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The Unconditional Love Series #3
I Will Always Love You: Empower Your Child With the Knowledge You'll Always Love Them, Unconditionally
From the award-winning author of I Wish You Happiness and I Will Always Be Proud of You comes an empowering story about the unconditional love a parent has for her child.
"A phenomenal book" (5-Star Review) — Alex Ndirangu, Readers' Favorite.
I Will Always Love You takes you on an emotional journey spanning 30 years. You fall in love as you breathe in your baby’s sweet scent. You experience the highs and lows of parenthood. At the end, life goes full circle when your child breathes in their baby’s sweet scent for the first time.
This beautiful, rhyming story will touch deep into your heart and evoke feelings of love and affection for your little one.
This beautifully illustrated picture book is a heartwarming gift whatever the baby shower, new baby, adoption, or just to say, "I love you."
Join thousands of teachers, grandparents, and parents, and discover why so many love and recommend Michael Wong’s "Unconditional Love Series" of empowering children's picture books.
"A phenomenal book" (5-Star Review) — Alex Ndirangu, Readers' Favorite.
I Will Always Love You takes you on an emotional journey spanning 30 years. You fall in love as you breathe in your baby’s sweet scent. You experience the highs and lows of parenthood. At the end, life goes full circle when your child breathes in their baby’s sweet scent for the first time.
This beautiful, rhyming story will touch deep into your heart and evoke feelings of love and affection for your little one.
This beautifully illustrated picture book is a heartwarming gift whatever the baby shower, new baby, adoption, or just to say, "I love you."
Join thousands of teachers, grandparents, and parents, and discover why so many love and recommend Michael Wong’s "Unconditional Love Series" of empowering children's picture books.
49 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2023
57 people are currently reading
33 people want to read
About the author
Michael Wong
749 books72 followersNEW: Dear Daughter (+100 names): A loving letter reminding every girl that she is strong, brave, kind, and deeply loved, just as she is.
NEW: Grandma’s Timeless Wisdom (+100 names): A heartwarming keepsake of love, wisdom, and life lessons shared between grandmother and grandchild.
Michael Wong is the British-Australian multi award-winning author of "I Wish You Happiness" with over 2,000 Amazon ratings. Click the Amazon "FOLLOW" button for news of new releases. Follow him @PiccoPuppy on Instagram and Facebook. Michael lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two boys.
· Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Award
· 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Winner
· 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner
· 2021 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Gold Medal Winner
· 2021 Readers' Favorite Illustration Award Winner
· 2021 International Book Awards Winner
· 2022 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Silver Medal Winner
· 2024 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards Finalist
· 2025 International Book Awards Finalist
1. I Wish You Happiness: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je te souhaite du bonheur), Spanish (Te deseo felicidad), Italian (Ti auguro felicità), German (Meine Wünsche für Dich), Chinese (Simplified 我愿你幸福, Traditional 我願你幸福), and Japanese (あなたにしあわせを) editions on Amazon.
2. I Will Always Be Proud of You: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je serai toujours fière de toi), Spanish (Siempre estaré orgullosa de ti), Italian (Sarò sempre fiero di te), and German (Ich werde immer stolz auf dich sein) editions on Amazon.
3. I Will Always Love You: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je t’aimerai toujours), Spanish (Siempre te amaré), Italian (Ti vorrò sempre bene), and German (Ich werde dich immer lieben) editions on Amazon.
4. I Wish You A Happy Birthday: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je te souhaite un joyeux anniversaire), Spanish (Te deseo un feliz cumpleaños), Italian (Ti auguro un buon compleanno), and German (Ich wünsche dir alles Gute zum Geburtstag) editions on Amazon.
5. Never Give Up On Your Dreams: Softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Ne renonce jamais à tes rêves), Spanish (Nunca dejes de soñar), Italian (Non rinunciare mai ai tuoi sogni), and German (Gib deine Träume nie auf) editions on Amazon.
6. Share The Kindness In Your Heart: Softcover and personalized (100 names).
7. Be The Best You Can Be: Softcover and personalized (100 names).
8. I Love You With All My Heart: Softcover
9. I Will Always Believe In You: Softcover
NEW: Grandma’s Timeless Wisdom (+100 names): A heartwarming keepsake of love, wisdom, and life lessons shared between grandmother and grandchild.
