You Made Me a Dad

WRITTEN BY

Laurenne Sala ILLUSTRATED BY

Mike Malbrough

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You Made Me a Dad Text copyright © 2019 by Laurenne Sala Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Mike Malbrough All rights reserved. Manufactured in China.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. www.harpercollinschildrens.com ISBN 978-0-06-239694-5 The artist used watercolor and Adobe Photoshop to create the illustrations for this book.

Typography by Jeanne L. Hogle 19 20 21 22 23 SCP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v First Edition

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To Lucía and her daddy, my heroes.

—L.S. For Bella.

—M.M.

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I loved you before I saw you.

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When you were just a heartbeat.

Then a picture.

Then a teeny-tiny kick.

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I brought rocky road ice cream for Mommy.

And fuzzy blankets. I rubbed her feet.

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