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Freddy the Cowboy (Freddy the Pig Series)

2 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2002

Not just a children's classic!
Freddy the Cowboy is one of the funniest books I've read! Freddy's adventures with Cal Flint, the picklefaced cowboy, and attempted riding will keep you in stitches. The farm animals each have their own personalities, some may remind you of a neighbor or brother. The rhymes are great, and you will love the Horrible Ten! Must read!

Li Lun, Lad of Courage (The Newbery Honor Roll)

1 review
Carolyn Treffinger

Walker Books for Young Readers, 1995

very inspiring
Li Lun Lad of Courage is a book about a young boy who lives in a small fishing village, but he is afraid of the sea. One day his dad ordered him to come fishing with him but he refused. So his dad gave him 7 rice grains and told him to plant rice on the mountain top of Lao Shan. Little did he know that that statement would change his life. When he climbs to the mountain top he encounters gulls, ...

Freddy Anniversary Collection

9 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Press, 2002

Educational and entertaining: dynamite!
Brooks wrote the Freddy series between 1927 and 1958. They combine superb character development, unbelievable educational content, and generally mesmerizing entertainment. They are appropriate for reading to children as young as five or six, and make excellent readers for children from nine to as old as early teens. If you read Freddy to very young children, expect to leave out some ...

Honk The Moose (Nature)

3 reviews
Phil Stong

Trellis Publishing, 2001

A delightful tale based on a true story
When Waino and Ivar find a moose in their father's stable, the critter looked so sad they couldn't bear to shoot him. The final solution to this unique situation is as heartwarming as it is entertaining. This is a delightful tale based on a true story from Biwabik, Minnesota, and replete with historical information about life for Finnish immigrant children in Minnesota. When it was originally ...

Freddy the Magician (Freddy the Pig Series)

3 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2002

Don't pass up this Ham!!!!
Freddy the Magician is one of the all-time best Freddy books! If you haven't met Freddy yet, this book will introduce you to a good friend who will make you laugh out loud at his clever and witty escapades. Freddy, who is already a poet, a detective, a bank president and newspaper editor, becomes a magician. The excitement begins when Freddy's teacher tries to swindle him, and Freddy has to ...

Freddy's and the Perilous Adventure

1 review
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2001

The Ducks Lead the Way
When Freddy, in a sudden burst of irrepressible impishness manages to convince Emma and Alice, the Bean Farm ducks, to go for a balloon ride, he little expects that he too will have to take part in the adventure. But Mr. Golcher, the balloonist is every bit as sly as Freddy and, in no time at all Freddy has agreed not only to give a speech, but to ride with the ducks. What he also didn't ...

The Story about Ping (Reading Railroad Books)

80 reviews
Marjorie Flack

Grosset & Dunlap, 2000

A Classic
This book was handed down to me from a neighbor when I was a child 35+ years ago. It was a favorite of mine and I saved it for many years. Now my 2 year old can recite it almost word for word and we read it almost every day. I'm finally breaking down and buying a new copy since well-loved is an understatement for the condition of ours. It's a lovely story about family and I hope my daughter ...

Daughter of the Mountains (Newbery Library, Puffin)

7 reviews
Louise S. Rankin

Puffin, 1993

So glad it's still in print!
I read this book voraciously from start to finish when I was in 7th grade and have never forgotten it. It illustrates how important it is to have faith in a dream and to go after what you want even when everyone tells you it's impossible. And if you've ever dearly loved a pet, this is the story for you. Momo, a young Tibetian girl, yearns to own a Lhasa Apso, but an expensive pedigree dog like ...

The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)

68 reviews
Claire Huchet Bishop

Putnam Juvenile, 1996

It's just a story, isn't it?
There is something about the magical that deeply appeals to children. That's why fairy tales are so beloved by them. Even folk tales, a more realistic spin-off of fairy tales, are also favorites of children. No exception is "The Five Chinese Brothers," written by Claire Hucket Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. This 1938 publication is still in print, testifying to its popularity. The call ...

