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Charlotte's Web: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by E. B. White

Friendship takes shape in a barn

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Newbery Honor Book

    Newbery Honor Book.

  • Editorial selection

    Selected for PBS's The Great American Read top 100

    Selected as one of America's top 100 most-loved novels.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship takes shape in a barn

Wilbur, a young pig who wants a friend, is at the heart of this barnyard story. Fern has saved his life, and Charlotte, a spider, uses words woven into her web to express her feelings for him. The web’s messages connect the animals’ friendship with the book’s wider themes of love, life, and death. Garth Williams’s illustrations accompany E. B. White’s novel, adding a visual dimension to its farm setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children in the listed 9–12 age group interested in classic fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about animal friendships.
  • Families exploring themes of love, life, and death through children’s fiction.

Themes

FriendshipLoveLife and deathAnimal relationships

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Book overview

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 classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This jacketed hardcover edition includes a foreword by two-time Newbery winning author Kate DiCamillo.

Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.

E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books.

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