
To and Again
The best pig in children's literature is tired of cold winters, and he's got a plan: pack up the cows, the chickens, the horse, and a few judiciously selected friends, and head south to Florida. What follows is part road trip, part exodus, part gentle comedy of errors - a journey where the animals discover that freedom looks different when you're running toward something warm instead of away from something frozen. Walter R. Brooks builds his world with a wink and a smile: this is a farm where the livestock think, talk, and occasionally plot minor revolutions. Freddy is vain, clever, and utterly winning - a pig who reads the newspaper and has opinions about politics. The Florida trip is both an escape and a homecoming, and along the way, Brooks asks quiet questions about what makes a life worth living: comfort or adventure? Safety or the open road?
