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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But ultimately, Charlotte’s Web is a book about loss, about the place that sadness and death occupy in a life, about how each being on this earth is irreplaceable. When my little brother died ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...