Product Description
by Kate DiCamillo (Author), Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)
A Wall Street Journal 20 Best Children's Books of the Past 20 Years Selection
Can Mercy Watson outwit Animal Control? The porcine wonder's on the lam in her latest tongue-in-snout adventure! Mercy's appetite has got her into trouble again. When Eugenia Lincoln's pansies go missing, Animal Control Officer Francine Poulet arrives on the scene. But as she soon discovers, not just anyone can think like a pig. Especially when that pig is porcine wonder Mercy Watson!Author Biography
Kate DiCamillo is the author of the first four stories starring Mercy Watson. She is also the author of The Tale of Despereaux, which won the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award Finalist; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and the picture book Great Joy. She lives in Minneapolis.
Chris Van Dusen has illustrated all the books in the Mercy Watson series. He is also the author-illustrator of Down to the Sea With Mr. Magee, A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee, and If I Built a Car. He lives in Camden, Maine.
Number of Pages: 80
Dimensions: 0.48 x 8.34 x 6.62 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (2008)
Award: Cybils (2008)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
