I will never forget my introduction to Robert Munsch . He was doing a tour, unthinkably coming to the tiny northwestern British Columbian town of Stewart, right along the Alaskan border. All of the northwest was ecstatic that such big name author was coming to our little neck of the woods. Amongst the most excited were my girlfriend, who has three girls who grew up reading Munsch classics, and a mutual friend who is an elementary school teacher, and therefore very well aware of Munsch's popularity. Then I made the mistake of displaying my ignorance and saying "Who's Robert Munsch?" Don't worry, the two of them chewed me out pretty good on that one. And I've never forgotten the name since. It turns out he's published about 50 books, Love You Forever being the most famous, and sold a total of over 30 million copies, by far the most sales by a Canadian author of any genre. He is one of the world's best selling children's author. I think it is pretty ...