Chris Van Dusen
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Hattie McFadden is a born explorer. Every morning she grabs her life jacket and paddles out in her canoe to discover something new on the lake, singing a little song on her way. When her singing draws up from the depths a huge mysterious beast, everyone in town is terrified - except Hattie, who looks into the creature's friendly, curious eyes and knows that this is no monster. So Hattie sneaks out at night to see the giant - whom she names Hudson...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Publisher Annotation: When a big truck and its big load get stuck on a narrow road, traffic on the little island comes to a halt. Some cars need to go south and some have to travel north. How will Meg get to her swim meet? What about Barry's ballet class? Luckily, the kids come up with an ingenious solution: why not just swap cars? Inspired by an incident that happened on Vinalhaven, Maine, Chris Van Dusen tells a fun tale of resourcefulness and community...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Mercy Watson the pig goes missing, all of Deckawoo Drive is in an uproar. The Watsons are inconsolable, and the local police, fire, and animal control departments are no help whatsoever. Bossy neighbor Eugenia Lincoln is not quite as sad as she might be, but thankfully her sister, Baby Lincoln, has the idea to hire a private investigator. Granted, Percival Smidgely, PI, may be more bumbler than gumshoe, but his pigeon, Polly, is there to point...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person with no time for gee-gaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. But her plans to sell the accordion, destroy the accordion, and give the accordion away all end in frustration. How can Eugenia stop being tormented by this troublesome package? Might she discover that a bit of unforeseen frivolity could...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door--a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 3
Language
English
Description
What if timid Baby Lincoln broke free of her bossy sister and set off on an unexpected journey?
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
El Sr. y Sra. Watson tienen una cerda llamada Mercy: una verdadera maravilla porcina. Como se acerca la noche de Halloween, los Tatson ya tienen pensado el disfraz perfecto para Mercy. Para convercerla de que se ponga el traje, le prometen que los vecinos le darán algo delicioso. ¿Qué puede ser más divertido que la aventura de ir a pedir golosinas? En especial, cuando hay una persecución en el medio de todo... --
Persuaded by the word "treating"...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.