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Farm life, Animals, Juvenile fiction, Domestic animals, Fantasy, Spiders, Fiction, Friendship, Swine, juvenile works, Massachusetts Children's Book Award winner, Readers, Pets, Open Library Staff Picks, Latin language materials, Pigs, Folklore, Spanish language materials, American farm life, Ficción juvenil, Cerdos, Arañas, Amistad, Animales domésticos, Vida agrícola, Children's stories, Korean language materials, Blind, Books and reading, English language, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, English, English (ie as school subject), Spanish stories, Award winning books, Farms, Newbery Honor, Spiders, fiction, Children's fiction, Pigs, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Domestic animals, fiction, Farm life, fiction, Humorous stories, Chinese language materials, Stuart Little (Fictitious character), Trumpeter swan, Mice, Swans, Children's books, Stories, Materiales en español, Spanish language, Novela juvenil, French language materials, Fantasy fiction, Women, fiction, Pets, fiction, Animals, fiction, Love, fiction, Insects, fiction, Authors, juvenile literature, Authors, Domestic animals, juvenile literature, Porcs, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Exploitations agricoles, Araignées, Tong hua, Newbery Medal, Children's stories, Italian, Newbery Honor book, criançaPeople
Fern Arable, Wilbur, Charlotte A. Cavatica, Avery Arable, John Arable, Templeton, Homer ZuckermanPlaces
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Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
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“Where's Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
added by Lisa.
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Enjoyability 4
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Engaging
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Clarity 1
Effective explanations
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Genres 1
Fiction
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Fantasy
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Mood 2
Cheerful
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Impressions 2
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Length 1
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Purpose 2
Problem solving
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Hope
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