slj@mtung.UUCP (Steven Jones) (03/12/86)
I am trying to find the title or author of a children's
book I read in 3rd or 4th grade.
There was this pig (who might have been a detective) and
there were these Martians.
That is just about all I remember except one thing: the
pig, I believe, had been told he talked too much. Someone
suggested he think more about what he said before he said
it. The remedy proposed was that he not use words with R's
in them. The forethought required to come up with non-R
words was to keep him thinking rather than talking.
I hope this rings a bell out there for somebody. Please
reply by email (and, as usual, if there is enough
interest I will summarize and post results to the net...).
S. Luke Jones, AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ
{ihnp4, allegra, akgua} !mtung!sljbillw@felix.UUCP (Bill Weinberger) (03/18/86)
In article <677@mtung.UUCP> slj@mtung.UUCP (Steven Jones) writes: > I am trying to find the title or author of a children's > book I read in 3rd or 4th grade. > There was this pig (who might have been a detective) and > there were these Martians. This rings a bell with me, but I can't help you. I would like to hear what you find out. I remember this as a series of books for perhaps 5th or 6th grade, starring an adventuresome pig, usually pictured on the cover in overcoat and deerstalker hat, with a sidekick I cannot describe (kids?). And I remember I tried to read every single one of them. Can anyone give me a title or an author? Thanks in advance for your help. -- ========================================================================= Regards, Bill Weinberger ucbvax!trwrb!felix!billw
jrrt@mtuxo.UUCP (r.mitchell) (03/21/86)
I have some vague memory of devouring about two dozen books in grades 3-5, all having to do with Freddie the Pig and the other very human-like animals who shared the farm with him. As I recall, Freddie was a part-time detective, sometime politician/baseball manager/spy, dealt with Martians, and was the deadly enemy of a gang of rats. If this blur of images reminds anyone of the author's name (a woman, as I recall, who wrote in the late 50's-early 60's), I'd like to hear about it! Rob Mitchell "There are no faster or firmer friendships than those between people who love the same books." -- Irving Stone