Charlottes Web is a story about friendship, adventure, life and death, trust and the passing of Time. It is funny, serious and sad. It can make you laugh and cry. I think this is a good book for middle aged children to read. It is also a good book to read to young children. Many adults would enjoy “Charlotte’s Web”. I did.
The story begins with a young girl, Fern, saving a
runt pig from being killed. She names him Wilbur. When Wilbur is five weeks old, Fern’s dad said Wilbur had to be sold. Fern sells the pig to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman, who lives just down the road from Fern’s family. Fern can go see Wilbur every day. Wilbur gets to know the other animals, but he has a special friendship with a spider named Charlotte that lives in the Zuckerman’s barn.
Charlotte spins words into her web about Wilbur that saves him from being slaughtered.
The story tells of Charlotte and Wilbur’s friendship, also their relationship to all the animals in Zuckerman’s barn. The story will tell you how and why Charlotte dies alone, also, how three of her daughters stay in the old barn as friends to Wilbur and what happened to the rest of her children.
It is not often someone comes alone that is a true friend. Charlotte definitely was a special true friend to Wilbur.

Submitted by Sheila