Books with author Walter Rollin Brooks

Someone is wreaking havoc in Centerboro, destroying gardens, stealing bicycles breaking windows and one of the culprits appears to be...a pig? With the townspeople suspecting Freddy, he'll need the help of all his friends, including a fearsome dragon, to clear his good name and restore the reputation of Bean Farm. This is vintage Freddy and the whole ensemble cast at their best. His adventures will thrill fans of all ages and entice new readers in this nostalgic classic, publishing in a charming new volume alongside Freddy the Detective!

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 be, but with typical aplomb he manages to burn the wires!

first published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig have delighted five generations of children and are now going on to delight a sixth. They are available for the first time as Overlook paperbacks.Walter R. Brooks introduced Freddy the Pig in Freddy Goes to Florida. Freddy and his friends from Bean Farm migrate south for the winter, with every mile of the way a terrific adventure complete with bumbling robbers and a nasty bunch of alligators. This is vintage Freddy and the whole ensemble cast at their charming best.