Michael Wong is the British-Australian multi award-winning author of "I Wish You Happiness" with over 2,000 Amazon ratings. Click the Amazon "FOLLOW" button for news of new releases. Follow him @PiccoPuppy on Instagram and Facebook. Michael lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two boys.
· Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Award
· 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Winner
· 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner
· 2021 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Gold Medal Winner
· 2021 Readers' Favorite Illustration Award Winner
· 2021 International Book Awards Winner
· 2022 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Silver Medal Winner
· 2024 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards Finalist
· 2025 International Book Awards Finalist
1. I Wish You Happiness: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je te souhaite du bonheur), Spanish (Te deseo felicidad), Italian (Ti auguro felicità), German (Meine Wünsche für Dich), Chinese (Simplified 我愿你幸福, Traditional 我願你幸福), and Japanese (あなたにしあわせを) editions on Amazon.
2. I Will Always Be Proud of You: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je serai toujours fière de toi), Spanish (Siempre estaré orgullosa de ti), Italian (Sarò sempre fiero di te), and German (Ich werde immer stolz auf dich sein) editions on Amazon.
3. I Will Always Love You: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je t’aimerai toujours), Spanish (Siempre te amaré), Italian (Ti vorrò sempre bene), and German (Ich werde dich immer lieben) editions on Amazon.
4. I Wish You A Happy Birthday: 10x10" jacketed hardcover, softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Je te souhaite un joyeux anniversaire), Spanish (Te deseo un feliz cumpleaños), Italian (Ti auguro un buon compleanno), and German (Ich wünsche dir alles Gute zum Geburtstag) editions on Amazon.
5. Never Give Up On Your Dreams: Softcover, personalized (250 names), bilingual French (Ne renonce jamais à tes rêves), Spanish (Nunca dejes de soñar), Italian (Non rinunciare mai ai tuoi sogni), and German (Gib deine Träume nie auf) editions on Amazon.
6. Share The Kindness In Your Heart: Softcover and personalized (100 names).
7. Be The Best You Can Be: Softcover and personalized (100 names).
8. I Love You With All My Heart: Softcover
9. I Will Always Believe In You: Softcover
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January 8, 2024
In a Nutshell: This indie picture book began well but some of the writing choices didn’t make me happy. The illustrations are mostly gorgeous.
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I had loved Michael Wong’s I Will Always Be Proud of You for its writing as well as artwork. So it was tough to resist this one when I saw it on Edelweiss, especially as the cover is equally stunning. The execution, though, was a bit of a mixed bag for me.
The story is mainly a loving narration from the mother to her newborn daughter, talking about how she will always adore her child and be there for her. The “always” in this case covers a couple of decades, ending with the cycle of life moving on to the next generation. As the mother is addressing her newborn child, detailing her thoughts about what the future might hold for them, the book works for new parents looking for a book to read to their (girl) child.
Some of the situations, such as the first words spoken by the baby or the first day of school, resonated with my very core. The sentiment was completely relatable, and I could see why the mother was so emotional about seeing her child reach new milestones. Up to page 34 or so (in this 50 page book), the content is about the mother reassuring her baby that she is always going to be around, supporting her, helping her, and cheering for her. I found everything till this point pretty good, though a bit too cloying.
However, the remaining few pages had the “child” graduating, leaving for “her own home”, getting married, and having her own baby. Three reasons why this didn’t satisfy me:
1. No mom is going to dream of her newborn baby having *her* baby a couple of decades down the line. This stretched too far into the future to be convincing. Who dreams of becoming a grandmother immediately after becoming a mother?
2. Why is the girl shown with no job/career/professional aspirations? Why are marriage and a baby the goal?
3. How do we assume that the child will grow up to be a heterosexual and get married to a man?
I can still understand pt 3 as that is the default thought setting for many parents, but I cannot accept pts 1 & 2.
The story is written in rhythmic prose, and the rhymes are spot on. This makes the book a good option for reading aloud.
The illustrations are as stunning as they were in the other book I read. Every page is vibrant with colours and the characters seem to glow. The sketches are inclusive whenever possible. I am somewhat undecided about the decision to plug the author’s earlier two picture books within the story illustrations. Though these don’t obstruct the flow, they were distracting to me as it felt like too obvious a marketing attempt. The main thing I did not like was the way the mother was sketched. Even when the baby is just a newborn, the mother is as thin as a rake. No sign of a postpartum belly at all! Even until the end, when the mother becomes a “grandmother”, her looks and her dress size stay unchanged. Can we please be realistic about women’s bodies?
