作者: 汉思·威尔罕
Author: Hans Wilhelm
《信谊世界精选图画书：我永远爱你》的故事围绕着一个男孩和一只狗展开。他们一起享受恬静时光，但是狗的生命短暂，男孩看着他的狗──阿雅──一天天地老去，却无法帮什么忙。他能做的只是忠实地陪伴在阿雅身旁，所幸的是，男孩每晚入睡前，总记得跟阿雅说一句“我永远爱你”。这句“我永远爱你”，不知道阿雅懂不懂，可是在阿雅走到生命尽头时，这一句话却是男孩在伤心之余心中的安慰。阿雅带着男孩的爱静静地去了，男孩也因为自己及时付出了爱，才有办法接受阿雅的老与死，才能静静、勇敢地疗伤。当孩子还小，属幼童阶段时，常碰到的是宠物死亡。对孩子来说，宠物是自己要好的朋友，失去它们的伤痛，常让孩子揪心难过，不知所措。因此，陪他们阅读有关宠物死亡的图书，了解其它小朋友的处理方式，学习依循相同的方式，宣泄自己的伤痛。这本《信谊世界精选图画书：我永远爱你》在启发幼儿的“死亡教育”上是有很大特殊意义的，而且它让小朋友们懂得要及时向所爱的人表达自己的爱意，这样当永别来临时就不会有悔意了。
The story of "I'll Always Love You" revolves around a boy and a dog. They enjoy their quiet time together, but a dog's life is short and the boy watched his dog, Elfie, grow old day by day, without being able to do anything about it. All he can do is to accompany Elfie faithfully. Fortunately, the boy always remembers to say "I love you forever" to Elfie every night before going to bed. This sentence would stay in Elfie's heart forever. Elfie eventually passed quietly with the boy's love in its heart, and because the boy always showed his love to his dog, he eventually came to accept Elfie's old age and death.
For children, pets are often their best friends. The pain of losing them often makes children feel distressed and at a loss. Therefore, parents should read this book about accepting the death of their pets with their children in order to learn how other children deal with this. This book introduces the concept of death to children, and it allows children to know how to express their love to their loved ones while they still have the chance. In this way, children will learn to have no regrets when the farewell eventually comes.