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It all started in 1927 when a group of animals on a farm in Upstate New York decided to travel to Florida in search of warmer weather -and faithful fans of the Freddy books have been joyously lapping up each book in the twenty-six book series ever since! Why is Freddy such a popular pig? Most readers will tell you it's because he's a pig for all seasons-a detective, a pilot, a magician, an explorer, a poet, a politician ... you name it, and Freddy will give it a shot! In Freddy and the Bean show more Home News, Freddy's friend Mr. Dimsey, the editor of the Guardian, is ousted for publishing news of Bean Farm in the local newspaper. To ensure that those who are interested might still learn of all the goings-on, Freddy takes it upon himself to found a newspaper of his own and calls it The Bean Home News, the basis for the current Freddy fan club newsletter. It turns out that being a newspaperman isn't quite as easy as Freddy thought it might. show lessTags
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How did it not bother me, when I was young and fell in love with this series, that the Beans eat ham and chicken?
Other than that, these are fun books. I love the personalities of the different animals, and the sheriff's jail (he never gets a name, interestingly enough), and the amusing drawings (the ant, Jerry Peters, lolling on his back is a hoot), the gentle satire of human customs & motivations.
I do wish that there was more about the newspaper business here. There is a bit about how the paper can be used as a tool by influential politicians if the publisher is weak or bribed, and a bit about whether the focus should be investigation and politics or gossip and poetry submissions. But nothing about freedom of the press, or other show more journalism concerns. Still, as an introduction for kids age 8-11 or so, it's ok. Or at least it was in the days before online news... might be fun to talk with your child about the similarities and differences of the news industry as practiced in the days of the book and now.
In fact, this is actually older than it might seem, because the scrap iron drive was done for patriotism, to get planes and bullets to our soldiers in WWII. Yes, this was originally published in 1943... not many of us actually read it new when we were children!
But honestly, except for the adventure of how the animals save the day, this is best read as nostalgia by the people who actually remember the days of family farms and print newspapers and bears in the woods. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will read more from the series, but I can't actually think of which of you to recommend it to. show less
Other than that, these are fun books. I love the personalities of the different animals, and the sheriff's jail (he never gets a name, interestingly enough), and the amusing drawings (the ant, Jerry Peters, lolling on his back is a hoot), the gentle satire of human customs & motivations.
I do wish that there was more about the newspaper business here. There is a bit about how the paper can be used as a tool by influential politicians if the publisher is weak or bribed, and a bit about whether the focus should be investigation and politics or gossip and poetry submissions. But nothing about freedom of the press, or other show more journalism concerns. Still, as an introduction for kids age 8-11 or so, it's ok. Or at least it was in the days before online news... might be fun to talk with your child about the similarities and differences of the news industry as practiced in the days of the book and now.
In fact, this is actually older than it might seem, because the scrap iron drive was done for patriotism, to get planes and bullets to our soldiers in WWII. Yes, this was originally published in 1943... not many of us actually read it new when we were children!
But honestly, except for the adventure of how the animals save the day, this is best read as nostalgia by the people who actually remember the days of family farms and print newspapers and bears in the woods. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will read more from the series, but I can't actually think of which of you to recommend it to. show less
Except for the scrap drive, this could have been written in 2012 instead of 1943. A rich person tries to use the media to distort the truth and rig an election. As in all the Freddy books, the animals triumph. I'm not sure the United States is going to be that lucky.
When Freddy's friend Mr. Dimsey is ousted for publishing news of Bean Farm in the local newspaper, the animals decide to publish their own newspaper--with Freddy as editor-in-chief. But Freddy discovers that being a newspaper-pig isn't as easy as it looks.
As the title says, this time Freddy the pig becomes the editor of his own newspaper for the Bean Farm animals.
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Walter R. Brooks was born on January 9, 1886 in Rome, New York. He attended the Mohegan Lake Military Academy from 1902 to 1904 and the University of Rochester from 1904 to 1906. In 1906 he went to New York City to study homeopathic medicine at the Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital. He dropped out of medical school at the end of show more 1908. He found employment with an advertising agency, and then temporarily retired in 1911 after receiving a considerable inheritance. In 1917, he went to work for the American Red Cross and later did editorial work for several magazines, including The New Yorker. In 1915, his first work, a sonnet titled Haunted, was published in the Century magazine. He is best remembered for his short stories and children's books. His first short story for adults, Harden's Chance, appeared in the Forum magazine for December 1915. Altogether he published more than 180 stories. His short story, Ed Signs the Pledge, about a talking horse was the basis for the 1960s television comedy series Mister Ed. He published one novel for adults, Ernestine Takes Over and a guidebook, New York: An Intimate Guide. The first Freddy the Pig book, To and Again, was published in 1927. He wrote 25 more books wrote about Freddy the Pig and his friends. He died on August 17, 1958. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .B7994 .F — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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