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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. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr
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A humorous, sentimental page-turner that rarely - let's say never -- leaves a reader with a dry eye. -- Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail 12/01/2005
My children and I enjoyed it, night after night, for years... A charmer. The simple story touches the heart. -- Jeith L. Runyon, Louisville Courier-Journal 11/13/2005
No one can read this without the tears falling. -- Sharon Owen, Madera Tribune 05/08/2003
The best of Munsch's many storybooks. -- Leanne Dohy, Calgary Herald 09/25/2003
The one book that has the most meaning to me. -- David Maloof, Boston Globe 09/15/2002
The starting point for a first-rate library for your grandchildren... a tender ode to the life cycle of a family. -- John Lownsbrough, Outlook Magazine 06/2004
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