Freddy Goes to Florida - Freddy, Bk 1 Author:Walter R. Brooks It's winter, and the barn is cold. There's no central heating for the ducks. No quilts for the mice. The animals of Bean Farm know that Mr. Bean can't afford to fix up their barn properly for the coming winter, so Freddy and friends decide to do the next best thing: head to Florida for a vacation. On the way south with the migrating ... more »birds, Freddy, Jinx the Cat, Charles the Rooster and the other animals foil burglars, outwit a band of hungry alligators, meet the President, and even uncover buried treasure.« less
Dottie B. reviewed Freddy Goes to Florida (Freddy, Bk 1) on
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This is a great book. We like to read this on aloud and try out different voices for each animal. Silly and full of new vocabulary for a child. A Favorite!
First in a series of many, Freddy isn't especially the main character in this book, he becomes the leading porker in later books. This was written in 1927, there's still a Freddy the Pig fan club on line.