Walter R. Brooks

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1987
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Freddy

Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (Sep-1998)
Freddy and the Ignormus (Sep-1998)
The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends (Nov-1999)
Freddy and the Bean Home News (Oct-2000)
Freddy Plays Football (May-2001)
Freddy the Cowboy (Apr-2002)
Freddy and the Men from Mars (Jun-2002)
Freddy's Cousin Weedly (Oct-2002)
Story of Freginald (Mar-2003)
Freddy and Simon the Dictator (Jul-2003)
Freddy the Detective (Nov-2010)
Freddy the Politician (Nov-2010)
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (Nov-2011)
Freddy the Ignormus (Nov-2011)
Freddy the Magician (Nov-2011)
Freddy the Pilot (Nov-2012)
The Clockwork Twin (Apr-2013)

Freddy the Pig

Freddy and the Space Ship (Feb-2001)
Freddy and the Popinjay (Jul-2011)
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (Feb-2012)
Freddy Goes to Florida (Feb-2012)
Freddy and the Dragon (Nov-2012)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • Freddy Goes Florida

    first published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig have delighted five generations of children and are now going on to delight a sixth. They are available for the first time as Overlook paperbacks.

    Walter R. Broo...

  • Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans

    Freddy

    Originally published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are now going on to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the Renaissance Pig ( The New York Times Book Review ) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill h...

  • Freddy and the Ignormus

    Freddy

    From 1927 to 1958, Walter R. Brooks wrote 26 books starring one of the great characters in American children's literature: Freddy the Pig. The Freddy books, widely beloved as classics and deemed the American equivalent of the Pooh stories, are a rema...

  • Freddy and the Pilot

  • The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends

    Freddy

    The quips, homilies, bons mots, aphorisms, and pithy tidbits collected here instruct and entertain while reminding us of our favorite Freddy moments. Organized under such subjects as Friendship, Responsibility, Honesty, and Humor, they capture the un...

  • Freddy and Mr. Camphor

    The 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are now to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the Renaissance Pig ( The New York Times Book Review ) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill his fans of all ages in these all-American children's ...

  • Freddy and the Bean Home News

    Freddy

    In Freddy and the Bean Home News, Freddy’s friend Mr. Dimsey, the editor of the Guardian, is ousted for publishing news of Bean Farm in the local newspaper. To ensure that those who are interested might still learn of all the goings-o...

  • Freddy and the Space Ship

    Freddy the Pig

    This beloved children¹s classic is available now as paperback: Freddy and the Space Ship -- The lovable characters from Bean Farm took off for Mars in Benjamin Bean¹s fabulous space ship but Mrs. Peppercorn¹s fiddling with the controls knocked the...

  • Freddy Plays Football

    Freddy

    Just in time for football season, Freddy accidentally finds himself playing football with the Centerboro High School football team. Freddy manages to impress the coach, and, unlikely as it seems, ends up as a football-playing pig. Soon he finds himse...



  • Freddy Goes Camping

    "Welcome back, you paragon of porkers!"--Washington Post

    “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


    In Freddy Goes Camping…, Mr....

  • Freddy the Cowboy

    Freddy

    Originally published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are now going on to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the “Renaissance Pig” (The New York Times Book Review) of Bean Farm, is back to thri...

  • Freddy the Pied Piper

    Freddy's friends knew that they could always rely on him to help them out of a jam, and when Mr. Boomschmidt and his traveling circus run into trouble, Jerry the rhinoceros turns to upstanding Freddy for some practical advice. In an instant the ever ...

  • Freddy and the Men from Mars

    Freddy

    In Freddy and the Men From Mars , the trouble starts with a newspaper report that the notorious Mr. Herbert Garble has captured six Martians. When the animals hear that the Martians will soon be appearing in Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled C...

  • Freddy Rides Again

    The Freddy the Pig books have long been considered classics of American children's literature and with each new edition, this wonderful pig is charming his way into the hearts of more and more readers, adults and children alike. In Freddy Rides Again...

  • Freddy the Detective // Freddy Goes to Florida

    The delightful detective story about the beloved animal characters on Mr. Bean's farm, whose adventures have entertained so many children.

    Freddy the pig, stimulated by reading Sherlock Holmes, sets up in a business as a detective....

  • Freddy Anniversary Collection

    Freddy Goes to Florida (first published as To and Again), alongside Freddy Goes to the North Pole (More To and Again), followed by the unforgettable Freddy the Detective-each lavishly illustrated by Kurt Wiese. These are Walter Brooks's first forays ...

  • Freddy's Cousin Weedly

    Freddy

    The Freddy the Pig books have long been considered classics of American children's literature and with each new edition, this wonderful pig is charming his way into the hearts of more and more readers, adults and children alike. In Freddy's Cousin ...

