Freddy and the Bean Home News by Walter R. Brooks, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator)

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When Freddy's friend Mr. Dimsey is ousted for publishing news of Bean Farm in the local newspaper, the animals decide to take action and publish the first animal newspaper The Bean Home News-with Freddy as editor-in-chief, of course! But everyone's favorite pig discovers that being a newspaperman isn't as easy as it looks!

About the Author: Walter R. Brooks died in 1958 after writing 26 Freddy the Pig books. Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 books, nineteen of which he also wrote, before his death in 1974.

before his death in 1974. - <i>The New York Times Book Review wrote

The American version of the great English classics, such as the Pooh books or The Wind in the Willows.

Seth Greenstein - Children's Literature

The usually peaceful town of Centerboro is now a battlefield—for a battle of words. Freddy is one outstanding pig, but not everyone in Centerboro thinks so. Mrs. Underdunk's newspaper, the "Centerboro Guardian," proclaims that there are "wild" animals (Freddy, supposedly) running around the city. As an answer, Freddy starts an all-animal newspaper, the "Bean Home News." One of the main topics in his newspaper is the scrap iron drive, which the Beans are just shy of winning. As the newspaper battle rages, Freddy remembers an iron deer that Mrs. Underdunk owns which appears to weigh enough to win the prize for the Beans. Freddy and his friends have some pretty dangerous plans cooked up for getting it. At this point, the author puts a twist in the plot to keep things interesting. This book is one of the "Freddy Collection" series of books about Freddy the pig. The occasional black-and-white illustrations portray the scenes wonderfully and follow the author's description perfectly. 2002 (orig. 1943), Puffin/Penguin,

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