Overall, a major part of the book is still good and saccharine sweet. But the final section somewhat messed up my experience.
If you are okay with the ending, then this book ought to work well as a gift option for new mothers.
3 stars.
My thanks to Picco Puppy and Edelweiss+ for the DRC of “I Will Always Love You”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
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I had loved Michael Wong’s I Will Always Be Proud of You for its writing as well as artwork. So it was tough to resist this one when I saw it on Edelweiss, especially as the cover is equally stunning. The execution, though, was a bit of a mixed bag for me.
The story is mainly a loving narration from the mother to her newborn daughter, talking about how she will always adore her child and be there for her. The “always” in this case covers a couple of decades, ending with the cycle of life moving on to the next generation. As the mother is addressing her newborn child, detailing her thoughts about what the future might hold for them, the book works for new parents looking for a book to read to their (girl) child.
Some of the situations, such as the first words spoken by the baby or the first day of school, resonated with my very core. The sentiment was completely relatable, and I could see why the mother was so emotional about seeing her child reach new milestones. Up to page 34 or so (in this 50 page book), the content is about the mother reassuring her baby that she is always going to be around, supporting her, helping her, and cheering for her. I found everything till this point pretty good, though a bit too cloying.
However, the remaining few pages had the “child” graduating, leaving for “her own home”, getting married, and having her own baby. Three reasons why this didn’t satisfy me:
1. No mom is going to dream of her newborn baby having *her* baby a couple of decades down the line. This stretched too far into the future to be convincing. Who dreams of becoming a grandmother immediately after becoming a mother?
2. Why is the girl shown with no job/career/professional aspirations? Why are marriage and a baby the goal?
3. How do we assume that the child will grow up to be a heterosexual and get married to a man?
I can still understand pt 3 as that is the default thought setting for many parents, but I cannot accept pts 1 & 2.
The story is written in rhythmic prose, and the rhymes are spot on. This makes the book a good option for reading aloud.
The illustrations are as stunning as they were in the other book I read. Every page is vibrant with colours and the characters seem to glow. The sketches are inclusive whenever possible. I am somewhat undecided about the decision to plug the author’s earlier two picture books within the story illustrations. Though these don’t obstruct the flow, they were distracting to me as it felt like too obvious a marketing attempt. The main thing I did not like was the way the mother was sketched. Even when the baby is just a newborn, the mother is as thin as a rake. No sign of a postpartum belly at all! Even until the end, when the mother becomes a “grandmother”, her looks and her dress size stay unchanged. Can we please be realistic about women’s bodies?
Overall, a major part of the book is still good and saccharine sweet. But the final section somewhat messed up my experience.
If you are okay with the ending, then this book ought to work well as a gift option for new mothers.
3 stars.
My thanks to Picco Puppy and Edelweiss+ for the DRC of “I Will Always Love You”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
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Connect with me through:
My Blog || The StoryGraph || Instagram || X/Twitter || Facebook ||
March 21, 2026
I Will Always Love You is a heartwarming children's picture book by Michael Wong. It highlights the unbreakable bond that every loving parent has with their child. It takes us through the story of a mother and her daughter. When the mother meets her baby for the first time at birth, she feels overwhelming love and affection and a strong desire to care for and always protect the infant. But baby days soon pass and deep inside the mother knows that, finally, the child will have to venture out into the world on her own. There will be happy moments in the child's life when she will feel great about herself, but there will also be hard times when she will be scared and not know what to do. But no matter how old she gets or what she does, she'll always be her mother's baby.
I Will Always Love You is another colorful, inclusive book from Michael Wong. The award-winning author dedicated this one to his two sons and wrote it to remind every little one that they are greatly loved. You can feel the tender voice of a loving parent reverberating from the pages. The voice is reassuring and promises the child that the parent will love them the best way they know and for as long as they live. It's a phenomenal book about belonging together. The illustrations by Zina Iugai are striking with their vibrant color and realistic cartoon style. I have no doubt children will find them fascinating. This book reminds all children that even though they will grow up one day and become adults and leave home to start their own separate lives away from their parents, they're always in each other's hearts. While conveying this heartwarming message, Wong used a concise, easy-to-understand, and straight-to-the-point writing style, ideal for young readers. This is a book to be treasured as you celebrate the unique connection you share with your little one. It is joyful, life-affirming, and filled with love.
