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The Freddy the Pig books have long been considered classics of American children's literature and with each new edition, this wonderful pig is charming his way into the hearts of more and more readers, adults and children alike. In Freddy Rides Again, a new family has moved into the neighborhood, complete with a rude son, a timid cat with a secret name, and a foxhunter father, who takes no notice of the damaged vegetables he and his hunter friends leave in their wake. It's up to Freddy and show more his trusty steed Cy to find a way for everyone to live together in peace. In Freddy Rides Again, Walter B show lessTags
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3.5 rounded down because I don't like the glamorization of guns, and incidental dismissal of "Injuns." These are fun, though, and in between parts I don't like there are lots of interesting lines and gentle humor and life lessons....
Charles and Henrietta don't have nearly the size role implied by the blurb. Jinx, the dogs, the usual characters, don't much either. The rabbits, esp. 23, the cows, Cy the cow horse, the sheriff and other humans, are much more significant.
Charles and Henrietta don't have nearly the size role implied by the blurb. Jinx, the dogs, the usual characters, don't much either. The rabbits, esp. 23, the cows, Cy the cow horse, the sheriff and other humans, are much more significant.
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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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- 1951
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids, Tween
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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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