This is exactly the type of story I love to illustrate - a wonderfully silly adventure with lots of action.' This is his first book with Candlewick Press.

He says, 'When I first read Mercy Watson to the Rescue, the characters were very vivid in my mind, and they just came to life when I started painting. Sometimes you don't truly understand a character until you know what she loves above all else.'Ĭhris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of DOWN TO THE SEA WITH MR. As I listened to her, I could see Mercy nodding in emphatic agreement. One day, my friend Alison was going on and on and on about the many virtues of toast. She says, 'Mercy Watson had been in my head for a long time, but I couldn't figure out how to tell her story. Kate DiCamillo is the author of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, which received the Newbery Medal BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, which received a Newbery Honor and THE TIGER RISING, which was named a National Book Award Finalist. Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson an ebullient new character for early chapter-book readers in a series that's destined to be a classic. But could Mercy possibly have another emergency in mind like a sudden craving for their neighbor's sugar cookies. BOOM! CRACK! As the bed and its occupants slowly sink through the floor, Mercy escapes in a flash to alert the fire department, her owners assure themselves. This is not, however, so good for the Watson's bed. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig she's a porcine wonder.

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