  • Art of Freddy

    Walter Brooks's Freddy the Pig first appeared in print in 1927, in To andAgain (later published as Freddy Goes to Florida). Devotees and acclaimsoon followed, as did the winning relationship between Brooks and illustrator Kurt Wiese. The result was t...

  • Story of Freginald

    Freddy

    Freddy, the smallest and cleverest of the pigs on Bean Farm, is “a pig of many parts, a paragon of porkers” (The New York Times). Detective, politician, ambassador to the Martians -- whatever the situation requests, Freddy fits the bill. There’...



  • Freddy and Simon the Dictator

    Freddy

    An animal revolt? "Preposterous!" said the Beans and all the other humans. But it's true-and the outrages begin: cars are stopped and overturned all over the county, farmers starting out to do their morning chores are driven back into the house, and ...

  • Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons

    One day when his aunt is in the village, Jimmy takes her keys and goes to the house she owns to find out if it is haunted, and even though he is afraid, the ghost may be more afraid of Jimmy than Jimmy is of the ghost....

  • Freddy the Detective

    Freddy

    The delightful detective story about the beloved animal characters on Mr. Bean's farm, whose adventures have entertained so many children. Freddy the pig, stimulated by reading Sherlock Holmes, sets up in a business as a detective....

  • Freddy the Politician

    Freddy

    Freddy, the good-natured pig, promotes a campaign to get Mrs. Wiggins, the cow, elected president of the First Animal Republic. As an officer in the First Animal Bank he has more than a modicum of influence if he can just figure out how to use it....

  • Freddy and the Popinjay

    Freddy the Pig

    Published over a 40 year period, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig have delighted five generations of children, they are now going on to delight a sixth generation. This beloved children's classic is available now as paperback: Freddy and the...

  • Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars

    Freddy

    Mr. Boorschmidt’s circus in Centerboro boasted a new attraction—six real Martians, in their original flying saucer, the first six Martians ever to be exhibited anywhere. But Mr. Boorschmidt felt the customers were not getting their money&...

  • Freddy the Ignormus

    Freddy

    Freddy the pig must summon all of his courage and detective skills when the chief suspect of a series of robberies on the Bean farm is a legendary beast from the Big Woods. ...

  • Freddy the Magician

    Freddy

    In "Freddy the Magician", Freddy, who has won so many admirers in his roles of detective, pied piper, editor, general advisor to the animals on the Bean Farm, and-always-poet, will fascinate his readers in his role of magician. With the help of Jinx,...

  • Freddy and the Perilous Adventure

    Freddy the Pig

    The Fourth of July is no day for danger but that's just what's in store for the Bean Farm gang in Freddy and the Perilous Adventure. It all seemed so strange and exciting at first: Emma and Alice, Bean Farm's favorite ducks, and the intrepid Freddy, ...

  • Freddy Goes to Florida

    Freddy the Pig

    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 ...



  • Freddy and the Dragon

    Freddy the Pig

    These beloved classics, originally published between 1927 and 1958, are available now for the first time as Overlook paperbacks: Freddy the Pig, the "Renaissance Pig" (The New York Times Book Review) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill his fans of all ag...

  • Freddy the Pilot

    Freddy

    The international sensation for readers young and old, Freddy the Pig, is back! Freddy takes to the air to save Mr. Boorschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus from the malicious comic-book tycoon, Watson P. Condiment. Soaring through the clouds m...

  • The Clockwork Twin

    Freddy

    The international sensation for readers young and old, Freddy the Pig, is back! Adoniram lives with his cruel aunt and uncle until a chance flood leads him to the irrepressible Freddy and Jinx the Cat. The animals convince him to stay at Bean Farm an...

  • Freddy and the North Pole

    As you surely know, the Bean Farm animals are great travelers. The heroic events of "Freddy Goes to the North Pole" begin with the establishment of Barnyard Tours, Inc., with Freddy as founder-president. Arctic adventures are famously dangerous and e...

  • The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig

    The weather, all animals (with special emphasis on the peculiar attributes of pigs), joy and sorrow, the utility of facial features, and a world of other subjects are poetically worked over by the world’s most distinguished pig-of-letters, Freddy -...

  • Freddy Goes to the North Pole

    Originally published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are going on to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the Renaissance Pig (The New York Times Book Review) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill his fan...

  • To and Again - Freddy Goes to Florida

    Fed up with the winter snows of upstate New York, Freddy the pig and his Bean Farm friends head south to Florida for the season. The first book in the Freddy the Pig series returns with exciting new color illustrations by Eric Shanower. To and Again ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Walter R. Brooks has published 36 books.

Walter R. Brooks does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, To and Again - Freddy Goes to Florida, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Walter R. Brooks, Freddy Goes Florida, was published in April 1987.

Yes. Walter R. Brooks has 2 series.
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