Put Me In the Story: Happy Birthday to You! Personalized Book

Madelyn!

Made Special For

Made Special By

Madelyn

Mom and Dad Written and illustrated by

Marianne Richmond

Madelyn!

Made Special For

Madelyn

Made Special By

Mom and Dad

Written and illustrated by

Marianne Richmond

Madelyn, Happy first birthday.

You are our biggest blessing.

Mom and Dad

Open your eyes, Madelyn!

Get ready to play…

From morning ’til night, this is your day!

What will you do, Madelyn?

What fun will you plan?

What memories will make your birthday grand?

“Cake for breakfast!” you say with glee, “served a’ la mode in bed. . .

with chocolate milk, of course, or soda pop instead! �

Dance in your pajamas, Madelyn.

Sing a silly song.

Bring cookies to your neighbors.

Smile all day long!

Buy yourself some flowers, Madelyn.

Throw confetti while you walk.

Madelyn

Decorate your driveway with multi-colored chalk!

“A party would be fabulous,” you say, “for two or ten or twenty.

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Hope for all you want today, Madelyn.

Wish for dreams come true.

No one is more deserving than fantastic, awesome you!

Choose your favorite clothes, Madelyn, and wear ’em all together.

Parade around the town no matter what the weather.

Blow up red ’n orange balloons and launch them to and fro, brightening up the sky above for your birthday down below.

“I’ll do a cartwheel in my kitchen

for every year of me.”

Then you say, “I think I may

go on a chocolate spree!”

Fill your ‘tum’ with tasty treats for no reason but because

you’re the only you there is, Madelyn, and that deserves applause!

Madelyn

Madelyn

“Do I look a little taller?”

You ask with proud delight.

“Is my brain a little smarter

since the mid of yesternight?

Can everybody figure with a simple look and see that today is the one-yearly anniversary of me?�

Madelyn, your birthday is our chance to share our biggest cheer for who you are inside each day of every year.

Your feelings and ideas, your jokes and sweetest smile.

Your hugs and kind affection.

Your quirky, perky style.

We Love You, Madelyn!

eat, r g e ar You adelyn!

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Count us one by one, the circle of all those who love you and adore you Madelyn,

from your head down to your toes.

“I

to

think I need a rest,” you say, “from all the lively fun, count my many blessings before the day is done....”

Not quite yet, Madelyn, you still have more to do, to share the joy and happiness of simply being you!

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Give juggling a try.

Find a kiddie playground...

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Roll down the biggest hill and sprawl out afterward.

Feel the thrill of possibility in this big, wide-open world.

Make a deal between yourself, Madelyn, on the intro date of you, to learn one something different and try another new.

Yes, Madelyn, from morning light to starry night, no matter what you do‌

Make it joyful, make it fun.

Happy, HAPPY birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to You! is dedicated to the deserving birthday boy or girl in all of us. — MR © 2007 by Marianne Richmond Studios, Inc. Illustrations by Marianne Richmond Book design by Sara Dare Biscan Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. Put Me In the Story is a trademark of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems­—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

Published by Put Me In the Story, a publication of Sourcebooks, Inc. P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, IL 60567-4410 (630) 961-3900 Fax: (630) 961-2168 First published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.

Also available from author & illustrator Marianne Richmond: The Gift of an Angel The Gift of a Memory Hooray for You! The Gifts of being Grand I Love You So...

Dear Daughter Dear Son Dear Granddaughter Dear Grandson My Shoes take me Where I Want to Go Fish Kisses and Gorilla Hugs

Plus, she offers the Simply Said... and Smartly Said... mini book titles for all occasions.

Library of Congress Cataloging–in–Publication data is on file with the publisher.

Source of Production: Lightning Source, Inc. 1246 Heil Quaker BLVD, La Vergne, TN 37086 Date of Production: MM YYYY Run Number: 99999 Printed and bound in the United States of America.

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