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Chris Van Dusen

Chris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of DOWN TO THE SEA WITH MR. MAGEE, A CAMPING SPREE WITH MR. MAGEE, and IF I BUILT A CAR. He says, "When I first read Mercy Watson to the Rescue, the characters were very vivid in my mind, and they just came to life when I started painting. This is exactly the type of story I love to illustrate – a wonderfully silly adventure with lots of action." This is his first book with Candlewick Press.
3 More Adventures on Deckawoo Drive: 3 Books in 1
Mercy Watson Is Missing!
A Very Mercy Christmas
Franklin Endicott and the Third Key
Big Truck Little Island
Hattie and Hudson
Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem
3 Adventures on Deckawoo Drive
A Piglet Named Mercy
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?
President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
The Circus Ship
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder
King Hugo's Huge Ego
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky this Way Comes
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise
Mercy Watson Fights Crime
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Books

3 More Adventures on Deckawoo Drive: 3 Books in 1
Mercy Watson Is Missing!
A Very Mercy Christmas
Franklin Endicott and the Third Key
Big Truck Little Island
Hattie and Hudson
Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem
3 Adventures on Deckawoo Drive
A Piglet Named Mercy
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?
President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
The Circus Ship
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder
King Hugo's Huge Ego
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky this Way Comes
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise
Mercy Watson Fights Crime
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
Mercy Watson to the Rescue

If You Were a Garbage Truck or Other Big-Wheeled Worker!

The perfect picture book for any vehicle-obsessed kid to see life through the eyes of a big-wheeled worker! Fans of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site discover how big-wheeled vehicles really feel about the work they do. This raucous rhyming story puts preschoolers in the driver’s seat as their favorite vehicles reveal the ups and downs of being a busy

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