Walter R. Brooks

A collection of quotations from the twenty-six books that Walter R. Brooks wrote about Freddy the Pig and his friends on and around Bean Farm.

Very funny children's book. A bunch of farm animal decide to go to Florida for the winter because their barn is cold. On the way they have many adventures including running into robbers and alligators.

Animal stories. When a boy named Henry decides to name his new cocker spaniel Henry, mix-ups follow.

When he teaches Jimmy to disappear, an unwanted ghost doesn't realize he is losing his defense against humans.

A completely new selection of outstanding children's stories and poems compiled for enrichment reading by a distinguished editorial board of children's librarians. Contains: From [The Adventures of Pinocchio / Carlo Collodi]-- [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]( / Lewis Carroll -- From [The Borrowers / Mary Norton]-- [Miss Hickory]/ Carolyn Sherwin Bailey -- From [Winnie-the-Pooh / A.A. Milne]-- A Crime Wave in the Barnyard / Walter R. Brooks -- [Mischief in Fez]/ Eleanor Hoffmann -- [The King of the Golden River]/ John Ruskin -- [Mr. Toad]/ Kenneth Grahame -- The Mermaid's Lagoon / J.M. Barrie -- From Twenty-one Balloons / William Pene Du Bois -- The Old Lady's Bedroom / George MacDonald : : : : :

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.

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 organizes a Martian baseball team for Mr. Boorschmidt's circus.

Freddy the Pig's sleuthing skills are put to the test by conniving rats and a band of animals masquerading as Martians.

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.

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 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 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.

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.