Walter R. Brooks's Freddy the Pig turns sleuth in Freddy the Detective, featuring illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Freddy the pig, stimulated by reading Sherlock Holmes, sets up in a business as a detective. The Freddy the Pig series: Freddy Goes to Florida Freddy the Politician Freddy the Detective Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig Praise for Freddy the Pig:"Freddy's readers have called him a porcine prince... Walter R. Brook's gentle genius shines even brighter."--Nicholas Kristoff, The New York Times "At my funeral, in lieu of flowers, I'd prefer that people give money to the Friends of Freddy fan club."--Deirdre Donahue. --USA Today "Freddy is blessed with courage, wit, agility and a Sherlock Holmes-like capacity for detective work."--Newsday "Freddy's fame is growing--just not on his home turf. With that in mind, we suggest you find one of the books. After a few pages, guaranteed, you'll be proud he's our pig."-- Syracuse Post Standard "The American version of the great English classics such as the Pooh books or "The Wind in the Willows."--The New York Times Book Review Walter R. Brooks was born in Rome, New York on January 9, 1886, and died in Roxbury, New York on August 17, 1958. Brooks attended the University of Rochester and, after graduation, worked for the American Red Cross and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He became associate editor of Outlook in 1928 and subsequently was a staff writer for several magazines, including The New Yorker. The short stories he began writing at this time were published in The Saturday Evening Post, Atlantic Monthly, and Esquire. Brooks's short story "Ed Takes the Pledge" was the basis for the 1950s television series Mr. Ed, but his most lasting achievement is the Freddy the Pig series, which began in 1928 with To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida). He subsequently wrote twenty-five more delightful books starring "that charming ingenious pig" (The New York Times), all of which are now available from The Overlook Press. Kurt Wiese (1887-1974) illustrated over 300 children's book and wrote and illustrated another 20 books. He received two Newbery Awards and two Caldecott Honor Book Awards. Target age: 9 to 14 Overlook Press Pub Date: November 11, 2010 0.75" H x 7.78" L x 5.3" W 272 pages Paperback
