.co.ukTimeless children's literature spans multiple generations, captivating kids worldwide with tales from authors like the legendary Roald Dahl, Dr.
Seuss, and Beatrix Potter, whose stories live on long after their deaths.Take for example the 1986 classic 'I'll Love You Forever' by Robert Munsch, which tugs at heartstrings with its memorable lines: "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."It's likely you've come across this story, even if not as a parent, particularly since it famously graced an episode of Friends (The One With The Cake) in 2003, where Joey delivered a heartfelt rendition to Emma, the daughter of Rachel and Ross, leaving the entire room moved.The book achieved meteoric success, soaring to millions of sales quickly and nabbing the fourth spot on Publisher's Weekly list of best-selling children's books by 2001.
Initially, before the story evolved into one about a mother's enduring love for her son, Munsch would whisper the heartrending four-line poem to himself when grieving over the loss of his second stillborn baby.
After suffering through such tragedy, Munsch and his partner went on to adopt three children, but he continued to use his gentle verse to process the grief from their profound loss."[The song] was my way of crying," the American-Canadian author confessed to The Huffington Post.
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