Oh Mercy!

 

Mercy Watson to the Rescue 

First in Mercy Watson Series

by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) 

Published: August 23rd 2005 by Candlewick Press 

Mercy is a pig. A pig obsessed with buttered toast. And despite having her very own bed and bedroom, and being sung to sleep at night after a tuck-in, she likes to snuggle up with her owners Mr & Mrs Watson when she gets scared at night! Yep - they have a pig sleeping in their bed. Of course, this leads to a bed collapse and has Mercy dashing off to save the day. Mercy is delightful and the coloured illustrations are perfectly whimsical. Mercy Watson books could almost be deemed the perfect new-reader books. 

Level: YK-1
Series: 7 in series 

Tempts children to read other series by Kate DiCamillo 

Bink & Gollie, 4 in series 

Tales from Deckawoo Drive (spin-off from the Mercy Watson series) 5 in series 

Three Rancheros (Y5-7) 5 in series 

What the experts say,  “Mercy Watson, a disarmingly charming pig adopted by a loving human family, makes her debut in this new series of chapter books for beginning readers.” --School Library Journal via Amazon.com.au