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Wilbur und Charlotte

E.B. White

4.08 AVERAGE


The perfect book to read before spending a weekend with the best friends a girl could ever have.
emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It is a wonderdul book for children! It introduces friendship and death in a gentle manner. The only negative point are the misogyny appearing toward Fern. There was too many comments about her reducing her as cliché roles whereas she is only 8years old. 

Remind me again why this book didn't win the Newbery? Sure, a Newbery Honor is great, but who in the world has read Secret of the Andes? But we've all read and loved Charlotte's Web.

I read and loved this book in when I was in elementary school, and I always thought that it was a great story about friendship and death. But now that I'm older, I think it's more of a story about friendship and life. Yes, death is a part of that, but only a small part. It's the part that really makes life special and precious.

Plus, reading this made me really uneasy about eating bacon.
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I cried

One of my favorites from my childhood. Such a good story and such a good message. I recommend it to any young readers, heck, any older readers as well.
adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

Charlotte’s Web has been a favorite movie of mine for years, but finally reading the book was a whole new experience. The movie truly does the book no justice—the story comes to life in such a rich way on the page. The little details, like the beautiful drawings and descriptions, kept me so entertained and brought the farm and characters to life in a way I hadn’t experienced before. Charlotte’s wisdom and Wilbur’s innocence are even more touching in the book. If you’ve only seen the movie, do yourself a favor and dive into this classic. It’s a heartwarming, beautifully illustrated story that’s well worth the read.