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Charlotte's Web

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Stuart Little

The Trumpet of the Swan

The Tale of the Nutcracker

The Call of the Wild

The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

A Little Princess

The Wind in the Willows

Anne of Green Gables

Kiki's Delivery Service

Black Beauty

Little Women

The Secret Garden

The Railway Children

Tales from Shakespeare

Tales of the Greek Heroes

The Jungle Book

Wuthering Heights

Treasure Island

A Christmas Carol

The Worst Witch

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Penguin Shop: 3 Clothbound Classics for £33

An unusual and witty story which provides a gentle introduction to questions of mortality, Charlotte's Web is a modern classic.

From grammar to the tenderness in which this story is delivered, E. B. White's writing is so perfect... And Garth William's muted illustrations are entirely without fault. Whether read aloud or solo, this is a book well deserving of it's 'classic' status.

70th Anniversary Edition

Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful 70th anniversary edition of Charlotte's Web, the poignant, humorous story of a pig, a spider and a little girl. 
 
This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely help of Templeton the rat, and a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this time has grown up to be quite a pig. 
 
A time-honoured classic favourite.

'From grammar to the tenderness in which this story is delivered, E. B. White's writing is so perfect... And Garth William's muted illustrations are entirely without fault. Whether read aloud or solo, this is a book well deserving of its "classic" status.' - The Children's Book Review 
 
Wilbur the pig's life has already been saved by Fern, but when he is sold to her uncle, he realises his life is in even more danger. Enter Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. Charlotte is determined to keep Wilbur from the chopping block, and comes up with an ingenious way to do just that. 
 
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful 70th anniversary edition of Charlotte's Web, the poignant, humorous story of a pig, a spider and a little girl. 
 
Collect our Puffin Clothbound Classics: 
9780241444313 The Little Prince 
9780241663554 The Jungle Book 
9780241568811 Charlotte's Web 
9780241688243 Little Women 
9780241688250 Peter Pan 
9780241688267 The Railway Children 
9780241688236 Chinese Cinderella 
9780241411216 Treasure Island 
9780241411209 The Wizard of Oz 
9780241655702 Watership Down 
9780241663578 The Worst Witch 
9780241663547 David Copperfield 
9780241663561 The Neverending Story 
9780241623909 Stig of the Dump 
9780241623916 The Dark is Rising 
9780241411162 The Secret Garden 
9780241411148 Black Beauty 
9780241411155 Dracula 
9780241425121 Frankenstein 
9780241425138 Wuthering Heights 
9780241425114 Tales from Shakespeare 
9780241425107 Tales of the Greek Heroes 
9780241411193 A Christmas Carol 
9780241621196 Grimms' Fairy Tales 
9780241425145 Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

E. B. White (Author) 
E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was recently made into a blockbusting film. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children'. 
 
Garth Williams (Illustrator) 
Garth Williams was born in 1912 and became one of American's best-loved illustrators. 
His magical drawings have brought to life many memorable children's book characters, including Fern, Wilbur, and Charlotte in Charlotte's Web and the adventurous little mouse, Stuart Little. 
Garth Williams died in 1996, at the age of 84.

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An unusual and witty story which provides a gentle introduction to questions of mortality, Charlotte's Web is a modern classic.

From grammar to the tenderness in which this story is delivered, E. B. White's writing is so perfect... And Garth William's muted illustrations are entirely without fault. Whether read aloud or solo, this is a book well deserving of it's 'classic' status.

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