Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Connections References Charlotte's Web User reviews 1 Review. Top review. White's book has been so popular. I quote or paraphrase from some of the contributors: "White had second home in Maine, a barnyard full of animals. He always knew he was nurturing them for a fate they would not enjoy: being butchered He thought about the magical pig and how he could save him, through the book.
It also has this very small creature a spider making a difference. Then I suddenly realized that it had been far too long since I read the book. Cook and asked if I could borrow a copy and re-engage with Fern, Wilbur, Charlotte, and Templeton over the holiday. She kindly loaned me a book, so I spent Thanksgiving morning while the rest of the family slept in curled up in bed enjoying this timeless tale and recalling why this work is taught again and again.
No pig had truer friends, and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world. Similarly, as children in school develop relationships with peers, they come to understand the importance of friendships and the need to value and hang on to their friends.
This lesson may be all the more germane when children go for long periods not seeing their friends as they have since COVID altered our world.
Exactly— Wilbur is so very average. These illustrations are iconic. I was so sad when they were all sold at auction a few year ago. Perhaps we will, but probably not in my lifetime. I agree. The themes in this book are timeless and ageless. People of all ages can find meaning in this book. Templeton is an amazing character!
Plus, I think the animated film makes him shockingly lovable with his song…. Good point about our love of animals. I loved it and it is worthy of having more than one discussion post about it. What other stories do you know that feature a friendship that is brutally honest while the characters are fully dedicated to each other?
What about stories that feature spiders as heroes and lovable creatures? Or stories where spiders spin words in their webs? I was kind of surprised when I saw people hating on the book because being set on a farm makes it irrelevant. I think having a book many kids like and that the teacher probably also likes and knows something about is very helpful for teaching, too! I can never remember if I read Sarah Plain and Tall as a kid or just knew about it.
Sarah Plain and Tall is about a pioneer family, and the dad marries the governess. This is really cool, Brianna! But I have read it aloud twice to my children I have seven kids, so there were quite a few years in between readings , and one of the things that surprised me besides the absolutely stellar writing was how it IS more like their life than many contemporary books. Some people live in rural areas. Some people live on farms!
And obviously you can relate to me than just the literal setting of the book. Perhaps I connected to Fern, as she was about my age and had a pet pig where I had a pet dog? The themes of this book are beautiful. For example, in my recent re-read I connected more with the passage of Mrs.
I had always overlooked this passage. Now I see Mrs. Arable as a much deeper character than she was before. Aggrieved parents are so… fascinating. Obviously, not a bibliophile. If other people hate them, fine, but this notion everyone hates them drives me up the wall,. I love older stories. I love the innocence of them.
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