No book blog about great stories could ever be complete without this classic children's novel.
This magical story begins with a young girl rescuing a tiny newborn piglet who was about to be killed because he was a runt. The girl talks her father into letting her keep him and she loves the piglet, that she names Wilbur. She raises him until he is too large to live in their home any longer.
Wilbur is moved to her uncles farm. Wilbur is scared and lonely when a spider named Charlotte befriends him and helps him to meet the other animals in the barn and on the farm and to feel safe and comfortable in his new home.
There are many animals in the barnyard. A barn rat named Tempelton who loves food and while he is a bit standoffish, he has a good heart deep down. A bossy goose who is busy sitting on her eggs (and later her goslings). Several sheep (some a bit rude), and numerous horses, dogs, cows, and others.
When Wilbur learns of his fate to be fattened up for dinner, Charlotte stitches a beautiful word in her sparkling web to amaze and impress the farmers family and their friends so that they will keep him safe. This works beautifully, and Wilbur is spared, but Charlotte is required to do this again and again (writing “Some Pig”, “Terrific”, “Radiant” and “Humble.” in her webs) as several times he is faced with a desperate need of his friends help, and Charlotte is always willing to do what is required to help him.
This is a special story of friendship and the circle of live that all children should read at some point in their lives.
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