Comments on: Top 100 Children’s Novels #1: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

By: The Scop: The Website of Jonathan Auxier

The Scop: The Website of Jonathan Auxier — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:39:30 +0000

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By: Sonderbooks » Blog Archive » Top 100 Children’s Novelists #2 – E. B. White

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:07:31 +0000

[...] Charlotte’s Web was Chapter Book #1, with 349 points. And The Trumpet of the Swan had two people vote for it with a 2nd place and a 4th place ranking, for a total of 16 points. I was surprised that Stuart Little got no points at all. [...]

By: Eliza

Eliza — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:09:20 +0000

Happy Birthday, E.B. White, the author of “Charlotte’s Web.” Here is a story about his home in NYC. http://tagwh.at/t/2031

By: Seven Top Trailers to Hook Kids on Books — The Digital Shift

Seven Top Trailers to Hook Kids on Books — The Digital Shift — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:43:49 +0000

[...] bunny from a large family in this tale by the Caldecott Honor–winning author of Henry in Love. Charlotte’s Web, 60th anniversary edition (HarperCollins, 2012) by E. B. [...]

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:22:03 +0000

You know, Benjamin, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that this story may be my favorite Charlotte’s Web related anecdote of all time. Yep. It’s official. You win.

By: Benjamin Collinsworth

Benjamin Collinsworth — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:09:10 +0000

In high school French we spent one period watching a video about Napoleon Bonaparte. We were supposed to complete a worksheet of fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions based on the program. Under the prompt ‘Napoleon was a humble man’, I circled ‘T’ for True. After the movie our teacher reviewed the correct answers, including ‘F’ for the above statement. I hotly contested this answer, arguing that in Charlotte’s Web, the word ‘humble’ is shown to have two meanings: “not proud” and “near the ground”. While Napoleon might not have fit the former, he certainly qualified for the latter (his shortness was even discussed at length in the film.) The teacher (to this day one of my favorites) awarded me half credit on the question, based on the fact that I had cited a literary reference. Charlotte’s Web is about many things, but for me it will always be a story about learning to play with language, to embrace and use words so that they get you what you want or deliver you from a nasty end. For this important lesson, I give E.B. White full credit.

By: DaNae

DaNae — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:59:36 +0000

Terrific

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:25:46 +0000

Please publish a simple list of 1-100. Thanks

By: Monica Edinger

Monica Edinger — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:08:49 +0000

CHARLOTTE now and forever! Just want to mention Michael Sims’ lovely book from last year, THE STORY OF CHARLOTTE’S WEB. It is a beautifully researched and written consideration of White’s inspirations and writing of the book.