Charlotte's Web
A Newbery Honor Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 15, 1974
Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read.
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- Who it’s for
- A quietly layered animal story with lasting cultural presence and an easy narrative pull.
- Themes
- friendship, life and death, love
- Pacing
- Steady
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Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This paperback edition includes a foreword by two-time Newbery-winning author Kate DiCamillo. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn.
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Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books. Whether enjoyed in the classroom or for homeschooling or independent reading, Charlotte's Web is a proven favorite.
Quiet Charm
A quietly layered animal story with lasting cultural presence and an easy narrative pull.
Come here for
- gentle animal-world immersion
- layered, easy-to-settle-into storytelling
Expect
- friendship at the center
- a sustained, tender read
Where it sits
| Pig Stories | 67% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 45% |
| Loss & Grief | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Farm Animal Stories
- The Classics
- Horror & Ghost Stories
- Magic & Fantasy
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- Loss & Grief
- Friendship
- New Experiences
- Immigration & Moving
- Authors
- E. B. White, Garth Williams, Kate DiCamillo
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 15, 1974
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- friendship · life and death · love
- Reading lane
- Farm Animal Stories