01805cam a2200265 i 4500 606287729 TxAuBib 20221003120000.0 211223s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021953329 9781536213607 hardback 1536213608 hardback TxAuBib rda DiCamillo, Kate, author. A Very Mercy Christmas / Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen. Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2022. unpaged 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Stella felt joyful. She felt like something miraculous might happen. She wanted to sing.. When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself-with enthusiastic contributions from the pig, the cat, and the horse she picks up on the way? Or does the evening hold a miracle Stella hadn't expected? With tender affection for Mercy Watson and all her Deckawoo Drive friends, Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen offer a picture-book homage to the season that is perfectly suited for family sharing-perhaps with some cups of hot cocoa and a stack of well-buttered toast"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 3-7 Candlewick Press. 20221003. Van Dusen, Chris, illustrator.