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Charlotte's Web

by E B White, illustrated by Garth Williams

Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 7+

Published by HarperCollins, 1952

  • Classics

About this book

This is the tale of how a little girl named Fern - with the help of a friendly talking spider called Charlotte - saved her pig, Wilbur, from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.

An unusual and witty story which provides a gentle introduction to questions of mortality, Charlotte's Web is a modern classic.

About the author

E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as Stuart Little which was recently made into a blockbusting film. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children'.

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