The Mercy Watson collection. Vol. 1

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Title:

The Mercy Watson collection. Vol. 1

Added Title:

Mercy Watson goes for a ride.

Mercy Watson to the rescue.

Author:

DiCamillo, Kate, author.

McLarty, Ron, narrator.

Summary:

In two Mercy Watson tales, Mercy the pig finds herself behind the wheel of Mr. Watson's Cadillac, and Mercy joins Mr. and Mrs. Watson in their bed, only to awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Audience:

3-4

General Note:

Compact disc.

Edition:

Unabridged ed.

Contents:

Mercy Watson goes for a ride -- Mercy Watson to the rescue.

Physical Description:

1 sound disc (42 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Audiobooks.

Local Note:

Random House

Subject Term:

Swine -- Juvenile fiction.

Automobile driving -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

McLarty, Ron,

Publisher:

Listening Library,

Publication Date:

2006

ISBN:

9780739335574

9780307284259

Publication Information:

New York : Listening Library, p2006.

Call Number:

CDB J DICAMIL

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607001978306	Juvenile Books on CDs	DICAMIL	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

To Mr. & Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig-she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watson's are an excellent source of buttered toast, no to mention that buttery-toast feeling she gets when she snuggles in to bed with them. This is not, however so good for the Watsons' bed. BOOM CRACK Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson. 18:50 minutes]

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

Mr. and Mrs. Watson's porcine wonder, Mercy, loves nothing more than a ride in the car. It takes a fair amount of nudging and bribing and a "You are such a good sport, darling" to get the portly pig out of the driver's seat, but once the convertible is on the road, Mercy loves the feel of the wind tickling her ears and the sun on her snout. 22:58 minutes]

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.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 2-Kate DiCamillo, the Newbery award-winning author best known for her novels for older children, has recently written short chapter books for the younger crowd starring a lively pig named Mercy Watson. Mercy lives in the house with her doting owners who treat her like their own child, singing her lullabies and making sure she is adequately supplied with her favorite foodAbuttered toast. The sisters who live next door are split on whether Mercy is a good or a bad neighbor (rather like the Wilsons and Dennis the Menace.) In Mercy Watson to the Rescue (Candlewick, 2005), Mercy goes for help and saves her family when their bed fall through a hole, more from accident than intent. Mercy indulges herself in Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (Candlewick, 2006) as she takes the wheel of the car and tries a little driving, much to the surprise of a local police officer. The stories, ably performed by Ron McLarty, stand on their own without need of background music or sound effects. Each tale is gently humorous, and children will grin at Mercy's adventures, and then probably head to the kitchen for their own well-buttered toast.-Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.