Freddy Goes Camping

Mean people will always be trying to do bad things, but as long as the nice people, like Mr. Camphor, have Freddy on their side, things are bound to turn out right. Mean old Mr. Anderson tries to trick Mr. Camphor out of his nice hotel on the lake, and very nearly gets away with it. Fortunately, our favorite farm animals come to the rescue. My favorite parts were when Freddy was paddling across the lake and back. I also liked when Miss Minerva whacked Mr. Anderson on the head with a frying pan. Ouch! And it's a good thing that they stopped Mr. Anderson from taking over Mr. Camphor's hotel, because you can guess what his next target was: the Bean farm! If there was any doubt in your mind how bad Mr. Anderson was, just listen to this: he kicks dogs! Of course we also get treated to Freddy's wisdom: "Like all chipmunks, he spoke jerkily, stamping his feet, flicking his tail, and giving continual little jumps, as if he felt pins being stuck in him. This sort of thing makes chipmunks very difficult to hold an orderly conversation with." All in all this has got to be near the top of anyone's list when it comes to deciding which Freddy book to read next. You won't be disappointed.

This may well be the best of the Freddy books written by Walter R. Brooks (its only competition is Freddy the Magician). Children and adults alike will find this one of the most fun books they've ever read. I can still remember the delicious chills I felt when reading this book at twelve, and still enjoy reading it today. As usual, Freddy gets into trouble trying to help friends -- Mr. Camphor to get rid of his aunts and an innkeeper whose hotel is haunted.

My first encouner with Freddy the pig left me feeling like I had just found Tut's tomb. His stories are loaded with treasures-wit, well-developed characters, and clear evidence that Brooks understood and RESPECTED children's intellect and character. Two foretrotters Up!!

I read all the Freddy books as a kid, and now, at 56, still enjoy them. I'm looking for Freddy books to give to my grandchildren who are just about ready to read them, but they are not available. These are timeless books that offer the reader a civility so often lacking in other books. They also are loaded with vocabulary-building words; Brooks does not "talk down" to his audience.Freddy Goes Camping is the best of the series, in my opinion. Please bring this series back.

Many of us grew up reading the adventures of Freddy the Pig. Freddy was always up to something new.Very few works are ever considered timeless,but Walter R. Brooks created a world which the kid in us always wants to return to. I consider the Bean Farm,the Hundred Acre Wood and the Shire home,if only for the little while I get to visit them through the author's words. This particular book has Freddy camping out to rid a friend's home of ghosts. As usual in Mr. Brooks' works,things supernatural turn out to be something more down to earth. Let us hope all these books become available again (especially his finest,'Freddie Goes to the North Pole' and the 'Bean Farm News'). These books should be republished so that a new generation can become friends with the world's best pig!!