Freddy the Detective

21 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Press, 1997

Some pig
I run a bookgroup for homeschoolers and have the very great pleasure of introducing this bunch of alternative education kiddies to some of the great classics in children's literature. It can be a very rewarding experience. Once in a while, however, the kids teach me about books that I've never heard of. One of the children I organize has been obsessed with the "Freddy" books for years. ...

Freddy's Cousin Weedly (Freddy Books)

3 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2002

review
This is the best of the Freddy the pig books in my opinion.

Freddy and the Men from Mars (Freddy the Pig Series)

4 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2002

Wonderfuly Boomshmidt.
I love this book and i think it is one of the best by Walter R. Brooks. I love Walter Brooks and i love all of his books including Freddy the Pilot, Freddy The Cowboy, and Freddy and the Egnormous. I highly recomend his books to people of all ages.

Freddy and Mr. Camphor (Freddy the Pig)

3 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2000

Two foretrotters up for Freddy and Mr. Camphor!
Long after Walter Brooks has earned his eternal reward, he ismaking a paradise here on earth for fans of Freddy! Freddy andMr. Camphor is one of the best Freddy's out there. If you don't love Freddy, you'll love Mr. Camphor. If you don't love Mr. Camphor, there's always Bannister to adore. If not Bannister, well, there's Mrs. Wiggins, or Jinx, or the Webbs, or cousin Augustus and his ...

Freddy and the Bean Home News

5 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2000

if you've never read a Freddy book , start here!
The Freddy books are awesome! And there are 26 of them! It's as if E.B. White wrote 25 sequels to Charlotte's Web... They got a bit formulaic towards the end -- but even the worst of them are still staggeringly good. And this is one of the best! Freddy and the Bean Home News is my personal favorite of the seventeen we've read (there are nine more we'd like to find someday); my son's favorite is ...

Freddy Rides Again

2 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2002

Freddy's back!
Freddy is back in the his saddle on his horse, Cy. Some rich folks have moved in next door tothe Beans and they are creating a huge ruckus. It's Freddy's job to get them in their place. This is an extremely creative series.

The Story of Freginald

2 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook, 2003

Timeless
I read every "Freddy" book I could get my hands on when I was a child. Now I am buying them for my grandchildren. The words "timeless and classic" do not do them justice. Every child should have the opportunity to read about Freddy and his friends!

Freddy and the Ignormus

8 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Puffin, 2001

Freddy and the Ignormus
A note before the review: the Freddy the Pig books were written during a time when authors of books for children shared the basic assumption that children should grow and expand their vocabularies, not have their ignorance validated. As a result, the language is neither simplified nor limited. In Freddy and the Ignormous, there's something in the Big Woods that is terrifying all the animals ...

Freddy and the Dragon (Freddy the Pig)

2 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 2000

Freddy and The Dragon, a GREAT book!
Someone is wreaking havoc in Centerboro, destroying gardens, stealing bicycles and breaking windows. Animal tracks, including pig tracks, are at the scenes of the crimes. The Bean animals are being accused of these crimes. Freddy attempts to track down the crooks, including a headless horseman, with the help of a friendly dragon! As always, there is lots of action. If you like this book, you ...

Freddy Goes to Florida (Brooks, Walter R., Freddy Books.)

15 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 1997

The Book Which Got Me Into Reading
In 1955 I was eight, and the eldest of three brothers. My mother couldn't go to the grocery store with all of us so she'd drop me off at the children's room at the West Hartford, CT, public library, and pick me up on the way home. It was there that I discovered Freddy, and that pig spoke my language! It was Freddy, his wonderful compatriots on the Bean farm, and their fabulous adventures, that ...

Freddy the Pilot

7 reviews
Walter R. Brooks

Overlook Juvenile, 1999

Up In The Sky! It's a Pig!
It is only inevitable that the indefagatible Frederic Bean, bank manager, newspaper owner, detective, and overall pig extraordinaire should also become an ace barnstormer. How this comes to be is the subject of "Freddy the Pilot" a 1952 effort by Freddy's creator Walter R. Brooks. It all starts when Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus returns to Centerboro a bit early so that Mr. ...

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