by: E.B. White
original copyright 1952
This book that will never be outdated shows how strong the ties of friendship can be; whether human or animal. The world that E.B. White creates - where if you listen closely animals CAN talk - is perfectly believable, yet also magical. I love the way the details are woven into the story, the language and wording is amazingly simple and complex at the same time.
As I work to complete my own middle grade novel, re-reading this classic showed me so much about language and how to bring it to life for children.
For a detailed description of the book and other fun information, check out the Charlotte's Web Facebook page.
I hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July! I will be back on Friday with a new favorite picture book author I just discovered. Next Monday I'm excited to preview and host a giveaway of the new middle grade novel Tracing Stars by Erin E. Moulton.
For other Marvelous Middle Grade Monday posts, check out my favorite links to the right.
I love this book! And the movie too! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful story - I'm featuring an older book this week, too. I like to go back to books I read for my own writing sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteThere's a book that chronicles EB White's journey writing Charlotte's Web that is on my TBR list (The Story of Charlotte's Web). Did you know it took him over six years to write Stuart Little?
I will have to find this book. It sounds very interesting!
DeleteI love the book and the movie too. One of my favorites. Hope you had a nice break.
ReplyDeleteOne of my very favorites! And I absolutely canNOT kill a spider, even in the house. I wrap them in a Kleenex and take them outside, and in the winter I just let them stay in my house. Because I always think, "What if this spider is someone's Charlotte?"
ReplyDeleteWelcome back!
ReplyDeleteLove to read the stories behind the stories!
ReplyDeleteOn my TBR list. Thanks, Gina :D
One of my favorites! I'm in awe when I hear someone say they haven't read this classic.
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