Mercy Watson is a series of children's books written by American author Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. The eponymous Mercy Watson is a fictional pig - often described as a "porcine wonder" by her owners Mrs. and Mr. Watson - who loves toast with 'a great deal of butter on it'.
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride was a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book in 2007 — one of three runners-up for the Geisel Award.
Eight Mercy Watson books were published from 2005 to 2022 by Candlewick Press of Somerville, Massachusetts.. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2012-04-13. This is a point of entry to LC Online Catalog entries for books by Kate DiCamillo. (See also the same source for Chris Van Dusen, below.)
Books
Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005) Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006) Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006) Mercy Watson, Princess in Disguise (2007) Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008) Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) A Piglet Named Mercy (2019) A Very Mercy Christmas (2022)
Tales from Deckawoo Drive series Leroy Ninker Saddles Up (2014) Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon (2015) Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? (2016) Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package (2017) Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem (2020) Franklin Endicott and the Third Key (2021) Mercy Watson is Missing! (2023)
Geisel Honor Book Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride () was one of three Geisel Honor Books (runners-up for the Geisel Award) in 2007.
References
External links Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by DiCamillo and Van Dusen (Candlewick, forthcoming August 26, 2014) – featuring the horse Maybelline Chris Van Dusen, illustrator
Mercy Watson's official website