Mercy Watson to the rescue
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen
Readers rate it 3.6 (15 on Hardcover)
Released 2005 · Candlewick Press
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A note for parents
Mercy Watson to the Rescue is a gentle, humorous early reader about a pet pig whose antics inadvertently cause household chaos. The story emphasizes kindness, neighborly cooperation, and problem-solving without meanness. While a collapsing floor and emergency rescue create mild peril and suspense appropriate to the plot, there is no violence, crude content, or genuine danger—it all resolves cheerfully.
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After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor. After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
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- Neighbors
- Neighbors in fiction
- Humorous stories
- Juvenile fiction
- Pigs in fiction
- Fire departments in fiction
- Fiction
- Pigs
- Swine
- Fire departments
- Pigs, fiction
- Neighbors, fiction
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ISBN 9780763622701 · Candlewick Press