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Freddy and Simon the Dictator (Freddy Books)
by Walter R. Brooks
Available from Powells Used Books
$23.95
on 8-31-2008
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ISBN Number: 9781585673599
ill.: Wiese, Kurt
Publisher: Libri
Author: Brooks, Walter R.
Illustrator: Wiese, Kurt
Location: Woodstock, N.Y.
Subject: Animals, General
Subject: Children's 9-12, Fiction, General
Subject: Humorous Stories
Subject: Pigs
Subject: Animals, Pigs
Edition Description: Hardcover
Series: Freddy Books
Series Volume: 108-6
Publication Date: January 1956
Cover Type: Hardcover
Grade Level: Children/juvenile
Written in: English
Illustrations: , Yes
Number of Pages: 244
Book Size: 8.06x5.29x1.00 in. .90 lbs.
Age Level: 08-12
Warnings had been printed in the Bean Home News and the Centerboro Guardian, but nobody paid much attention to them. 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 the cows refuse to come in at milking time. In Centerboro, cats are insolent to their mistresses and horses go out of their way to insult people on the street. Simon the rat is determined to turn the farm into a dictatorship and Mr. Camphor has been persuaded (much against his better judgment) to run for governor of New York State. Herb Garble shows up, Jinx defects to the enemy (or does he?), and Freddy-that inimitable pig!-goes to work as the political boss of Otesaraga County. Freddy and Simon the Dictator is classic Brooks, in which the master of barnyard hilarity has a lot of fun satirizing politics and-especially-politicians. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Synopsis: WARNINGS HAD been printed in the "Bean Home News and the "Centerboro Guardian, but nobody paid much attention to them. An animal revolt? "Preposterous!" said the Beans and all the other humans. But it's true--and Simon the rat is determined to turn the farm into a dictatorship. Mr. Camphor has been persuaded (much against his better judgment) to run for governor of New York State, Herb Garble shows up, Jinx defects to the enemy for does he?), and Freddy--that inimitable pig!--goes to work as the political boss of Otesaraga County. "Freddy and Simon the Dictator is classic Brooks, in which the master of barnyard hilarity has a lot of fun satirizing politics and--especially--politicians. Synopsis: Warnings had been printed in the "Bean Home News" and the "Centerboro Guardian, " but nobody paid much attention to them. An animal revolt? "Preposterous!" said the Beans and all the other humans. But it's true--and the outrages begin. 30 illustrations.
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