Kurt Wiese
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Kurt Wiese (April 22, 1887 – May 27, 1974) was a German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children's books and illustrated another 300 for other authors.
Books
Happy Easter
A hen gives the Easter rabbits the eggs she's been sitting on for three weeks and after the rabbits paint them a surprising thing happens.
Freddy and the dragon
When Centerboro seems to be overwhelmed by a crime wave, Freddie determines to catch the culprits with the help of Uncle Ben, the farm animals, and a special Dragon.
Freddy and the flying saucer plans
Jinx the cat, Samuel the mole, Grisli the cannibal ant, and the other talking animals of Bean Farm help Freddy the pig protect Uncle Ben's flying saucer plans from greedy foreign spies.
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars
Freddy organizes a Martian baseball team for Mr. Boorschmidt's circus.
Freddy and the men from Mars
Freddy the Pig's sleuthing skills are put to the test by conniving rats and a band of animals masquerading as Martians.
Freddy the pilot
Freddy the pig and his animal friends take to the air to save Mr. Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus from the evil schemes of Watson P. Condiment, the comic book tycoon.
Freddy rides again
With the help of Cy the horse and his other animal friends, Freddy the pig takes on several unpleasant characters including the fox-hunting, snobbish new neighbor, Elihu P. Margarine.
Freddy and the space ship
Freddy the pig and some barnyard friends take off for Mars in Mr. Bean's space ship, but things go awry when Mrs. Peppercorn fiddles with the controls and they wind up in a stranger place than they ever imagined.
Freddy the cowboy
Freddy the pig buys a horse and inadvertently makes an enemy of a vicious, unscrupulous cowboy with designs on the First Animals' Bank and on Freddy's life.
Freddy plays football
While clever Freddy the pig tries to find out if Mrs. Bean's long-lost brother is really who he claims to be, he also attends high school so that he will be eligible to play in the big football game between Centerboro and Tushville.
Freddy goes camping
While camping, Freddy the pig pursues a swindler who is trying to defraud Farmer Bean, Mr. Camphor, and Mrs. Filmore of their property.
Freddy the magician
Freddy the pig outwits a fraudulent magician with the help of his barnyard friends. Enjoy another adventure with the Boomschmidt Circus and Freddy's Great Detective skills.
Freddy the pied piper
When the animals of Mr. Bloomschmidt's traveling circus need help, Freddy the pig does not disappoint them.
Freddy and the popinjay
After Freddy, a perceptive and poetic pig, helps a nearsighted Robin get glasses and aids in planning an important wedding, he and the other Bean farm animals try to change a slingshot-wielding boy into a friend.
Freddy and Mr. Camphor
Worn out from his duties as President of the First Animal Bank and Editor of the Bean Home News, Freddy decides to relax for the duration of the summer by taking a position as caretaker of a large estate.
Freddy and the Bean Home News
Freddy the multitalented pig publishes a newspaper for the animals on Bean Farm.
Freddy and the perilous adventure
A ballooning mishap sends Freddy the pig and some animal friends on a cross-country chase, on the trail of a blackmailing scheme, and into the prizefight ring.
Freddy and the Ignormus
Freddy is up against a new enemy this time--the mysterious phantom of the Big Woods, called the Ignormus. At first it seems like a harmless legend, but when the Ignormus begins terrorizing the animals of the Bean farm, and robs the First Animal Bank, Freddy must try to find out who--or what--is behind it all.
