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- The Best Books for 11 Year OldsReading list
There are few books that capture the imagination like Charlotte’s Web. Written by E.B. White, the classic tale tells the story of a young girl named Fern and her pig, Wilbur. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered, Charlotte, a spider, steps in to save him. Through her web-spinning, Charlotte raises awareness…
- Kim Brown SeelyInterview
So many books! I was a night-owl flashlight reader, as well as an introvert who loved the adventure of disappearing into a new book. I read my books over and over: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett, the entire Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene, Green Mansions by William Henry…
- J.M. DeMatteisInterview
It’s impossible for me to pick just one. When I think of great books for children, I think of Seuss, Baum’s amazing Oz books, the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, Roald Dahl, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L’Engle…
- The Best Classic Novels For BeginnersReading list
After pressing Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style on anyone who would listen, I reread Charlotte’s Web to figure out why, twenty-five years after encountering it in elementary school, I still recalled the image of Fern and her brother Avery jumping from a hayloft in a barn, tongues streaked purple from…
- Denise LandisInterview
I can’t think of any one book that young people should read that has to do with food or cooking. But I do think there is one book they should read, and that is Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. And that is because the book is about kindness, and the essence of feeding others is kindness, and the meaning of hospitality is…
- Peter AttiaInterview
Sitting in the back of the beat up old station wagon reading a paperback of Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White while my mom was driving us to the mall.
- Mario BataliInterview
My mom read to me and enthused all of the kids to read. I read every book on the school reading list in 3rd and 4th grade. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White probably struck me as my first real book memory.
- Laura Eve EngelInterview
So many. Maybe even more than when I think about my adulthood… The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold. From the Mixed Up Files of Ms…
- Louis SacharInterview
- Emma TourtelotInterview
Can I pick two? James and the Giant Peach, because I met the author right after I read it for the first time, which was a weird and magical experience, kind of like reading his books. Also Charlotte’s Web, because it’s the first book that made me cry. My only tattoo is a quote from Charlotte’s Web (“This lovely world…
- Maria RussoInterview
I was a very early reader – according to my parents I was reading at 4 – and so I can’t pinpoint my earliest recollection, but I do have a strong sense memory of being on my bed reading, completely swept away, and feeling a deep annoyance and almost despair when I had to stop because I was being called to dinner. For…
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