Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride -- Kate DiCamillo - Paperback
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/22/2009
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.30w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780763645052
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106376 / Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
About the Author
KATE DICAMILLO is the author of the first story about Mercy Watson, MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE. She is also the author of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, which received the Newbery Medal; BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, which received a Newbery Honor; THE TIGER RISING, which was named a National Book Award Finalist, and the new middle-grade novel THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEYOF EDWARD TULANE. She says, "A long time ago, my best friend's son, Luke Bailey, put a toy pig in a toy car and pushed the car around the living room, screaming, 'Look, look, pig taking a ride! Pig taking a ride!' During the next few hours, this phrase was repeated with such shocking volume and intensity that it took up permanent residence in my brain. MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE is the direct product of Luke's obsession and mine, a decade or so after the fact. Look, Luke, pig taking a ride!"