An affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur befriends
a spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. A
prancing, playful bloke, Wilbur is devastated when he learns of the
destiny that befalls all those of porcine persuasion.
內容簡介：
“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high in
來源：香港大書城megBookStore,http://www.megbook.com.hk the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig
named Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named
Fern...who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by
millions of reade
關於作者：
E.B. White, the author of twenty books of prose and poetry,
was awarded the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his children?s
books, Stuart Little and Charlotte?s Web. This award is now given
every three years "to an author or illustrator whose books,
published in the United States, have, over a period of years, make
a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."
The year 1970 also marked the publication of Mr. White?s third book
for children, The Trumpet of the Swan, honored by The International
Board on Books for Young People as an outstanding example of
literature with international importance. In 1973, it received the
Sequoyah Award Oklahoma and the William Allen White Award
Kansas, voted by the school children of those states as their
"favorite book" of the year.
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Mr. White attended public schools
there. He was graduated from Cornell University in 1921, worked in
New York for a year, then traveled about. After five or six years
of trying many sorts of jobs, he joined the staff of The New Yorker
magazine, then in its infancy. The connection proved a happy one
and resulted in a steady output of satirical sketches, poems,
essays, and editorials. His essays have also appeared in Harper?s
Magazine, and his books include One Man?s Meat, The Second Tree
from the Corner, Letters of E.B. White, The Essays of E.B. White
and Poems and Sketches of E.B. White.
In 1938 Mr. White moved to the country. On his farm in Maine he
kept animals, and some of these creatures got into his stories and
books. Mr. White said he found writing difficult and bad for one?s
disposition, but he kept at it. He began Stuart Little in the hope
of amusing a six-year-old niece of his, but before he finished it,
she had grown up.
For his total contribution to American letters, Mr. White was
awarded the 1971 National Medal for Literature. In 1963, President
John F. Kennedy named Mr. White as one of thirty-one Americans to
receive the Presidential Medal for Freedom. Mr. White also received
the National Institute of Arts and Letters? Gold Medal for Essays
and Criticism, and in 1973 the members of the Institute elected him
to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a society of fifty
members. He also received honorary degrees from seven colleges and
universities. Mr. White died on October 1, 1985.
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