Charlotte's+Web

Charlotte's Web ** Author: E.B. White **


 * Grade(s): 3rd – 6th **


 * Topic/Theme: Acceptance of Others, Friendships, Inevitability of Death **


 * Gender Interest: All Genders **


 * Summary: ** After convincing her father not to kill the runt pig of the litter, Fern names him Wilbur and raises him as a pet. After Wilbur goes to live in her Uncle Zuckerman's barn down the road, Fern visits him every day. However, when she's not there, Wilbur is very lonely because none of the other farm animals want to be his friend. Finally he meets and befriends Charlotte, a gray spider, who is living in the corner of the barn door. One day, Wilber realizes his fate of becoming slaughtered next Christmas to be made into hams and bacon. So Charlotte decides to make the Zuckermans want to keep Wilbur around forever by spinning messages about the him in her web. Wilber is eventually saved, but Charlotte inevitability dies of old age after laying her eggs. This book sends the messages of the importance of making and keeping friends, and how should we treat each other.

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 * About the Book: ** This book is a fantasy grounded in reality as it teaches how kind people can be ugly and sometimes cruel, while some can be greedy but helpful, and others can be snooty but caring, through the actions and demeanor of the supporting animal characters. //Charlotte's Web// deals with several important aspects of life: friendship, heroism, constancy, and death. “In the Zuckermans' barn, unbelievable things happen in very believable ways.” Animals talk, a spider writes words in its web, and a pig becomes famous, yet all these characters act from perfectly natural motives.

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