Very Mercy Christmas

<b>For fans of Mercy Watson old and new comes a joyful crescendo of favorite characters in a picture-book celebration of the quiet miracles the holidays bring. Mercy ornament included!</b> <p/><i>Stella Endicott felt joyful. She felt like something miraculous might happen. She wanted to sing.</i><br><i> </i><br>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.