Charlotte's Web
On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty . Even Lurvy, who wasn't particularly interested in beauty, noticed the web when he came with the pig's breakfast. And then he took another look and he saw something that made him set his pail down. There, in the centre of the web, neatly woven in block letters, was a message. It said: SOME PIG!
This is the story of a little girl named Fern, who loves a little pig named Wilbur - and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte, a beautiful large grey spider. When Fern's uncle decrees that Wilbur must become bacon, Fern, Charlotte, Templeton the rat and all Wilbur's farmyard friends come up with an ingenious plan to fool the humans, and save their very special pig.
Joyful, funny, and deeply moving, Charlotte's Web is a story about the power of friendship, and celebrating what makes everyone special. It is rightly heralded as one of the greatest children's books ever written.
"E. B. White's writing is perfect... And Garth William's muted illustrations are entirely without fault. Whether read aloud or solo, this is a book well deserving of its 'classic' status." - The Children's Book Review
Year 1: Tell Me A Story:
One
Within this topic your child can create
their own nature story walk through words and pictures. They can design their own spoon
characters and make a story through discussion cards, plus more.
Year 2: Tell Me A Story:
Two
Within this topic your child can use
story
card prompts and timelines to make their own imagination come to life. Use
prompts, speech bubbles and sliding puppets to help make literacy fun.
- Publisher: Puffin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Print length: 272 pages
- Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.61 cm
- Reading age: 6 - 9 years old
- Publication date: 3 July 2014
- ISBN: 978-0141354828
E.B. White
E.B. is the author of twenty books of prose and poetry, was awarded the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his children's books, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. This award is now given every three years "to an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have, over a period of years, make a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." The year 1970 also marked the publication of Mr. White's third book for children, The Trumpet of the Swan, honoured by The International Board on Books for Young People as an outstanding example of literature with international importance. In 1973, it received the Sequoyah Award (Oklahoma) and the William Allen White Award (Kansas), voted by the school children of those states as their "favourite book" of the year.
