Love You Forever
Love You Forever, the book
Love You Forever, illustrated by Sheila McGraw, and written by Robert Munsch, opens with a mother tenderly rocking her infant son and singing to him. As the story unfolds, the boy’s childhood along with his mother’s unconditional love is chronicled, with their devotion eventually coming full circle.
Book Bona Fides:
Sales: 38 million in print with continued marketplace presence of +/- a million per year.
Presence: #1 on the New York Times and Publishers’ Weekly bestseller lists.
Visibility: Voted Most Iconic Book Cover in a readers' poll conducted by the CBC.
Camera Ready: Featured in many television shows and movies, including an episode of the hit show, Friends.
Love You Forever®, the brand
The Love You Forever® Brand Evokes:
Nostalgia * Warmth * Charm * Vintage * Love *
Love You Forever. This powerful and evocative phrase is now a brand. It is trademarked and available to license, along with the beloved, copyright illustrations from the bestselling children's picture book of the same title. The Love You Forever brand hits all the right notes for today’s parents and the values they wish to instill in their children.
Love You Forever
Your products and our trademark classes, the possibilities are endless... Jewelry, Toiletries, Paper Goods, Baggage, Feeding, Furniture, Containers, Beds and Bedding, Apparel, Plush, Dolls, Toys.
Curated and Coordinated Prints and Patterns
Our Love You Forever® prints are perfectly suited to wallpaper, bedding, apparel, party goods, wrapping paper, and more...
Our design team is standing by, ready to help adapt the Love You Forever storybook icons to suit your products. Our new prints (coming in May, partnered with Spoonflower) are inspired by, and derived from, the book's original illustrations. These designs lend themselves perfectly to traditional treatments such as toile, ticking, and checks, as well as the ever-popular fare of kitty cats, Teddy bears, and toys that add warmth and charm to any nursery.
Love You Forever
Meet Sheila McGraw
Sheila McGraw is the illustrator of the children's classic, Love You Forever.
Sheila McGraw is a painter, author, designer, and entrepreneur. She was born and raised in Toronto and began her career as an illustrator and copywriter for advertising and magazines. She entered the publishing field in 1986 when she illustrated the book, Love You Forever, and went on to illustrate and/or write fifteen picture books, award-winning craft books, and novels for children and adults. McGraw's artwork has been widely exhibited and collected internationally.
She is currently painting and writing in a waterfront community in Galveston County, Texas. She is the mother of three grown sons.
For more about Sheila McGraw's books, click HERE.