I'll love you forever.

"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living my babies you'll be" Love you Forever by Robert Munsch

"Sometimes when you're different you just need a different tune" Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Illustrated by Guy Parker Rees

"Everything makes music if you really want it to" Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Illustrated by Guy Parker Rees

"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."' The Velveteen Rabbit  by Margery Williams
Illustrations by William Nicholson

I love children's books. I love reading my childhood favorites to the boys before we tuck them in bed for the night. The Runaway Bunny. I'll Love you Forever. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Good Night Moon. Where The Wild Things Are. And so many more...ones we haven't read yet; my little girl favorites, The Giving Tree (Poppy always read that to my sisters and I) The Very Quiet Cricket (oh how I loved this one) and so many more...

And then there are new stories we find and read. Giraffes Can't Dance. The Very Busy Spider. You Are My I Love You. And maybe, just maybe, years from now the boys will read these stories, and new stories too, tucking in their babies before bed just like their mama and daddy do for them right now.

Here is our current favorite...

Here's Amazon's review on this great children's storybook. I love how Gerald finds his own tune to dance to. It's a really sweet story and I love reading this book to the boys.

Overview

"Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. His knees buckle whenever he tries to twirl. At the Jungle Dance, the warthogs waltz, the chimps cha-cha, and the lions tango. "Giraffes can't dance," they all jeer when it's Gerald's turn to prance. But there is one little creature who believes in Gerald. "Everything makes music," the cricket explains, "if you really want it to." So Gerald starts swaying to his own sweet tune.

With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness." review found on amazon

What are your childhood storybook favorites?