Tag: mercy
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December 12, 2023
Wait! One more thing about the porcine wonder: I’ve signed copies of Mercy Watson is Missing, and I’m putting them in Little Free Libraries around the neighborhood. This fabulous art of a happy (!) Eugenia Lincoln is by the amazing Chris Van Dusen. Go see if you can locate that pig! Reactions: 2.1K Comments: 116…
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July 18, 2023
FAVORITE QUESTION OF THE WEEK I was walking in the neighborhood when a woman shouted from her front porch, “Kate! My daughter is a huge Mercy Watson fan and she wanted to ask you a question. Can you wait a minute?” “Yes,” I said. I stood on the sidewalk and watched as a very young…
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November 21, 2022
Chris Van Dusen has been bringing Mercy Watson (and all of Deckawoo Drive ) to colorful, chaotic, charming life for over 15 years now. It is impossible to imagine this pig, these books, without him. Chris, I love you–your big heart, your zany art. You are an artistic wonder. Thank you. https://podcasts.apple.com/…/candlewick…/id1238353081… Reactions: 3.2K Comments:…
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September 27, 2022
A Very Mercy Christmas goes out into the world today. I will be walking around the neighborhood putting this story of friendship and pigs, starlight and singing, neighbors and toast into Little Free Libraries here and there. It cheers me up to do this. And I hope whoever finds a copy will be cheered, too.…
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April 26, 2022
I met a mother and her four-year-old daughter on a recent walk. Mother: Honey, this is the lady who wrote the books about Mercy! Child: Mercy Watson. Mother: Yes. Mercy Watson! Me: Hi. Do you like Mercy Watson? Child: (silent nod) Mother: This lady made up Mercy and her stories. Can you believe it? Child:…
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April 5, 2022
A letter from Austin, who is in second grade and was told to write about his favorite Mercy Watson character: “I choose Baby Lincoln. Do you know why I choose Baby? Because she is happy. Do you know why she is happy? Because she loves Mercy Watson and also other people and that is why…