Mercy Watson series

Mercy Watson series
Cover of the first book in The Mercy Watson series

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)
AuthorKate DiCamillo
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction
PublisherCandlewick Press
Published2005–2022
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)

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.[1]

Eight Mercy Watson books were published from 2005 to 2022 by Candlewick Press of Somerville, Massachusetts.[2]

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 (ISBN 0-763-62332-6) was one of three Geisel Honor Books (runners-up for the Geisel Award) in 2007.

References

  1. ^ "(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award winners and honor books, 2006 - present". Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "DiCamillo, Kate". 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.)