Title: Mercy Watson goes for a ride
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen
Date of publication: 2006
Publishing Company: Candlewick Press
Awards: Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Animal Fantasy
Theme: Imagination! Lots of imagination. = )
Primary Characters: Mercy Watson, the pig
Secondary characters: Mr. and Mrs. Watson
Classroom Use: Cute book to use and read aloud with the classroom. Plus, it comes in a series of Mercy Watson adventure chapter books.
Summary: The Watson’s have a pet pig named, Mercy Watson. They love her very dearly as if she were one of their own. Every Saturday, Mr. Watson & Mercy will go on their usual car ride and each time Mercy is dying to drive!! It is this one particular Saturday that they take their stroll…that an unexpected passenger comes along and Mercy takes the wheel!!! Mercy jumps into Mr. Watson’s lap and the adventure begins. They end-up having a police chase them for speeding, an unexpected rider in the backseat, and Mr. Watson stuck underneath Mercy… not able to get a hold of the wheel. It’s one funny adventure for Mercy as she has the time of her life driving away. In the end, they get control of the car and are able to stop it, they don’t get into too much trouble with the officer, and they all end up back home having dinner together.
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