DiCamillo, K. (2005). Mercy Watson to the Rescue. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press.
Brief Annotation: Mercy is a pig who lives with her Mr. and Mrs. Watson. She doesn’t like to sleep alone because she doesn’t feel warm like warm buttery toast, so she sleeps with the Watson’s. The Watson’s do not mind Mercy in their bed, but one night the bed cracks and booms and breaks through the floor below. Since Mercy was awakened from a wonderful dream of warm buttery toast that is all she can think about. The story continues on her voyaging to find food, through the neighbor’s yard (who disapproves of Mercy living with the Watsons.) Eventually the Watson’s are saved because they fire man respond to the neighbors call for help. The Watson’s love their Mercy even more that they believe she saved their lives. They reward her with stacks of warm buttery toast on her favorite blue plate.
Genre: Animal Fiction
Grade Level: 4-8
Readers who will like this: Beginning readers would enjoy reading this book. It has a captivating plot with simple language. Anyone who enjoys fun stories about animals. The illustrations are colorful and captivating as well.
Response/Rating (1-4): **** This book had a cute story. It was fun to read and to look at the illustrations. A fun story about parenting, even if it was a pig.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Have you ever had a strange pet?
Your "grade level" and "readers who will like this" don't match up. If this is for upper grades, I'm not sure that works for "beginning readers." However, if you think it might be good as a read aloud for beginning readers, or for students who struggle with reading at upper grade levels, that might be a little more clear.
ReplyDeleteSorry I wasn't clear. I hope that I can explain this, I meant, readers who have the techinical skills to read chapter books, but who are just beginning to do so. So I should have said beginning to read chapter books readers. I thought this because the chapters are short, with complexer sentences, and the plot was simple to follow but still fun and exciting. It would be rewarding for a reader who was beginning to read longer chapter books.
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