Chris Van Dusen
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Series
Mr. Magee books Book 2
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Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go camping and have an adventure with a hungry bear.
Author
Series
Mr. Magee books Book 1
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Description
While spending the day in their boat on the sea, Mr. Magee and his dog get caught up in wacky adventures with a playful pod of whales.
Author
Series
Mr. Magee books Book 3
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An encounter with a moose while they are learning to ski provides Mr. Magee and his dog with some unexpected excitement.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017
Description
It's a summer day so beautiful and peaceful that Hattie, paddling in her canoe in the middle of a lake, can't help but sing. In the deep water below, a creature is lurking. He's huge and green, with a long, long neck and he rarely leaves his lair. But on this day, he hears something sweet and inviting. He hears a song. What happens when the creature rises to the surface is nothing short of magical. Can a young girl and an enormous lake monster become...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson Book 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
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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.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson Book 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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After Mercy the pig spends the night in the Watson's bed, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor and it is up to Mercy to save them.
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Series
Mercy Watson Book 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.
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Series
Mercy Watson Book 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.
14) If I built a car
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea.
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Series
Mercy Watson Book Prequel
Pub. Date
2019
Description
When a pig named Mercy arrives at the Watsons' front door, she brings love and chaos to their lives. Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson live ordinary lives. Sometimes their lives feel a bit too ordinary. Sometimes they wish something different would happen. And one day it does, when someone unpredictable finds her way to their front door. In a delightful origin story for the star of the Mercy Watson series, a tiny piglet brings love (and chaos) to Deckawoo...
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Series
Mercy Watson Book no. 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
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Series
Mercy Watson Book 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Watson think it is a wonderful idea to bring their pet pig Mercy to the drive-in, and when Mercy arrives, she sets off on a mission to find her own buttery bucket of popcorn, much to the dismay of the other movie patrons.
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Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive Book 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson Book 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.