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FREDDY THE PIG
by Walter R. Brooks

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FREDDY GOES TO FLORIDA
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 0879518081
Ages 9-12
208 pages

It's winter, it's time for the birds to migrate south. Freddy decides to go along with the gang to Florida for vacation. Along the way, they run into burglars, hungry alligators, meet the President and even uncover buried treasure.


FREDDY GOES TO THE NORTH POLE
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671045
Ages 9-12
306 pages

Freddy is founder and president of Barnyard Tours, Inc. He decides that he and the other animals at the Bean Farm should go to the North Pole for their very first trip. It gets pretty cold on the North Pole, but it's worth it when they run into Santa Claus!


FREDDY THE DETECTIVE
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 087951809X
Ages 9-12
256 pages

The animals of Bean Farm need a detective, and quick! Fortunately for everyone, Freddy is on hand to take over as detective. Freddy just finished reading Sherlock Holmes and has decided to make Mrs. Wiggins the Cow his sidekick. Freddy's best friend Jinx has been framed and it's up to Freddy to clear his good friend's name.


FREDDY THE POLITICIAN
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585670804
Ages 9-12
253 pages

Freddy is forced to fight for democracy in this tale of political unrest on the Bean Farm. Freddy's biggest foe is a woodpecker that starts his very own dictatorship. Can Freddy settle the unrest on the farm? Is he diplomatic enough?


FREDDY AND THE IGNORMUS
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 0879518820
Ages 9-12
288 pages

Just what is an Ignormus? That's what Freddy would like to know. Rabbits and squirrels begin receiving letters demanding payment or the Ignormus will eat them up. Everyone's too afraid to try and do anything, so it's up to Freddy to get to the bottom of who -- or what -- the Ignormus is.


FREDDY AND THE PERILOUS ADVENTURE
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671789
Ages 9-12
258 pages

Freddy, Emma and Alice are off for a hot-air balloon ride to celebrate the Fourth of July. The three think it's just a harmless little ride and that it's exciting. But just wait until the real fireworks start. And we don't mean a fireworks show.


FREDDY AND THE BEAN HOME NEWS
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585670812
Ages 9-12
230 pages

Freddy's friend, Mr. Dimsey, gets fired from the local newspaper. Freddy and friends decide to take action and publish The Bean Home News. Freddy is the editor-in-chief. Is being a newspaperman as easy as it looks? Freddy doesn't think so!


FREDDY AND MR. CAMPHOR
by Walter R. Brooks and Sarah Koslosky
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585670278
Ages 9-12
234 pages

Freddy is absolutely exhausted from being the president of the First Animal Bank and Editor at the Bean Home News. Freddy decides to apply for a position as a caretaker of a large estate for the summer. Freddy completely underestimates the job and finds himself in a little too deep.


FREDDY AND THE POPINJAY
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671347
Ages 9-12

Freddy is here to help again. This time his friend, a robin, needs glasses. Join Freddy and the Popinjay on their quest for sight.



FREDDY AND THE PIED PIPER
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672262
Ages 9-12
253 pages

Freddy's friends know they can always rely on him to help them out of a jam. When Mr. Boomschmidt and his traveling circus run into trouble, Jerry the rhinoceros turns to upstanding Freddy for some advice.


FREDDY GOES CAMPING
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671770
Ages 9-12
258 pages

In Freddy's latest adventure, he camps out, goes canoeing, and meets some very unfriendly ghosts. Freddy's friend, Mr. Camphor, is having problems with his two aunts that are staying with him. Mr. Camphor enlists Freddy's help to get the aunts to leave, but in the process they become entangled in some pretty scary things!


FREDDY PLAYS FOOTBALL
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671339
Ages 9-12

Freddy's done just about everything, so why not football too? As a matter of fact, he is SO good at football that the school board decided not to keep Freddy from playing football and enrolling as a student. Can Freddy go to school, play football, and take care of the  Bean family too?


FREDDY THE COWBOY
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672254
Ages 9-12
233 pages

Mr. Flint is the owner of a dude ranch in Centerboro. He's also plotting to rob a bank. Can Freddy and his Bean Farm friends stop Mr. Flint from robbing the First Animal Bank?


FREDDY RIDES AGAIN
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672688
Ages 9-12
240 pages

Freddy gets it all started when he gets mixed up with Mr. Elihu P. Margarine, a wealthy fox hunter. It seems that they are damaging all the vegetables on their quest to hunt and they don't care at all about it. With the help of Cy, the horse who taught Freddy to ride, Freddy rids the countryside of several menaces, including a rattlesnake and Elihu Margarine.


FREDDY THE PILOT
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 087951941X
Ages 9-12
288 pages

Freddy comes to the rescue of Mr. Boomschmidt, owner of the circus. It seems that an evil mastermind named Watson P. Condiment is trying to kidnap the prize performer of Mr. Boomschmidt's circus, Mademoiselle Rose. Freddy takes his new airplane into the sky to try and save the day, but shouldn't he know how to fly the plane first?


FREDDY AND THE SPACESHIP
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook
ISBN: 0142300896
Ages 9-12
272 pages

Freddy and his friends are at it again! This time they are taking a trip to Mars in Benjamin Bean's space ship. Their ship gets knocked off course. Can Freddy and his friends survive danger in the final frontier?


THE COLLECTED POEMS OF FREDDY THE PIG
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585671363
Ages 9-12
81 pages


This is a collection of verses from Freddy the Pig. Freddy is a poet, and most of his poetry even rhymes. Don't miss out on this pigs-eye view of poetry from Freddy.


FREDDY AND THE MEN FROM MARS
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672696
Ages 9-12
246 pages

Trouble starts when a newspaper reports that six little Martians have been captured by Mr. Herbert Garble. Mr. Boomschmidt has invited Mr. Garble and his men from Mars to join Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus. Freddy suspects a hoax and sets out to expose it.


FREDDY AND THE BASEBALL TEAM FROM MARS
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 0879519428
Ages 9-12
256 pages

Imagine having a baseball team from Mars right in your own barnyard? That's what Freddy gets in this humorous adventure.


FREDDY AND THE FLYING SAUCER PLANS
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 0879518839
Ages 9-12
256 pages

Join Freddy and his friends in another intriguing adventure -- this time with flying saucer plans.


FREDDY AND THE DRAGON
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 158567026X
Ages 9-12
239 pages

Freddy has been away on a trip to New England. He returns to find everyone in Centerboro upset. It seems that awful things have been happening while Freddy's been gone. Gardens have been raided, houses have been broken into, and bicycles have been stolen. Now people are getting threatening notes demanding money for protection. With the help of Freddy and his dragon, they should be able to find the culprit.


THE WIT AND WISDOM OF FREDDY
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 0879517255
Ages 9-12
192 pages

This book is a compilation of witty comments made by the characters in the Freddy the Pig series. If you are a devoted Freddy fan, you'll want this book to keep and remember the valuable lessons taught in the Freddy series.


Not yet released:

THE STORY OF FREGINALD
THE CLOCKWORK TWIN
FREDDY'S COUSIN WEEDLY
FREDDY THE MAGICIAN
FREDDY AND SIMON THE DICTATOR

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