02005cam a2200349 4500 361436432 TxAuBib 20061220120000.0 050822s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005053639 9780763625900 reinforced 0763625906 reinforced 9780763625900 (OCoLC)61362872 DLC DLC BAKER TEF OCO XY4 BTCTA YDXCP TxAuBib DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson fights crime / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2006. 70 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. 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 new tongue-in-snout adventure about Kate DiCamillo's delightfully single-minded pig. Ages 6-8. 20061220. A Junior Library Guild selection. Pigs Fiction. Burglary Fiction. Burglary Juvenile fiction. Humorous stories. Swine Juvenile fiction. Van Dusen, Chris, ill.