I Will Always Love You is another colorful, inclusive book from Michael Wong. The award-winning author dedicated this one to his two sons and wrote it to remind every little one that they are greatly loved. You can feel the tender voice of a loving parent reverberating from the pages. The voice is reassuring and promises the child that the parent will love them the best way they know and for as long as they live. It's a phenomenal book about belonging together. The illustrations by Zina Iugai are striking with their vibrant color and realistic cartoon style. I have no doubt children will find them fascinating. This book reminds all children that even though they will grow up one day and become adults and leave home to start their own separate lives away from their parents, they're always in each other's hearts. While conveying this heartwarming message, Wong used a concise, easy-to-understand, and straight-to-the-point writing style, ideal for young readers. This is a book to be treasured as you celebrate the unique connection you share with your little one. It is joyful, life-affirming, and filled with love.
January 5, 2024
A second dip into this author's franchise of gift books for me is a second look at a dazzlingly lit, airbrushed existence, here with an incredibly cloying and clingy mother talking to her daughter. These are constantly words of love, from before the toddler is walking around right up to graduation, marriage and a child of her own. The thing is, you just want to give the woman a slap of reality and words to get her over it, for this is just too much. Oh, and why the heck she thinks her girl will grow up to be a dog I have no idea – I sincerely hope this is an error in very early digital copies only and not the real deal. I was grateful for the laugh, either way, for this was irksomely saccharine and naffly sickly. But gorgeous with it.
July 29, 2023
Tissue in hand, this is a heart felt book, I loved it.
I liked how relatable it was to my current life and how I've felt about our life.
I immediately gifted one to my sister who has my niece that's 9 years old. I also loved that there is a dedication page you can wrote your loved one.
Beautiful book, soft and smooth cover, catchy drawings and my daughter loves that it fills me with tears because of how much I love her.
I liked how relatable it was to my current life and how I've felt about our life.
I immediately gifted one to my sister who has my niece that's 9 years old. I also loved that there is a dedication page you can wrote your loved one.
Beautiful book, soft and smooth cover, catchy drawings and my daughter loves that it fills me with tears because of how much I love her.
May 12, 2023
An Absolutely Beautiful Book
This author never ceases to amaze me. This book was, in my opinion, his best one yet. I absolutely love the words, but it was the illustrations and the untold story behind the illustrations that captivated me the most. Don’t think about purchasing this one for a loved one…just do it!
This author never ceases to amaze me. This book was, in my opinion, his best one yet. I absolutely love the words, but it was the illustrations and the untold story behind the illustrations that captivated me the most. Don’t think about purchasing this one for a loved one…just do it!
June 7, 2023
Straight from the heart!
This sweet book shows how powerful the love of a parent is for their child. It will be a book that families cherish for years to come. It will serve as a wonderful reminder that days may be long, but weeks will be short! Thank you for sharing another gorgeous book with the world! Very well done!
This sweet book shows how powerful the love of a parent is for their child. It will be a book that families cherish for years to come. It will serve as a wonderful reminder that days may be long, but weeks will be short! Thank you for sharing another gorgeous book with the world! Very well done!
June 6, 2023
A book for any occasion
Instead of a card, give this book. Baby shower, get well, graduation, wedding, then back to another new baby, it covers them all. If only all children could know such love. Everything about this book is beautiful.
Instead of a card, give this book. Baby shower, get well, graduation, wedding, then back to another new baby, it covers them all. If only all children could know such love. Everything about this book is beautiful.
May 16, 2023
This is so beautiful - inspiring and gorgeous illustrations.
The whole collection is something I look forward to buying, and have truly enjoyed flicking through.
The whole collection is something I look forward to buying, and have truly enjoyed flicking through.
June 8, 2023
Heart warming story
Really relatable and lovely story. Anther great book by Michael. A wonderful gift for any child to remind them how much you love and will always love them!
Really relatable and lovely story. Anther great book by Michael. A wonderful gift for any child to remind them how much you love and will always love them!
June 19, 2023
totally bawled reading this to my girls at bed time
This was a great book with adorable illustrations 💜 will be reading again often. Would make a great gift too!
This was a great book with adorable illustrations 💜 will be reading again often. Would make a great gift too!
June 8, 2023
Beautiful
This author is a favorite at our house. We loved this book, and the illustrations were absolutely beautiful. A perfect gift for any occasion where a toddler or young child is being celebrated.
This author is a favorite at our house. We loved this book, and the illustrations were absolutely beautiful. A perfect gift for any occasion where a toddler or young child is being celebrated.
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