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Charlotte's Web

Author: E B White; Garth Williams; Edith Goodkind Rosenwald; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers, [1952] ©1952
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him.
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Folklore
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Juvenile fiction
Folklore Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
White, E.B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Charlotte's web.
New York, Harper [1952]
(OCoLC)589063568
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: E B White; Garth Williams; Edith Goodkind Rosenwald; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
ISBN: 0064400557 9780064400558 9780060263867 0060263865 9780812417999 0812417992 9781451726206 1451726201
OCLC Number: 225924
Notes: Illulstrated title page and endpapers.
Awards: Newbery Medal Honor Book, 1953.
Description: 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents: Before breakfast --
Wilbur --
Escape --
Loneliness --
Charlotte --
Summer days --
Bad news --
A talk at home --
Wilbur's boast --
An explosion --
The miracle --
A meeting --
Good progress --
Dr. Dorian --
The crickets --
Off to the fair --
Uncle --
The cool of the evening --
The egg sac --
The hour of triumph --
Last day --
A warm wind.
Responsibility: by E.B. White ; pictures by Garth Williams.

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When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him.

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Charlotte's web is a classic

by LilyHung (WorldCat user published 2014-07-02) Excellent Permalink

Charlotte's web is a classic for many reasons. This story of true friendship is a tale that will last for generations.

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Pig loving story

by loverslane25 (WorldCat user published 2014-03-12) Very Good Permalink

I think that this book was great.  It teaches you that no matter what u look like, how u talk or walk, that people shouldn't treat u differently.  There is no way someone should treat another person differently because of how the look.  To me this book teaches u many solutions(in a...
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Childhood must reads

by avigold (WorldCat user published 2012-01-02) Excellent Permalink

This book should be on every child's bookshelf.  I have read this book dozens of times and still it's hard for me to finish it without shedding a tear.  It is so beautifully written and conveys universal messages of friendship, love, and loss with a good amount of humor thrown in too.  If...
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