Freddy and friends decide to take a trip to Mars in Benjamin Bean's fabulous space ship. But the intrepid explorers are knocked off course and find themselves on a strangely familiar planet, where danger (and Martians) lurk around every corner! Freddy and his friends from the Bean farm make the trip to explore the final frontier-with hilarious results!
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Praise for Freddy the Pig:
³Freddy¹s readers have called him a porcine princeŠWalter R. Brook¹s gentle genius shines even brighter.² --Nicholas Kristoff, The New York Times
³At my funeral, in lieu of flowers, I¹d prefer that people give money to the Friends of Freddy fan club.² --Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
³Freddy is blessed with courage, wit, agility and a Sherlock Holmes- like capacity for detective work.² --Newsday
³Freddy¹s fame is growing just not on his home turf. With that in mind, we suggest you find one of the books. After a few pages, guaranteed, you¹ll be proud he¹s our pig.² --Syracuse Post Standard
³The American version of the great English classics such as the Pooh books or The Wind in the Willows.² --The New York Times Book Review
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
³Freddy¹s readers have called him a porcine princeŠWalter R. Brook¹s gentle genius shines even brighter.² --Nicholas Kristoff, The New York Times
³At my funeral, in lieu of flowers, I¹d prefer that people give money to the Friends of Freddy fan club.² --Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
³Freddy is blessed with courage, wit, agility and a Sherlock Holmes- like capacity for detective work.² --Newsday
³Freddy¹s fame is growing just not on his home turf. With that in mind, we suggest you find one of the books. After a few pages, guaranteed, you¹ll be proud he¹s our pig.² --Syracuse Post Standard
³The American version of the great English classics such as the Pooh books or The Wind in the Willows.² --The New York Times Book Review
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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5 stars for Brooks,
By "djmooz" (DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Freddy and the Space Ship (Library Binding)
These books are the hidden gems of children's literature in the United States. They are all so warm, smart and fabulously funny. Freddy and the Space Ship is no exception. It sounds like a cliche, but these novels truly embody the spirit of timelessness. They are all a delight. Freddy and the Space Ship continues the formula, providing witty insights and familiar old characters to a new and exciting, albeit naive, story. Wonderful books. Every child, or child at heart should own one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Lord, this brings back memories.,
By Orion "orionca" (Riverside, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Freddy and the Space Ship (Hardcover)
As a preteen I read every "Freddy the Pig" book except "The Clockwork Twins" and that only because my library couldn't find a copy of it. Reading these in order was one of the highlights of my trips to the local library. I'm delighted to see them being re-released in mass market editions. They are absolutely timeless and priceless additions to any child's collection.
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While not the best of the stories about Freddy the Pig, this novel is one of the better ones, coming at the end of the middle cycle. The first few books, while entertaining, were before Brooks really reached his stride as a writer, and shortly after this book he was coming down from his peak. Besides exploring outer space with several friends, Freddy must also help save the Bean family from inlaws who make a plague of locusts look like fun. Even Brooks'least Freddy book is head and shoulders above most other children's books, and most can be enjoyed by adults as well.
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Mrs. Bean turned another page in the photo album. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Uncle Ben, Uncle Wesley, Big Woods, Cousin Augustus, Benjamin Bean, Captain Neptune, Big Bangs New!
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Mrs. Bean turned another page in the photo album. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black spikes, yellow shoes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Ben, Uncle Wesley, Big Woods, Cousin Augustus, Benjamin Bean, Captain Neptune, Big Bangs New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese in Back Matter
- You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese in Back Matter
- Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks in Back Matter
- Doctor Who: The Completely Unofficial Encyclopedia by Chris Howarth on page 137
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