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Puffin Books (2001), 208 pages
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Freddy and the other barnyard animals decide to escape the cold winter by vacationing in sunny Florida.
Original language
English
Physical description
208 p.; 5 inches
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LibraryThing member pussreboots
Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R Brooks (born January 9, 1886, died August 17, 1958) is the first of the Freddy the Pig books. It was originally published as To and Again (like a precursor to The Hobbit, aka There and Back Again, but with barn animals). After the success of the third book, Freddy
Freddy is a pig who lives with a variety of other barn animals on Mr. Bean's farm (no, not that Mr. Bean). The dynamics between Freddy and the other animals reminds me of Babe (the movie, not the book by Dick King-Smith). Frankly it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the makers of Babe took some inspiration from the Freddy books to fill out the ensemble cast.
Freddy while talking to a barn swallow decides he's had enough of winter on the farm. Migrating to Florida sounds like a grand idea. When he decides to walk to the Sunshine state, the other animals on the farm (including a pair of spiders) decide to follow along. The book chronicles their trip down and back, including some episodic adventures on the way.
Freddy and his friends are completely ignorant on what it will take to get to Florida or what to expect along the way. The fun, though, is in the journey itself. They see new things, meet new people and animals, don disguises, duel with alligators, thwart robbers and save the day.
To go with the silly text, are equally delightful pen and ink illustrations by Kurt Wiese.
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the Detective, the first two books were re-named to have Freddy in the title.Freddy is a pig who lives with a variety of other barn animals on Mr. Bean's farm (no, not that Mr. Bean). The dynamics between Freddy and the other animals reminds me of Babe (the movie, not the book by Dick King-Smith). Frankly it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the makers of Babe took some inspiration from the Freddy books to fill out the ensemble cast.
Freddy while talking to a barn swallow decides he's had enough of winter on the farm. Migrating to Florida sounds like a grand idea. When he decides to walk to the Sunshine state, the other animals on the farm (including a pair of spiders) decide to follow along. The book chronicles their trip down and back, including some episodic adventures on the way.
Freddy and his friends are completely ignorant on what it will take to get to Florida or what to expect along the way. The fun, though, is in the journey itself. They see new things, meet new people and animals, don disguises, duel with alligators, thwart robbers and save the day.
To go with the silly text, are equally delightful pen and ink illustrations by Kurt Wiese.
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LibraryThing member aulsmith
This is the first of the Freddy books. The animals on the Bean farm in upstate New York decide they deserve a winter vacation and set off for Florida. Brooks gave them the ability to talk to each other but not to humans which got them into a lot of trouble. Brooks puts them in a lot of interesting
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situations and introduces the themes of friendship and honesty which will be hallmarks of the series. If you like old-fashioned stories of adventure and friendship, I highly recommend all the Freddy books Show Less
LibraryThing member ChristianR
The first in the Freddy book series, the animals of Mr. Bean decide they would rather spend the cold winter in Florida. So they walk to Florida, spend the winter there, then walk home to help with the farm. On the way, they foil some robbers, escape from a mean man, meet the president and several
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senators, convince alligators not to eat them, and find gold to bring back to Mr. Bean so that he can fix up the farm more comfortably. Old-fashioned charm. Show Less
LibraryThing member antiquary
This first of the Freddy the Pig books -- Freddy (not yet such a dominant character) and the Bean farm animals decide to go to Florida for the winter. At this point in the series, the animals can talk among themselves, but they do not talk fluently in English with humans as they do in later
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stories. The illustrations are in a woodblock-art deco sort of style, very different from the line drawings of Kurt Weise which illustrate the latter books in the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member fingerpost
An assortment of farm animals on Mr. Bean's farm decide to migrate to Florida for the winter. The episodic chapters tell of their adventures on the way, while there, and on the way back. The animals are mostly perfect models of courtesy, honesty, respect and kindness. While most of those they meet
This first book in the 26-volume Freddy the Pig series doesn't feature Freddy any more prominently than the other animals.
Old fashioned in some ways, but timeless in others. Elementary age kids would love to have it read to them, or to read it themselves. (And this adult enjoyed reading himself as well.)
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on their journey are decent sorts as well, they do run into a few ne'er-do-wells.This first book in the 26-volume Freddy the Pig series doesn't feature Freddy any more prominently than the other animals.
Old fashioned in some ways, but timeless in others. Elementary age kids would love to have it read to them, or to read it themselves. (And this adult enjoyed reading himself as well.)
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LibraryThing member swbesecker
A good little read for your 4th or 5th grader!
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Pages
208