A review by cassietea783
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

5.0

I’m reading through these books as part of the read-aloud program I’ve put together for my three year-old son. I firmly believe he’s still too young for any kind of formal education, but I also passionately believe that the most powerful thing I can do to shape their education is read aloud with them. That being said, the Mercy Watson series are PERFECT for kids ages 3-6. My three year-old giggles all the way through, and even my five year-old is engaged and chuckling the entire time. I read no more than three chapters per day in order to accommodate the limited (read: almost nonexistent...) attention span of a three year-old. But my five year-old always begs for more!

These books are imaginative, adventurous, hilarious, and downright delightful. The sentences are simple and short, the vocabulary is also fairly simple and easy to comprehend, and the illustrations are so fun. I highly recommend these books, especially for reading aloud with very young kids!