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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
A young pig named Mercy Watson inadvertently saves her owners from disaster as she searches for snack during the night after dreaming about toast with a great deal of butter. This is a really cute early chapter book that will make you smile.
I remember seeing these books at the library as a kid but I never read them. I read the first one today to my class and realized I definitely missed out.
I’ve read each of these books to Florence like five times, so I’m counting them lol
One of my goals this year is to showcase and review more children's literature here on GR as well as on my Booktube channel. I'm so excited to kick that off with Mercy Watson. This circulates so well at my library, but it's my first time ever reading it. This was both fun and exciting and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue is the first book in the Mercy Watson series and introduces readers to the Watson's and their pig Mercy. The story starts off relatively slow, but picks up rather quickly with Mercy supposedly saving the day. This is a great book for those that are transitioning to longer chapter books.
What Worked: The illustrations and the dialogue in this book were fun! Chris Van Dusen did an amazing job capturing the facial expressions of all the characters especially Eugenia Lincoln. She is a TRIP and is completely against the Watsons allowing a pig to live in their house. The overall tone of the story is hilarious because while the Watsons assume that Mercy is attempting to save the day, she's really just focused on getting a snack. It's a story of mishaps that quickly turns into everyone having a fun early morning.
Overall, this was a fun and quick read. I found myself laughing out loud at some points. There are definitely benefits to adding this one to your readaloud collection if you're an educator and/or caregiver. I'm excited to continue on with the series and the spin-off series that features other characters from Deckawoo Drive.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue is the first book in the Mercy Watson series and introduces readers to the Watson's and their pig Mercy. The story starts off relatively slow, but picks up rather quickly with Mercy supposedly saving the day. This is a great book for those that are transitioning to longer chapter books.
What Worked: The illustrations and the dialogue in this book were fun! Chris Van Dusen did an amazing job capturing the facial expressions of all the characters especially Eugenia Lincoln. She is a TRIP and is completely against the Watsons allowing a pig to live in their house. The overall tone of the story is hilarious because while the Watsons assume that Mercy is attempting to save the day, she's really just focused on getting a snack. It's a story of mishaps that quickly turns into everyone having a fun early morning.
Overall, this was a fun and quick read. I found myself laughing out loud at some points. There are definitely benefits to adding this one to your readaloud collection if you're an educator and/or caregiver. I'm excited to continue on with the series and the spin-off series that features other characters from Deckawoo Drive.
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
July 2019
Reading this series to Natalie now. She helps some, but as she hasn't started 1st grade yet she's not quite there. This is the first series I have really been reading to just Natalie, and it is fun.
January 2017
The first chapter book that Melanie read on her own. Had some hard words I had to help with (especially names like Eugenia), but she read it out loud to us over a couple weeks (Winter break 2016). It helped that she was trying to read enough minutes over break to get a prize from the librarian.
Reading this series to Natalie now. She helps some, but as she hasn't started 1st grade yet she's not quite there. This is the first series I have really been reading to just Natalie, and it is fun.
January 2017
The first chapter book that Melanie read on her own. Had some hard words I had to help with (especially names like Eugenia), but she read it out loud to us over a couple weeks (Winter break 2016). It helped that she was trying to read enough minutes over break to get a prize from the librarian.