WATSONVILLE — If you have attended elementary school since the year 2000 or have had kids who have done so, the name Kate DiCamillo should ring a bell. From her award-winning “The Tale of Desperaux” ...
DiCamillo and Van Dusen create an origin story for popular chapter book series star and “porcine wonder” Mercy Watson in this picture book prequel. The Watsons are largely content with their staid ...
In his signature art style, Van Dusen (the Mercy Watson series) opens with an expansive bird’s-eye spread of a tugboat headed across a northerly bay on “one bright summer day.” Readers can almost ...