Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he’s just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons’ kitchen right this minute! But little does he know that a certain pig who loves toast with a great deal of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that a comedy of errors will soon lead this little man on the wild and raucous rodeo ride he’s always dreamed of! Nosy neighbors, astonished firemen, a puzzled policeman, and the ever-doting Watsons return for a hilarious adventure.
《小猪梅西抓小偷》内容简介：这个夜晚可是不平静。梅西听见厨房里有响动，以为有人在做吐司，于是来到厨房一探究竟。其实是小偷正在沃森家偷东西！小偷很快发现，偷东西真是得不偿失。因为他遇上了一只奇迹猪！人们会从睡梦中醒来帮助梅西吗？谁是抓小偷的英雄呢？

Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Magician’s Elephant, a New York Times bestseller; The Tale of Despereaux, which was awarded the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor book; and six books starring Mercy Watson, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. She lives in Minneapolis.


凯特·迪卡米洛，生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，在佛罗里达州长大。大学时代主修英美文学，并从事成人短篇小说的创作，曾经获得1998年迈克奈特基金会的作家奖助金。她的第一本儿童小说《傻狗温迪克》刚一问世就广受好评，并夺得了2001年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。
凯特笔下的人物都显得十分真实。她说，她并没有塑造这些人物，而是专心聆听这些人对她说什么，然后把他们说的东西转述出来。她不喜欢刻意介入或扭转故事的发展，也不特意挑选故事的题材或背景，一切都是自然而然流露出来的。