Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Mysteries, Review
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Good Read Aloud, Pigs, Walter R. Brooks
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Signor Zingo, the well-known magician, is traveling with Mr. Boomschmidt’s circus. Freddy thinks it’s a wonderful opportunity to learn magic. So when Presto, Signor Zingo’s rabbit, offers to teach Freddy all he knows about magic, Freddy is delighted. As he learns more about magic tricks and begins to put on small shows, he uncovers suspicious information about Signor Zingo. His suspicions are soon confirmed and with the help of his friends, Freddy determines to prove to the unsuspecting inhabitants of Centerburo that Zingo is a crook.
This is one of my favorites of the Freddy books. The showdown between Freddy and Zingo during the magic performance is very hilarious.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Pigs, Walter R. Brooks
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After the Bean animals return from their famous trip to Florida, the other animals want to give traveling a try. Freddy decides to start Barnyard Tours Inc., a company that organizes special tours for different groups of animals. Soon, Freddy begins to plan the trip of a lifetime: a journey to the North Pole. As the animal explorers travel north, they encounter many adventures including a visit to Santa Claus where some well-meaning sailors are trying to systematize the toy production.
Of all the Freddy books, I think this is my least favorite. The writing style is inconsistent and sometimes confusing. The plot line seems poorly developed as well. Overall, I don’t consider this book an essential to the Freddy collection.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Pigs, Walter R. Brooks
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Freddy’s friend at the newspaper office is fired for printing articles for the animals when a picture of Freddy is printed bigger than a picture of the town snob, Mrs. Underdunk. To get back at her, Freddy starts his own newspaper, The Bean Home News! Then Mrs. Underdunk’s brother, Herb Garble, decides to run for sheriff. While trying to win the scrap metal drive, Freddy must also try to use The Bean Home News to save his friend the sheriff in the election.
Yet another great Freddy book! I love the jail that the sheriff runs, where the prisoners are treated nicely, so that they’ll be good citizens. Freddy’s plans to win the scrap drive, his adventure as a senator of New York, and the strategies of Mr. Garble and the sheriff to win the election are very funny. If The Bean Home News was a real newspaper, I’d probably subscribe.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Mysteries, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Martians, Pigs, Rats, Walter R. Brooks
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Herb Garble, Mrs. Underdunk’s brother, is traveling with Boomschmidt’s circus, where he is exhibiting what he claims are live Martians. Freddy and the gang are sure something’s wrong, and while they are trying to figure out how to expose the Martians without hurting Mr. Boom’s reputation, the rats show up again. It’s packed full of fun, adventure, and plenty of the circus animals.
This is a pretty good Freddy book. Simon’s back, of course, and he’s not my favorite character. Although, since he’s the badguy, he’s not supposed to be your favorite character. Anyway, the rabbits’ club, The Horribles, is in this one, and eventually some real Martians come in their flying saucer. The Martians play a big part in Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars, and also Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Mysteries, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Martians, Pigs, Sports, Walter R. Brooks
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Squeak-Squeak the Martian disappears from Mr. Boomschimdt’s circus. Freddy the pig is called in to find him, but even he isn’t expecting that the other Martians don’t want him to help. In disguise as an old man, Mr. Arquebus, Freddy organizes a Martian baseball team. But when Mr. Anderson, a.k.a. Mr. Eha (the dangerous house haunting real estate man of Freddy Goes Camping fame), shows up at the games, Freddy knows something’s up.
I loved this Freddy book and couldn’t put it down. Absolutely hilarious! Freddy gets to be in disguise for almost the whole story. The baseball games are funny, too. Freddy uses his favorite Irish woman disguise, as he always does in the best Freddy books. The A. B. I. returns, and that usually spells a good Freddy mystery.
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