Chris Van Dusen
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"When a big truck and its big load get stuck on a narrow road, traffic on the little island comes to a halt. Some cars need to go south and some have to travel north. How will Meg get to her swim meet? What about Barry's ballet class? Luckily, the kids come up with an ingenious solution: why not just swap cars?"--Publisher's webpage.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Hattie McFadden is a born explorer. Every morning she grabs her life jacket and paddles out in her canoe to discover something new on the lake, singing a little song on her way. When her singing draws up from the depths a huge mysterious beast, everyone in town is terrified - except Hattie, who looks into the creature's friendly, curious eyes and knows that this is no monster. So Hattie sneaks out at night to see the giant -...
Author
Series
Mr. Magee books volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1
Language
English
Description
Saddle up for this first volume in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from DiCamillo's "New York Times"-bestselling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse--until he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 3
Language
English
Description
Baby Lincoln's older sister, Eugenia, is very fond of telling Baby what to do, and Baby usually responds by saying "Yes, Sister." But one day Baby has had enough. She decides to depart on a Necessary Journey, even though she has never gone anywhere without Eugenia telling her what to take and where to go. And in fact Baby doesn't know where she is headed--only that she was entirely happy in the previous night's dream, sitting aboard a train with a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
While bumbling PI Percival Smidgely tries to find missing pig Mercy Watson, a trio of clever neighborhood sleuths follow a trail of hoof prints - and a delicious aroma - to recover their porcine wonder, in this uproariously funny, extra-special series finale.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this minute! As he drags the toaster across the counter - screeeeeech - and drops it into his bag - clannngggg - little does he know that a certain large pig who loves toast with a great deal...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person with no time for gee-gaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. But her plans to sell the accordion, destroy the accordion, and give the accordion away all end in frustration. How can Eugenia stop being tormented by this troublesome package? Might she discover that a bit of...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 6
Language
English
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Description
A constant worrier, Franklin Endicott earns a fresh cause for alarm when he accompanies Eugenia Lincoln to her favorite thrift shop and leaves with a mystery to solve.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 4
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Some may find it wonky to take a pig to the drive-in. But not the Watsons. And not their beloved Mercy, who is lured by the scent of real butter from the theater's buckets of popcorn.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
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...