Is it okay for me to review a book when I’ve only just started to read it? Yeah, well, why not?
Only Walter R. Brooks would ever think of starting a sentence with these words: “There was an ant named Jerry Peters…”
I got this for Christmas this year, Freddy and the Bean Home News. It’s one of the few Freddy the Pig books that I haven’t read. But I know I’m going to love it.
I read a lot of these when I was a little boy, scarfed ’em down like marshmallow peeps. Back then, it was the story and the characters that kept me coming back for more. But now I read them for the subtle wit and humor that went right over my head when I was ten or twelve years old. How many writers can write just as effectively for young children and mature (chronologically, at least) adults? I think I might enjoy them even more now than I did as a child–and that’s saying something.
What could be more soothing, more quietly hilarious, than a Freddy book? Mr. Brooks cranked them out for almost 40 years, and there’s not a bad one in the bunch. Ideal for reading aloud to your kids or grandchildren; and just as ideal for reading for yourself.
Many of these have been recently reprinted, and the rest are available online through used book services. Rejoice!
I never read these, but you’ve interested me in them now. I just checked, and my local library has four of them, with others available from outlying libraries. Thanks for the tip.
“…the subtle wit and humor that went right over my head when I was ten or twelve years old.” What an interesting thing to do. I’m gonna try it, with this book, and with others from my childhood that may (or may not) have been written with the same ??? (I need a word – lol).
Thanks, Lee, for opening up another treasure room for me. You did the same for me with Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Let me know how you like your first Freddy book.