Book

Charlotte's Web

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This paper-over-board edition include

(12 total)

Characters

E. B. White (6)E.B. White (3)Charlotte (1)

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Friendship, true friendship, Tremendous Things

“If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Fool, Bug, Man, People

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Friend, writer, Fate

“Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Children, Parents, Things

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Curiosity, Adventure, Passion

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

— Charlotte, amazon.com

Tagged: Best Friends, Friends, Friendship

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”

— E.B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: weird loving friendship, writer, true friend, Friend

“Wilber: Why did you do all this for me? I've never done anything for you. Charlotte: You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

— E.B White, amazon.com

Tagged: Best Of Children's Quotes, Charlotte's Web Quotes, Friendship, Love

“Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”

— E.B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perh…”

— E.B White, amazon.com

Tagged: Charlotte's Web

“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year – the days when summer is changing into autumn – the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.”

— E. B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Charlotte's Web, Summer

“I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand”

— E.B. White, amazon.com

Tagged: Learning, Understanding, Hatred