Walter R. Brooks
(1886 - 1958)
Walter Rollin Brooks (January 9, 1886 – August 17, 1958) was an American writer best remembered for his short stories and children’s books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the “Bean farm” in upstate New York.
His most enduring works are the 26 books he wrote about Freddy the Pig and his friends.
Bibliography
The Art of Freddy the Pig (2002)
A large selection of Kurt Wiese’s illustrations of Freddy the pig, with accompanying text by Walter R. Brooks.
The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)
A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.
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Richard Atwater
Walter R. Brooks
Richard Hughes
Hugh Lofting
Betty MacDonald
Laura E. Richards
Carl Sandburg
Various
Carolyn Wells
Robert McCloskey
John Tenniel
Keith Ward
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Kurt Wiese
The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)
Here they are, the collected poems of Freddy the pig poet. Now you can read all the poems about the features in one place.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
Walter R. Brooks
Lewis Carroll
Carlo Collodi
William Pène du Bois
George MacDonald
A. A. Milne
Mary Norton
John Ruskin
Et al
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Ernest H. Shepard
John Tenniel
Nora S. Unwin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Ernestine Takes Over (1935)
A book for adults by the author of Freddy the Pig.
Freddy and Freginald (1952)
Freginald, the bear poet, joins Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus and meets Freddy the pig poet. This is the British edition of The Story of Freginald.
Freddy and Mr. Camphor (1944)
Freddy is looking forward to a relaxing summer staying in a houseboat while he watches Mr. Camphor’s estate, when his old adversary Simon the rat shows up.
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Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956)
Simon the rat with the assistance of the all-around scoundrel Herb Garble foments an animal revolt, but Freddy and his friends with the assistance of the loyal dogs are on top of it.
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)
Freddy helps Mr. Boomschmidt organize an animal and Martian baseball team.
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Freddy and the Bean Home News (1943)
Freddy starts the animals’ own newspaper The Bean Home News and gets involved in the notorious affair of the cast iron deer.
Freddy and the Dragon (1958)
Freddy and his friends help solve the crime wave in Centerboro.
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Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)
Foreign spies are falling all over themselves trying to steal the plans to Uncle Ben’s flying saucer.
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Freddy and the Ignormus (1941)
No one has ever seen it, but everyone knows and fears the Ignormus living in the big woods. When things start to go missing from the Bean farm, Freddy finds the trail leads to an abandoned house - and the Ignormus.
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Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)
When Freddy hears that Herb Garble claims to have captured six Martians, he smells a rat - and the real Martians agree with him.
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Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (1942)
Emma and Alice the ducks accept Freddy’s invitation to a balloon ascension and find themselves drifting off over the countryside.
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Freddy and the Popinjay (1945)
Freddy and his friends are kept busy around the farm in this volume of the Bean farm animals saga.
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Freddy and the Space Ship (1953)
Freddy and his friends take off in Uncle Ben’s space ship, but where did they land?
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The Freddy Anniversary Collection (2002)
An omnibus edition of the first three books about the Bean farm animals: To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida), More To and Again (Freddy Goes to the North Pole), and Freddy the Detective.
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Freddy Goes Camping (1948)
Mr. Camphor is having aunt problems and calls on Freddy for help.
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