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Charlotte's web

Author: E B White; Garth Williams; Edith Goodkind Rosenwald; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress); Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: New York : Harper, ©1952.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView 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
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; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress); Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
ISBN: 0064400557 9780064400558
OCLC Number: 225924
Notes: Illustrated t.p. and endpapers.
Awards: Newbery Honor Book, 1953.
Description: 184 p. : ill. ; 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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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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