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Find out moreWritten by E. B. White
Illustrated by Garth Williams
Part of the Puffin Modern Classics Series
How a wise spider saves a young pig from slaughter is the most touching of animal stories. Fern saves Wilbur, the runty little piglet of the litter from her father’s axe and promises to look after him. Fern finds Wilbur a safe home in her uncle’s barn where he meets Charlotte, the remarkably wise spider, who, with the help of some sheep, a goose and goslings and Templeton the rat set about saving the young pig from being fattened for slaughter. And they do!
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"It’s beautiful, tough, deeply moving and it’ll be read for ever." David Almond
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Puffin Fact! In 2010, forty-two of the original Garth Williams illustrations for Charlotte’s Web were put up for sale at a New York auction, and fetched a combined total of £487,927. Download more Puffin Facts here!
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This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely help of Templeton the rat, and a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this time has grown up to be quite a pig. It is a time-honoured classic favourite.
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ISBN: 9780141354828
Publication date: 03/07/2014
Publisher: Puffin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141354828
Publication date: 25/09/2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback (b Format)
ISBN: 9780141354828
Publication date: 25/09/2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback (b Format)
| ISBN: | 9780141354828 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 2014 |
| Author: | E. B. White |
| Illustrator: | Garth Williams |
| Publisher: | Puffin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Suitable for: | 7+ readers, 9+ readers |
| Genres: | Animals |
| Recommendations: | eBooks |
| Other Categories: | Classics, Reviewed by Children |
E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was made into a blockbusting film in 2000. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children'.
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