In Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, Fern rescues a runt pig from being killed by her father, only to have him be fattened for a Christmas feast by her uncle. Can Charlotte, a spider, save him?

I really enjoyed the comradery between the farm animals. It seemed like one noisy fussy animal family, not unlike a normal human one. I didn’t like though that Fern, a child, was so easily preoccupied by a boy. I had always thought the story was about Fern and Wilbur, not so. Its really about Wilbur and Charlotte.

The clear and concise language is what I would love to imitate. The character personalities displayed and conveyed appropriately throughout the dialogue.

Would I recommend this book? Of course, its a classic!

Enjoyment Level: 5/5 stars
Beginning: 5/5
Middle: 3/5
Ending: 3/5 – appropriate yet kind of dry

I also loved how the book showed an element of all your senses. You were almost present.

“The Barn was very large. It was very old. It semelled of hay and it semlled of manure. It semlled of the persperation of tied horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. It also had a sort of peaceful semll – as throgh nothing bad could happen eveer again in the world.”

Kate

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
illus. By Garth Williams
© 1952, Scholastic
ISBN: 0-590-30271-x
184 pages