Mercy Watson, Something Wonky This Way Comes¶
▶️ Watch & Read Along¶
📖 About the Book¶
When Mr. and Mrs. Watson and their pig, Mercy, take in a movie at the Bijou Drive-In, mayhem ensues after Mercy smells the enticing scent of hot buttered popcorn.
🧠 Read Together¶
Tips for 🌱 Early Readers (ages 5–7). Reading together for just 15 minutes a day builds vocabulary, focus and a lifelong love of stories.
- Turn on captions (CC). Reading along with spoken words is one of the best ways to build fluency.
- Read the title out loud together and talk about what you expect.
- Pause the video and let your child read the next line before the narrator does.
- Point out sight words (the, and, said, was) each time they appear.
- Ask: “Who was the main character? What problem did they have? How was it solved?”
- Have your child read one page aloud to you — or to a pet or stuffed animal audience!
- Who was your favorite character in Mercy Watson, Something Wonky This Way Comes, and why?
- What was the problem in the story? How did it get solved?
- If you could change the ending, what would happen instead?
- How do you think the main character felt at the end?
🔤 Word Explorer¶
Treasure words hiding in this book. Pause the video when you hear one and talk about what it means!
