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Mercy Watson fights crime / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen.

DiCamillo, Kate. (Author). Van Dusen, Chris, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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 of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that comedy of errors (not to mention the buttery sweets in his pocket) will soon lead this little man on the wild and raucous rodeo ride he's always dreamed of! Nosy neighbors, astonished firemen, a puzzled policeman, and the ever-doting Watsons return for a new tongue-in-snout adventure about Kate DiCamillo's delightfully single-minded pig.

Record details

ISBN: 0763625906
ISBN: 9780763625900
ISBN: 9781428704220
ISBN: 1428704221
ISBN: 9780763649524
Physical Description: 70 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Citation/References Note:	KR 8/1/06
Target Audience Note:	510L Lexile Decoding demand: 84 (very high) Semantic demand: 84 (very high) Syntactic demand: 53 (medium) Structure demand: 75 (high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.6 0.5 107765.