Freddy the Politician, Walter R. Brooks
Freddy the Politician, Walter R. Brooks
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Freddy the Politician

Author: Walter R. Brooks

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/25/2009


Synopsis

Mr. Bean knows he has the smartest animals in the state of New York. He's just not sure they can care for his farm by themselves while he takes his wife on vacation. So to show how responsible they are, Freddy the pig and his friends start their own bank and their own animal republic. But a hotly contested election between a plain-spoken cow and a wily woodpecker might be more than even Freddy can handle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on December 26, 2018

Improbably, Mr. and Mrs. Bean are about to depart for a six-month vacation in Paris, leaving management of the farm to the animals. In the farmhouse kitchen, nervously contemplating their leap into responsible adulthood, Jinx (cat); Robert and Georgie (dogs); and Eek, Quik, Eeny and Cousin Augustus......more

Goodreads review by Mattaniah on February 06, 2025

Walter R. Brooks is perhaps one of the most underappreciated writers of the 20th Century. His "Freddy the Pig" series may have been written for children, but the ideas and themes dealt speak across age ranges. Take this work, "Freddy the Politician." Brooks writes a political satire, in my opinion,......more

Goodreads review by Yibbie on August 19, 2019

This is by far one of the best Freddy books. Even though I read this book for the first time as an adult, it was still very entertaining. Freddy and Jinx are determined to demonstrate to Mr. Bean that the animals are responsible enough to run the farm during his absence. To do that, they start out......more

Goodreads review by Lu... on May 23, 2021

Muy bueno. Mucho mejor que Rebelión en la granja......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on October 08, 2019

I liked it. It's about how the animals try to start their own nation and how it's done.......more