Charlotte's Web

Det här är berättelsen om åttaåriga flickan Fern, hennes älskade lilla gris Wilbur och Wilburs bästa vän, spindeln Charlotte. Wilbur trivs jättebra med alla sina vänner på familjen Zuckermans bondgård. Han äter tre rejäla mål mat om dagen och blir allt rundare. En dag får han veta att familjen planerar att göra julskinka av honom. Han blir förstås vettskrämd. Charlotte tvekar inte en sekund. Med livet som insats gör hon allt för att försöka rädda sin vän.

"Min vän Charlotte" (engelsk titel "Charlotte's Web") är en av USA:s mest lästa barnböcker genom tiderna med över 45 miljoner sålda böcker sedan 1952. En andra filmatisering av boken hade premiär i Sverige i december 2006.

Med illustrationer av Garth Williams.

Utdrag ur boken:
Day after day the spider waited, head down, for an idea to come to her. Hour by hour she sat motionless, deep in thought. Having promised Wilbur that she would save his life, she was determined to keep her promise.
Charlotte was naturally patient. She knew from experience that if she waited long enough, a fly would come to her web; and she felt sure that if she thought long enough about Wilbur's problem, an idea would come to her mind.
Finally, one morning toward the middle of July, the idea came. ”Why, how perfectly simple!” she said herself. ”The way to save Wilbur's life is to play a trick on Zuckerman. If I can fool a bug,” thought Charlotte, ”I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.”
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Wilbur lay down in the shade of his fence and went fast asleep.The spider, however, stayed wide awake, gazing affectionately at him and making plans for his future. Summer was half gone. She knew she didn't have much time.

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