Freddy the Pilot (Freddy the Pig) - Softcover

Brooks, Walter R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142300446 ISBN 13: 9780142300442

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2001

Synopsis

The Freddy books are "the American version of the great English classics, such as the Pooh books or The Wind in the Willows."--The New York Times Book Review

Freddy the Pig, famous detective of Bean Farm, has his hands full. The comic book tycoon (and evil mastermind) Watson P. Condiment is trying to kidnap Mademoiselle Rose, the prize performer from Mr. Boomschmidt's circus. Freddy goes to great heights in his brand-new airplane to foil Condiment's flying henchmen and save Mr. Boomschmidt from financial ruin. But will he be able to come to the rescue without crashing into the north fence?

About this title

About the Author:

Walter R. Brooks was an American writer best remembered for his short stories on Mister Ed the talking horse and children's books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" in upstate New York.

Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 books, nineteen of which he also wrote, before his death in 1974.

From AudioFile:

[Editor's note: The following is a combined review with FREDDY AND THE FLYING SAUCER and FREDDY AND THE BASEBALL TEAM.] -- These are but three of the twenty-six works Brooks wrote between 1926 and 1955 about the "Renaissance" pig Freddy. Hailing from the Bean farm near Centerboro, New York, Freddy spends most of his time being an amateur sleuth around the neighborhood. These are works our parents and grandparents may have read, and although such things as Postal Zones and the War Department have changed, the author's imaginative plots, settings, and characters are delightful. In these three works we find such things as: Martians (who are about only three feet tall), learning to play baseball and becoming a pitcher's worst nightmare, rabbits and skunks parachuting from a plane (piloted by Freddy) using umbrellas, skunks fighting with quarterstaffs, and Freddy fending off foreign agents trying to steal flying saucer plans. McDonough's reading is sublime. Poised and confident, he reads these works at an even pace, bringing all the characters to life with his versatile and capable voice. Refreshingly fun and imaginative, these works are made especially so by McDonough's narrative skill. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0142300446
• ISBN 13: 9780142300442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Wiese Kurt