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Author:

Brooks, Walter R., 1886-1958.

Title:

The art of Freddy / text by Walter R. Brooks ; illustrations by Kurt Wiese ; edited and with an introduction by Michael Cart.

Publisher:

Overlook Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Swine--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Pigs--Poetry.
American poetry.

Other Authors:

Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974, ill.
Cart, Michael.

Contents:

Remembering Kurt Wiese and his work / Michael Cart -- The many roles of Freddy the Pig -- The many disguises of Freddy the detective -- The many moods of Freddy and his friends -- Let's eat! Freddy and food - Animals at work -- Animals at rest and play -- Escapades and adventures -- Misadventures and mishaps -- Villains galore! The many foes of Freddy and his friends -- The many friends of Freddy - animals and others.

Summary:

Walter Brooks's Freddy the Pig first appeared in print in 1927. Devotees and acclaim soon followed, as did the winning relationship between Brooks and illustrator Kurt Wiese. The result was twenty-six Freddy books in all. Celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary is this volume of Kurt Wiese's illustrations, capturing Freddy in his many guises. Here, too, are Freddy's adventures and misadventures, his human and barnyard friends and foes. Together with choice bits of Brooks's text, Kurt Wiese's illustrations capture the humor and spirit of Freddy's world. Included, too, are several original Freddy illustrations--never before in print from the collection of Lee Secrest, former president of Friends of Freddy, and keeper of the Freddy archives. An introduction by Michael Cart, one of the foremost authorities on all things Freddy puts Kurt Wiese's life and art into context with Freddy and his creator, Walter Brooks.

ISBN:

9781585673155
1585673153

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)