Lovable Little Lucy

Some wishes are big. This one weighed one pound, twelve ounces.

Mila has been wishing for a puppy of her own - and for a little sister for Rose, the family's big, fluffy goldendoodle. What she doesn't know is that Daddy has a plan. One morning he spots an ad for adorable chihuahua puppies, and the secret is on: a trip to the pet store, a squeaky toy, a tiny leash... and a whole lot of trying not to smile too much.

Then comes the best school pickup ever. Mila walks out the gate like any other day - and something wiggles in Daddy's arms. Out peeks the tiniest puppy she's ever seen: white as snow, with a patch over one eye, small enough to fit in one hand. Mila names her on the spot: Lucy!

Back home, Lucy meets her giant big sister Rose, sits in a bowl on the kitchen scale for her official weigh-in (one pound, twelve ounces!), explores a house where the stairs look like a mountain, survives her first bath in the kitchen sink, and makes it through her very first family grill day. By bedtime, there's only one place this little puppy wants to sleep - and it isn't her own bed.

Mila and Daddy: Lovable Little Lucy is the third book in the Mila and Daddy series - rhyming read-aloud stories about the everyday adventures dads and kids share, from grill days in the backyard to snow days in Tahoe. Written for ages 3-7, it's a celebration of adoption, sisters big and small, and the moment a family gets a little bigger and a lot more loved.