Mercy Watson, a charming pink pig, wakes in the night to her favorite sound...the toaster. This is a pig who lives for and loves buttered toast. She heads downstairs with visions of bread and butter but finds a burglar instead. Buttered toast does that to people and pigs I guess. This is a truly heartwarming and delightful series of books especially entertaining for young readers. Fun and funny. The series continues.
80 pages 978-0763649524 Ages 6-9
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
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Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this minute! As he drags the toaster across the counter — screeeeeech — and drops it into his bag — clannngggg — little does he know that a certain large pig who loves toast with a great deal of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that comedy of errors (not to mention the buttery sweets in his pocket) will soon lead this little man on the wild and raucous rodeo ride he's always dreamed of! Nosy neighbors, astonished firemen, a puzzled policeman, and the ever-doting Watsons return for a tongue-in-snout adventure about Kate DiCamillo's delightfully single-minded pig.---from the publisher
