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To and Again

To and Again

Walter R. Brooks

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?

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Older readers will enjoy this book for its portrait of a simpler time, one of magic and modest adventure. Children will...

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