The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig — Walter R. Brooks

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 -- the Bard of Bean Farm.

Whether he's happy or sad Freddy is ever the poet, and his verse -- both heavy and light -- has created an international fuss among the less gifted pigs and poets. And if Freddy's poetry seems a bit hammy in spots, well . . .