Charlotte's Web: 60th Anniversary Edition

184 pp. Glossy pictorial boards, web illustration on endpapers. Includes new foreword by Kate DiCamillo, Newbery Award winning author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Desperaux. Charlotte's Web is a children's book by acclaimed American author E.B. White. First published in 1952, it tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. The book was illustrated by Garth Williams. Publishers Weekly listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time as of 2000. Written in White's dry, low-key manner, Charlotte's Web is considered a classic of children's literature, enjoyable to adults as well as children. The description of the experience of swinging on a rope swing at the farm is an often cited example of rhythm in writing, as the pace of the sentences reflects the motion of the swing. Inspiration for the 1973 animated film and the 2006 live action film.