Mercy Watson series

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Mercy Watson is a series of chapter books written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. Mercy Watson is the fictional pig who stars in the series. Mercy Watson is called a "porcine wonder" by Mrs. and Mr. Watson. She loves buttered toast, which is commonly featured in the series.

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]

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

• 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 Very Mercy Christmas (2022)

• 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)

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.

• Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by DiCamillo and Van Dusen (Candlewick, forthcoming August 26, 2014) – featuring the horse Maybelline
• Chris Van Dusen, illustrator
• Chris Van Dusen at Library of Congress, with 19 library catalog records
• Mercy Watson's official website

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