Freddy Goes to Florida - eBook

Name: Freddy Goes to Florida - eBook
Price: 6.89 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781497692091

By: Walter R. Brooks

Illustrated By: Kurt Wiese

Product Information

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Title: Freddy Goes to Florida - eBook
By: Walter R. Brooks
Illustrated By: Kurt Wiese
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Overlook Press
Publication Date: 2014

ISBN: 9781497692091
ISBN-13: 9781497692091
Ages: 9-12
Series: Freddy the Pig
Stock No: WW73501EB

Publisher's Description

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First published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig have delighted five generations of children and are now going on to delight a sixth.

Walter R. Brooks introduced Freddy the Pig in Freddy Goes to Florida. Freddy and his friends from Bean Farm migrate south for the winter, with every mile of the way a terrific adventure complete with bumbling robbers and a nasty bunch of alligators. This is vintage Freddy and the whole ensemble cast at their charming best.

Author Bio

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Walter R. Brooks (1886-1958) is the beloved author of 26 books about Freddy the Pig. He edited for magazines, including The New Yorker. In addition to the Freddy books, Brooks created the character Mr. Ed the Talking Horse.

Kurt Wiese (1887-1974) illustrated over 300 children’s books and wrote and illustrated another 20 books. He received two Newbury Awards and two Caldecott Honor Book Awards.

Editorial Reviews

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"Freddy’s readers have called him a porcine prince . . . Walter R. Brooks’s gentle genius shines even brighter." —Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

"Freddy is blessed with courage, wit, agility and a Sherlock Holmes-like capacity for detective work." —Newsday

"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