A farm girl named Fern adopts Wilbur the pig and nurses him, but her father doesn't want to keep a runt, so he farms the pig out to his brother-in-law. Nonetheless Fern goes every day to visit Wilbur, where she sits on a stool and listens in on all the barnyard conversations. Charlotte, the wisest of the barnyard animals, tells Wilbur that his days are numbered, causing him no small distress. The spider finds a way to save him from turning into bacon by spinning words into her web. Wilbur's fame spreads until the day of the county fair, where he wins a prize. By that time Fern, however, would rather be off riding the Ferris wheel with Henry Fussy. In the end, well, as we all know, pigs live longer than spiders, but Charlotte has left her mark not only on Wilbur but on all who read this touching little story.

This is one of the strangest stories I have ever read. It's a bit like Puff the Magic Dragon, when little Jackie Paper comes around no more, but Wilbur was never attached to Fern in the first place. His one true friend was Charlotte. Of course the entire cast of barnyard characters, the rat, the geese, the sheep, the hired hand, all add to the color of the story, but it is the wisdom of the spider that spins the plot of this 1950s classic. E.B. White's style is simple and direct. The illustrations by Garth Williams bring out the earthiness of the story. I'll give it five stars for style.

Do you think spiders are gross? If you answered, "YES!", you are not alone. Wilbur did not like spiders and especially detested their eating habits! Read this book to discover true friendship formed between a pig and a spider and even some spider facts!

I am very satisfied with my purchase, it was well packed, the product was in a good condition, and arrived safely at my house.

The book with excellent condition and arrived on time for my school. Would recomment with my fiend. Excellent service

I have read a LOT of children's novels lately and this one is the best. I don't say that lightly: I am a critical reviewer and frequently give two stars to "classics." But E.B. White's story about a caring spider and a young pig speaks about humanity as well as any other work of children's fiction.

Over the whole book hangs the terrible specter of Wilbur the pig's death. In a remarkable plot shift, Charlotte the spider ends up dying. Her death is surprising and beautiful. We are humbled and emptied by this wonderful creature's passing. But with Charlotte's end comes the ultimate lesson about death: while some die others are born, and they live a life partly assembled by the dead. For a book to tell tiny children such things so well and so compassionately is a real feat. E.B. White, who himself has died, has indeed left behind great life in his wake.