Walter R Brooks

Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.

The first three Freddy stories: First, Freddy and friends decide to escape the cold winter by vacationing in sunny Florida. Then, Freddy and his barnyard friends run the successful Barnyard Tours, Inc., but some sailors cause trouble for them and Santa on a trip to the North Pole. And finally, Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.

Freginald the bear joins Mr. Bloomschmidt's circus.

Freddy the pig must summon all of his courage and detective skills when the chief suspect of a series of robberies on the Bean farm is a legendary beast from the Big Woods.

One day when his aunt is in the village, Jimmy takes her keys and goes to the house she owns to find out if it is haunted, and even though he is afraid, the ghost may be more afraid of Jimmy than Jimmy is of the ghost.

While clever Freddy the pig tries to find out if Mrs. Bean's long-lost brother is really her brother, he also attends school so that he will be eligible to play in the big football game between Centerboro and Tushville.