Love You Forever: questions to ask and activities to try
A mother sings to her baby that she'll love him forever, and keeps singing as he grows up. One of Canada's best-loved picture books, about love that lasts through a whole family.
What age is Love You Forever for?
Love You Forever is best for ages 3–8.
Love You Forever (Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw)
- Age
- 3-8
- Best for
- Family love that lasts through every stage of life
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Sing the song together. Talk about how the boy changes as he grows, and who sings the song at the end.
Is this book right for your child?
- Age
- 3–8 (nursery to Year 3)
- What they'll enjoy
- A mother sings to her baby that she'll love him forever, and keeps singing as he grows up. One of Canada's best-loved picture books, about love that lasts through a whole family.
- Helps with
- Family love that lasts through every stage of life
- Buy or borrow?
- Borrow it from the library first if you can. If your child asks for it again and again, it’s one worth owning, and the questions and activities on this page work best with the book open next to you.
What it helps with
- Feeling loved, even on hard days
- How families change over time
- Growing up
- Caring for older relatives
Comprehension and discussion questions for Love You Forever
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “What did the mother sing to her baby?”
- “What did the boy get up to as he grew up?”
- “Did she still love him when he was naughty?”
- “What happened when the mother got old?”
- “Who did the son sing to at the end?”
- “Who will you love forever?”
For the full list of questions and more, download the PDF below.
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5-minute activities to try together
Growing-up line
Find photos of your child at different ages. Line them up and talk about what they could do at each age.
Family song
Make up a short family song or saying to share at bedtime, just like the mother in the book.
Love You Forever activity sheet: printable worksheet and questions
All the questions and activities above on a ready-to-print activity sheet: questions tagged by reading skill with space to answer, a drawing and writing page with a self-check, and notes for the adult with curriculum links and a 20-minute session plan. Pay by card, PayPal or Payhip and download straight away.
- Page 1, talk about it: questions about the story, each tagged with the reading skill it practises, with space to answer or tick
- Page 2, my favourite part: a drawing box, a sentence starter and a “how did I do?” self-check
- Page 3, notes for the adult: curriculum links, a 20-minute session plan, extension activities, and support and challenge ideas
- Read it togetherEnjoy the story first.
- Ask 2 or 3 questionsFrom the list above, while everyone is calm.
- Print the activity sheetAn activity sheet with questions, a drawing page and notes for you.
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Use it as a lesson plan
Children can listen to Love You Forever, answer questions about it and give a reason for their ideas, and talk about feeling loved, even on hard days.
A 20-minute session for ages 3–8 (nursery to Year 3), for a class, a small group or one child at home.
- Warm up (2 minutes). Show the cover and read the title. Ask: “What do you think this story will be about?”
- Read aloud (6 minutes). Read it all the way through. Tip: Sing the song together. Talk about how the boy changes as he grows, and who sings the song at the end.
- Talk about it (4 minutes). Pick two or three of the comprehension and discussion questions above. “What did the mother sing to her baby?” works well to start.
- Activity (6 minutes). Do Growing-up line. Find photos of your child at different ages. Line them up and talk about what they could do at each age. Children who finish early can try Family song.
- Wrap up (2 minutes). Ask each child for one thing they will remember from the story, and why.
Want to go further? The Love You Forever activity sheet has these questions with space to answer, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the adult.
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- Best for
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- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 25 October 2026
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