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    Freddy Goes to the North Pole
    Freddy Goes to the North Pole
    Freddy Goes to the North Pole
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    Freddy Goes to the North Pole

    By Walter R. Brooks and Kurt Wiese

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    Originally published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are going on to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the “Renaissance Pig” (The New York Times Book Review) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill his fans of all ages in these all-American children’s classics.

    As you surely know, the Bean Farm animals are great travelers. The heroic events of Freddy Goes to the North Pole begin with the establishment of Barnyard Tours, Inc., with Freddy as founder-president. Arctic adventures are famously dangerous and exciting, and this one is no exception. It is fortunate that Freddy and his entourage reach the Pole when they do, as they arrive just in time to be of service to Santa Claus himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 23, 2014
    ISBN9781497692107
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    Walter R. Brooks

    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.

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    • 5/5
      Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R Brooks (born January 9, 1886, died August 17, 1958) is the first of the Freddy the Pig books. It was originally published as To and Again (like a precursor to The Hobbit, aka There and Back Again, but with barn animals). After the success of the third book, Freddy the Detective, the first two books were re-named to have Freddy in the title.Freddy is a pig who lives with a variety of other barn animals on Mr. Bean's farm (no, not that Mr. Bean). The dynamics between Freddy and the other animals reminds me of Babe (the movie, not the book by Dick King-Smith). Frankly it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the makers of Babe took some inspiration from the Freddy books to fill out the ensemble cast.Freddy while talking to a barn swallow decides he's had enough of winter on the farm. Migrating to Florida sounds like a grand idea. When he decides to walk to the Sunshine state, the other animals on the farm (including a pair of spiders) decide to follow along. The book chronicles their trip down and back, including some episodic adventures on the way.Freddy and his friends are completely ignorant on what it will take to get to Florida or what to expect along the way. The fun, though, is in the journey itself. They see new things, meet new people and animals, don disguises, duel with alligators, thwart robbers and save the day.To go with the silly text, are equally delightful pen and ink illustrations by Kurt Wiese.
    • 5/5
      North Pole is one of my favorite Freddy books. Walter R. Brooks wrote 26 of them, and they are all amusing and original. His imagination really takes off when he describes life at the North Pole with Santa Claus and, as always, there is an ironic adult undertone when he talks about the sailors and their "appreciation" of Freddy's plumpness! North Pole also features Barnyard Tours, Inc., the first of many Freddy business ventures. Others of note include the First Animal Bank, the Bean Home News and, of course, Freddy's work as a detective. It's a fun, seasonal read.
    • 3/5
      A good little read for your 4th or 5th grader!
    • 4/5
      Freddy the Pig and a few of his barnyard friends go on trip to the North Pole, but Ferdinand the crow brings back word to the Bean Farm that the group was taken in by a stranded group of sailors, who may have ill intent towards the animals. So a rescue party is formed with those animals who hadn't originally gone to the North Pole, and they set off. Eventually, with assorted small adventures along the way, the rescue party arrives to find their animal friends, and the suspect sailors, all in the good hands of Santa Claus. They all hang out with Saint Nick in his palace for a while before eventually being taken back home to the Bean's in Santa's sleigh.Preposterous, but fun story, with some genuinely hilarious moments. Great story to read to young children, or to enjoy as an adult if you're capable of suspending every shred of realistic logic from your brain.
    • 5/5
      Originally "More to and again" as a sequel to To and Again -- this time the animals go to the North Pole, and the story is more frankly fantasy, as the North Pole is the home of Santa Claus, and they have a jolly time with him. --I still recall Freddy's song about the pole "O Pole, O Pole, a glorious Pole, to you I sing this song/ Where bedtime comes but once as year/ Since the nights are six months long..."He comes back with them and has a hilarious encounter with a traffic cop and a judge, but gets off by telling the judge what he brought him for Christmas long ago. (The scene is a little like the trial scene in The Voyages of Dr, Dolittle).
    • 4/5
      The first in the Freddy book series, the animals of Mr. Bean decide they would rather spend the cold winter in Florida. So they walk to Florida, spend the winter there, then walk home to help with the farm. On the way, they foil some robbers, escape from a mean man, meet the president and several senators, convince alligators not to eat them, and find gold to bring back to Mr. Bean so that he can fix up the farm more comfortably. Old-fashioned charm.
    • 3/5
      This is the second Freddy book. I can see why this one wasn't in my public library when I was a child. Brooks didn't know what to do with his characters the second time out and the plot sags in the middle. That said, this is the book that explains why the animals can talk and it's referred to in some of the later books. So if I were still a kid, I'd want to read this book, even if it is a little clunky

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