The Story of Charlotte's Web : E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic (Paperback)

from bigpinkmarshmallow

This is quite simply a brilliant book. Even if you don't have the vaguest interest in E.B.White's life or the genesis of Charlotte's Web, I'm sure you'd still manage to find something in it to intrigue or delight you. Literary biography is a difficult monster to tackle; too much focus on the lite...

from moibibliomaniac

I am not a fan of children's books in general--unless I'm reading one to one of my grandchildren. But I am a fan of well-written books. And this is one well-written book about a well-written children's book: Charlotte's Web. As I was reading the first few chapters of this book, I got the impressi...

from NellieMc

I am a passionate fan of E.B. White and not primarily for his children's books, though Charlotte's Web is anything but just a children's book. I've read all of the anthologies of his columns and his wryly humorous and understated perception is just very appealing; I've also read his biographies. ...

from dickmanikowski

I've long been a fan of E. B. White's writing. Not only are his own essays and books incredibly graceful and appealing in a non-pretentious way, his writing style feels so . . . natural. And his revision of Prof. Strunk's "The Elements of Style" is an invaluable guide. I know I've read "Charlotte...

from richardderus

Rating: 5* of five The Publisher Says: As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats-White knew all of these characters in the barns and sta...