In E.B. White’s popular children’s novel “Charlotte’s Web,” as you very likely once read and still fondly recall, a spider named Charlotte befriends a pig named Wilbur.

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In 1999, The New Yorker published an article by John Updike titled “Magnum Opus,” to honor the centennial of White’s birth. It motivated me to read “Charlotte’s Web” again.

Seventy years after its publication, E.B. White’s little book of wisdom continues to enthrall readers – children and adults alike. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login.

The Story of Charlotte's Web should encourage re-readings of Charlotte's Web. It's a perfect book, Eudora Welty declared, for readers over 8 or under 80. Featured Weekly Ad ...

White recorded the audio book of Charlotte's Web in 1970. Even though it had been almost 20 years since he wrote the book, Charlotte’s death still made him emotional.

And yes, amongst them was also “Charlotte’s Web” which was labelled with “Blasphemous, unnatural, inappropriate subject matter for children.” 5 “Pro-communist, sexually explicit ...

"Charlotte's Web" is a special book, the kind of book that opens minds. Since its first publishing back in 1952, E.B. White's masterwork has changed millions of young lives.

With the publication of “Charlotte’s Web” in the fall of 1952, a guileless pig named Wilbur and the savvy spider who befriended him were introduced to readers. In a review, Eudora Welty ...

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 ...

A 2000 survey listed Charlotte's Web as the bestselling children's book in U.S. history, with Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan both following in the top one hundred.