Mercy Watson to the Rescue by: Kate DiCamillo

Mercy Watson to the Rescue is intended for younger elementary students and is great to help explore their imaginations. Mercy the pig lives with the Watson family and what is really neat is that children can easily relate to her. For example, Mercy is afraid of the dark and often needs to go sleep with her human parents. One night when Mercy crawled into bed with her parents, something happens that Mercy will never forget. Readers will fall in love with this pig and will enjoy the fantasy that the book provides.