A Piglet Named Mercy, Kate DiCamillo
A Piglet Named Mercy, Kate DiCamillo
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A Piglet Named Mercy

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2019

Synopsis

Every porcine wonder was once a piglet! Celebrate the joy of a new arrival with this endearing picture-book prequel to the New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson series.

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 Drive--and the Watsons' lives will never be the same.

About The Author

Kate DiCamillo is the author of Because of Winn-Dixie (a Newbery Honor book), The Tiger Rising (a National Book Award finalist), and The Tale of Despereaux (a Newbery Medal Winner). She recently completed a series of early chapter books about a pig named Mercy Watson. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane was the winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Kate lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but she spent much of her childhood in Florida.Mark Bramhall has performed off-Broadway, at venues nationwide, and extensively in film and television. He holds numerous honors for his narrations and has repeatedly been featured among AudioFile Magazine’s best readers of the year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on July 19, 2019

The cuteness of this story is on maximum here. I have read all of the middle grade readers of Mercy Watson. This picture book is how the Watson’s came to live with this porcine wonder, Mercy the pig. The little piglet is oh so cute. The neighbors are involved in this story as well. This is simple and......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 25, 2019

My family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books every year. This is book #12 (of more than 20) of 2019, and we thought it was good. By the rock star children's author Kate DeCamilo!, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. The story is a prequel for a series about how the Watson couple found......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on April 06, 2019

It's hard to say what I love more: little pig Mercy Watson, author Kate DiCamillo, or illustrator Chris Van Dusen. DiCamillo and Van Dusen have joined forces to bring early chapter book character Mercy Watson to the picture book crowd in a delightful prequel to the series. How did Mercy come to join......more

Goodreads review by Rod on November 08, 2019

Goodreads Choice Awards Project: Read as many of the opening round Best Picture Book nominees as possible. 10 to go! A cute bit of fluff, acting as a prequel to a series I don't believe I've ever read. I may have to check it out. This is not a great book, but it certainly is a bright spot in the pile......more

Goodreads review by Lu's on June 11, 2019

This went over... okay. It felt like the beginning of a story and not a complete story. When the book was over, Lu just kept looking at it ("No more pages? Okay.") (May 2019, library book)......more

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