Children's author Robert Munsch has chosen to die by MAID

Robert Munsch, a beloved and complicated children’s book author, has been granted a medically assisted death under Canada’s MAID laws, though no date has been set. Article content

Munsch, who turned 80 this summer, is the author of more than 70 children’s books, including such classics as The Paper Bag Princess, Love You Forever, Thomas’ Snowsuit and Angela’s Airplane. While StatCan does not have figures on their ubiquity, it’s a fair bet that most Canadian households containing a child over the past 40 years have also been home to at least one of Munsch’s books. Article content Article content

But for all the joy he has delivered to others, Munsch’s own life has had its share of travails. His book Love You Forever was born out of tragedy, when he and his wife, Ann, tried and failed