The art of Freddy
(Book)

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.