2000; "First published in the United States in 2000" and "FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page; illustrated by Kurt Wiese; The Overlook Press; hardbound; very good condition of book and dust jacket.
 
description -
Freddy the Politician (originally 1939) is the 6th book in the humorous children's series Freddy the Pig written by American author Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. In this story, the Bean farm animals start a bank, and elect their first president, two institutions appearing through the rest of the series. Their honest and innocent approach is soon challenged by strangers from Washington.
 
plot -
To encourage farmer Bean to go on his vacation, the animals decide to elect a president who can manage the farm while he is gone, and to start a bank to manage the farm money.
 
"'Yes, but how do you start a bank?' asked Eeny.
'Pooh! Nothing to it!' said the cat. 'You just—well, you just open it. Big sign over the door—"BANK." That’s all.'
'Oh,' said Eeny. 'So you call it a bank and then it’s a bank, hey?'
'Sure.'
'Oh,' said Eeny again. 'So then if I call you a big blowhard, what does that make you?'" (pp. 10-11)