Gift Guide: Best Books for Preteens
By the contributors of Kaboose.com
Charlotte’s Web
Eudora Welty declared this book about a pig “just about perfect” when she reviewed it in the New York Times. Wilbur is the runt of the litter who finds himself spared from the farmer’s ax—first by a girl named Fern and then by a clever grey spider named Charlotte. It is Charlotte who comes to Wilbur’s aid, by spinning a marvelously inventive rescue.
Author/Illustrator: Written by E. B. White. Pictures by Garth Williams.
The Best Part: How many books have a hero “about the size of a gumdrop”? Readers will drink in words such as “Salutations!” and “humble.” Most of all, they will see the miraculous in the ordinary, as “human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.
Price: $7.99
Available at: Amazon.com
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