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Happy Birthday, Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

October 15, 2023 by ElCicco 2 Comments

Cbr15bingo Hold Steady (old favorite), bingo Did you know that today, October 15, is the birthday of Charlotte’s Web? It’s also my birthday but Charlotte is older than I am, having been introduced to the world on this day in 1952. This is such a beautiful story of friendship. Reading it again, probably about 50 years after I first read it, is like a warm hug. The story of the friendships of Wilbur, Fern, and Charlotte is timeless and welcome in a world that often […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, Charlotte’s Web, Children, E. B. White, ElCicco, Fiction

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:53 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, Charlotte’s Web, Children, E. B. White, ElCicco, Fiction ·
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Oh, ever in the greening spring…

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

April 25, 2021 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

What a charming little book. The Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little movies were big hits with me when I was a kid (in fact, that 1999 Stuart Little movie kickstarted a crush on Hugh Laurie that endures to this day), and so naturally obsessive little completionist dsbs42 needed to read the books those movies were based on. I loved Charlotte’s Web in particular. And at some point many years later, I decided to revisit them as an adult and bought the E. B. White set, whereupon […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: E. B. White

dsbs42's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: E. B. White ·
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