Mercy Watson contra el delito

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Title:

Mercy Watson contra el delito

Author:

DiCamillo, Kate, author.

Van Dusen, Chris, illustrator.

Brovelli, Marcela, translator.

Series:

Mercy Watson ;

Series Number:

Summary:

El Sr. y la Sra. Watson tienen una cerda llamada Mercy, una verdadera maravilla porcina. Una noche, Mercy oye un ruido. ¡Un ladrón un tanto particular ha entrado a robar en la casa de los Watson! Sin embargo, el ladrón pronto descubre que el delito no es provechoso si hay una enorme cerda involucrada.

Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.

Audience:

007-010. Lectorum Publications, Inc.

2-3. Lectorum Publications, Inc.

General Note:

Originally published in English: Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2006 under the title, Mercy Watson fights crime.

Edition:

Spanish edition.

Physical Description:

70 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Subject Term:

Watson, Mercy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Swine -- Juvenile fiction.

Burglary -- Juvenile fiction.

Spanish language materials.

Author(s):

Van Dusen, Chris,

Brovelli, Marcela,

Publisher:

Lectorum Publications, Inc.,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9781632457349

9781713700760

Publication Information:

Lyndhurst, NJ : Lectorum Publications, Inc., [2019]

Call Number:

J DICAMILLO

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

One night, Mercy is awoken by a noise. She heads downstairs and discovers a thief in the house. Crime sure doesn't pay when there is a porcine wonder around!

Author Notes

Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015.

Kate's title, Raymie Nightingale, mde the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.