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Article: The wonder of 'Charlotte's Web': E.B. White's classic children's book turns 50
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- March 31, 2002
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"SOME pig," spells Charlotte the spider in her web above Wilbur
the pig. "Some book," respond readers the world over upon first
discovering E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web." Many also add "terrific,"
which is another word Charlotte spells in her effort to save her pig
pal from becoming bacon.
And "terrific" pretty much sums up this contemporary classic.
Since its publication in 1952, "Charlotte's Web," with its themes of
friendship, loss and hope, has become one of the most beloved of all
children's books, selling more than 8 million copies in 20 languages,
from Bengali to Telugu.
People who know E.B. White only as the author of "Charlotte's Web"
and two other children's books, "Stuart ...