Freddy and the Ignormus

Reading on openlibrary - currently they have the one hour loan thing going on though so I may not finish in a timely manner.... Pausing at p. 184, Chapter 12. (Yes, these stories are very quick reads. ;) Back at it... and it had been saved where I left off! (I hadn't logged off, after all, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.)

The endpaper spoils the mystery and the fun! Don't look at it!

"Your troubles will only grow if you water 'em" so stop crying.... (Jinx says this. He's a black cat, a smart-aleck and a bit bloodthirsty. But still, he's got a point.)

Interesting that the beetles are characterized as long-winded and rambly... they don't live long enough for much talk, one would think.

Some things here are timeless, like the gentle satire show more of Charles's speechifying about courage vs. his actual courage (but I'm not sure of the pun that he's 'hen-pecked'). Some make me wince, like the idea that of a scheme to make workers scared, so they'd get more done (but at least the point of that is 'in less time' so they'd have afternoons off).

Lots to discuss, actually, in this series. The characters exemplify different traits of human nature... and yet are also fully developed individuals in their own right. Best to read immediately before giving to your 9-11 yo child, or reading together with your 7-11 yo, imo.

I loved the one that I had access to as a child and read it several times, and will continue to read them as I can find them... even if I have to read them an hour at time.

(This did take me less than two hours.) show less

Freddy the pig must summon all of his courage and detective skills when the chief suspect of a series of robberies on the Bean farm is a legendary beast from the Big Woods.

Freddy the detective pig explores the Big Woods where the infamously dangerous Ignormus resides. The talking farm animals are scared into submitting to the Ignormus's demands, but Freddy and his sometimes fearless team work hard to uncover the mystery behind the creature.

The rats are at it again. They've got everyone believing there's an Ignormus in the Big Woods and now everyone's afraid to set foot in it. Freddy and the crew come to the rescue. I always enjoy seeing Freddy and co. outwit the rats.

Freddy is involved in fighting the "ignoramus" a fake monster.

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3324944-mandolin is a much better review than I could every write. Of the three Freddy books I've read so far, this was the least subtle. But then, I'm an experienced reader - a child would surely be fine. I know I would have absolutely adored this 4 decades ago, but unfortunately I had only one Freddy book avl to me, so I read that one over and over again.

Sách mượn của T hồi cấp hai lúc hai đứa trao đổi sách cho nhau để đọc được vài cuốn, truyện này hình như cũng vui nhưng hồi đó đọc hơi nhanh nên chả hiểu sao thấy hơi nhạt.