《夏洛的网》在美国儿童文学史上是一再被提到的作品，主要内容是：一头小猪威伯与大灰蜘蛛夏洛同住在农场仓房的地窖中，聪明勇敢的夏洛在自己的网上编织"好猪"、"杰出"、"谦虚"等等字样，使得威伯在猪的比赛中荣获了大奖，救了他的性命。而威伯又怀着感激之情，保护了夏洛的孩子顺利诞生。这本书出版后，深受小读者的喜爱，许多成年人也爱读。在1953年度美国儿童文学奖评选中名列第二。

This title presents the tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.

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E.B. White was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921, then travelled about trying many sorts of jobs, and finally joined the New Yorker magazine. He kept animals on his farm in Maine, and some of these creatures crept into his stories and books. In1970 Mr White received the Laura Ingalls Wilders Adward, given every five ears for distinguished services to children's literature by the American Library Association.

E.B. White died in 1985