Overview

That clever pig returns a hero of the gridiron in Freddy Plays Football. And so what if it's all a fluke? Freddy was the best blocker and tackler the Centerboro High School football team had ever seen. In fact, he was so good on the field the Centerboro school board found itself hard put to find anything in the by-laws about preventing a pig from enrolling as a student. Between worrying about the big game against Tushville and the Bean family's troubles with the odious Aaron Doty, the stellar pig has his trotters full!

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Freddy's readers have called him a porcine prince Walter R. Brook's gentle genius shines even brighter. --Nicholas Kristof, 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 readers have called him a porcine prince Walter R. Brook's gentle genius shines even brighter."" --Nicholas Kristof, ""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 readers have called him a porcine prince...Walter R. Brook's gentle genius shines even brighter. --Nicholas Kristof, 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 readers have called him a porcine prince Walter R. Brook's gentle genius shines even brighter. --Nicholas Kristof, 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

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Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) is the beloved author of 26 books about Freddy the Pig. He edited for magazines, including The New Yorker. In addition to the Freddy books, Brooks created the character Mr. Ed the Talking Horse. Kurt Wiese (1887–1974) illustrated over 300 children's books and wrote and illustrated another 20 books. He received two Newbery Awards and two Caldecott Honor Book Awards.

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