Author: E.B. White
Illustrator: Garth Williams
Genre: Newbery Novel
Grade level: 2+
Award: Newbery Medal
Charlotte's Web is a beloved classic about a pig named Wilbur, a spider named Charlotte, and a little girl named Fern. Fern saves Wilbur when he was born a runt of the litter. Wilbur gets too big so he has to move with Fern's Uncle Zuckerman, who wants to butcher him. Wilbur makes friends with Charlotte who begins writing phrases in her web that make Uncle Zuckerman think Wilbur is "some pig." Her uncle decides to instead take Wilbur to the county fair, where he wins a prize. In the end, Charlotte dies after she lays a sac of eggs. Wilbur saves the lives of the eggs and takes them back to the farm.
The illustrator of this version of the book is Garth Williams who also illustrated E.B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie series among many other books. This special edition of Charlotte's Web contains colored pictures.
This book should be known by all children and be passed down for years and years. This is a classic story of love, friendship, life, and even death. This is a very saddening and touching novel that is sure to bring each reader to tears. I would suggest this book to any reader from second grade and up.
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