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Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery) (平装)
by E.B. White
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Friendship, Fiction, Ages 9-12, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
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¥ 98.00
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MSL rating:
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte decides to help him. Charlotte's Web is a masterful blend of whimsy, humor, gentle satire, and life-and-death drama. |
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
In the beginning of Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the reader learns about how Fern's father's pigs just gave birth to a litter of piglets with a runt in the bunch. Fern who then realizes that her father is going to kill the runt, pleads her case on why that pig should stay alive. That pig then becomes the main character, Wilbur. Wilbur meets Charlotte, a spider that then became friends with Wilbur. To lift Wilbur spirits charlotte begins to spin words in her web. From Charlotte's spinning, the words in the web gave Wilbur the reputation of brilliant, radiant, and clever. Both girls and boys should read this book from the age group of 8-14. The theme of the book is "don't hurt something just for being little."
One thing I liked about this book was how Fern was speaking her mind to her dad about not killing the little pig. Also, I liked when Fern took care of the pig and fed her. I did not like when Fern's brother came out with the shotgun and was eating breakfast. Another part I did not like was when Charlotte died.
Overall, I thought this book was a great book because it teaches you that just because something's small doesn't mean you have to kill it. I recommend this book to other people. It is a sad and funny book at the same time. |
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Steinbecks Shadow (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I teach an advanced level of the high school diploma curriculum in adult ESL. (English as a Second Language)The vast majority of my adult students are literate in their first language. Still, one of the most difficult subjects to bridge is English language literature. I began this semester with American literature and purposely selected Charlotte's Web as our starting point. By the end of the first week of reading, there wasn't a student in the class who didn't cherish this book and story. Although E.B. White has written a simple story directed at 9-12 year olds, the themes, metaphors, and literary devices used, are not that simplistic. This story is brimming with universal ideas, needs, and the emotions that all human beings share and it is deeply embedded with American culturalisms. I would highly recommend this book to any ESL teacher at the intermediate-high or above level, adult and grade school, because it is such a personally rewarding story within a manageable text for the "limited cultural-content" reader. It also offers the teacher many different approaches for teaching; from the cultural/humanistic approach to the literary tools for writing approach. |
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Ellie Reasoner (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
There are already a ton of reviews for this beloved book that talk about it better than I ever could, so see them if you don't already know this story and want to. I'll just say here: I wonder if there's ever been a novel in history that has made more people cry? Seriously! I remember finishing this book in fourth grade, lying on my bed and sobbing my heart out into my pillow so no one would hear. Even the consolation that some of Charlotte's daughters would be there year after year for Wilbur wasn't much help. I loved this book and spent a while wishing I was Fern living there on the farm, but boy is it the uncontested tearjerker of all time! |
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Michael J. Mazza (MSL quote), Pittsburgh, PA USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
"Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White, belongs to a special class of literature: a children's book which has much to offer to older teen and adult readers. White's wonderful story is superbly complemented by the charming illustrations of Garth Williams.
As the story opens, eight year old farm girl Fern Arable stops her father from killing a piglet who has been labeled the runt of the litter. The little pig, whom Fern names Wilbur, becomes one of the central figures in the story. Eventually he will be befriended by Charlotte, the wise and loving spider mentioned in the book's title.
White creates a sort of modern animal fable in which his barnyard characters can speak both with each other and with Fern. White's barn is populated with some truly marvelous characters. Special mention should be made of Templeton the rat. Gluttonous, sneaky, often nasty, but curiously sympathetic, Templeton is one of the great anti-heroes in modern literature.
Part of this novel's brilliance is the fact that the author makes a heroine out of a spider: a creature that many people probably regard with fear. Unlike a cute piglet or other barnyard creatures, a spider is a creature vastly different from humans. White's Charlotte is a truly remarkable character. White's witty, compassionate prose style is an ideal vehicle for telling the story of Charlotte and her friends.
"Charlotte's Web" is a masterful blend of whimsy, humor, gentle satire, and life-and-death drama. But above all, it is a powerful story of friendship. Deeply moving and superbly written, this is a book which, I believe, will endure as a treasured classic.
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Amanda Richards (MSL quote), Georgetown, Guyana
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I don't want you people getting all mushy, thinking this is a happy little children's story about loveable animals in a barn.
The character of the title is of course, a spider (you wouldn't expect any other creature to spin a web, now would you?). On closer examination, Charlotte is a rather big, hairy, spider - a barn spider, or garden orb web spider of the species Araneus Cavaticus. If I could show you a picture, you'd see that pretty as her web might be, and as good hearted as E. B. White makes her, she's quite horrid looking. Plus there's that whole capturing insects to drink their blood thing.
She starts out with the noble goal of saving the life of a little runty pig named Wilbur, and succeeds in making suckers out of the human population, obviously no geniuses themselves.
Then there's Fern, the little girl who makes like Pocahontas and stops her father from taking an axe to Wilbur just because he's a little stunted at birth. She remains a main character, considered slightly dotty, because she talks to the animals. She spends most of the story in the bottom of a barn, under the cow pens, next to the manure pile. Now there's a child destined to become a vet, or at least an animal psychiatrist.
The moral of the story is that if you want to eat ham or bacon, or bite into a nice juicy pork chop ever again, you'd better start getting rid of the spiders.
All joking aside, E. B. White tells an intriguing tale, encompassing several major life events, told in simple form through the mouths of children and animals. The book also contains lots of interesting information on spiders, which will appeal immensely to all children who like creepy crawlies.
A little gruesome, very witty, and entirely charming. |
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