Charlotes web

This beloved book by E. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan , is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect. Some Pig. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend.

How E.B. White Spun 'Charlotte's Web'

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and wherever you get your podcasts! A gentle and wise grey spider with a flair for promotion pledges to save a young pig from slaughter for dinner food. Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.

Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm. The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him. Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality. Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce! Wilbur the pig knows how important friendship is - he learned that from a spider named Charlotte.

So when Wilbur meets Cardigan, a lonely lamb, Wilbur immediately makes him his friend. An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

Based on the beloved children's novel by E. White, a young girl named Fern rescues a runty piglet, raises it as her own and names him Wilbur. However, after Wilbur grows into a pig, she is compelled to sell him to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman down the street.

At Zuckerman's barn, Wilbur meets a host of animals and later learns from them that come winter, he will be slaughtered for food. Fearing for his life, Charlotte, a gentle and wise spider whom befriended the lonely Wilbur, vows to save his life. Written by Oliver Chu. Bring your Kleenex.

Maybe it's just coz I'm female, or maybe it's coz my mother read this book to me when I was little -- but every time a new word appeared in that web -- tears rolled down my cheeks! It's very charming. They have kept to the time frame of the book -- it looks like the ss. They haven't tried to "modernize" it with pop culture references and silly jokes like so many kids' movies nowadays do.

Fern isn't break dancing with the pig. No, there are no musical numbers. Fart jokes were kept to a minimum. I think they are required by law nowadays to put fart jokes in all children's entertainment. They didn't dumb down the lovely words E. White used -- Charlotte uses her grand language as she speaks to Wilbur and spins her webs. I kept thinking of "Babe" at the start of the movie. A white runt pig saved. Similar barnyard companions. Even the voice of Wilbur sounds like the voice of Babe.

Even tho Babe was voiced by a 32 y. But I think the writers of Babe must have been fans of the classic "Charlotte's Web". Steve Buscemi as the voice of Templeton the Rat is just perfect. Poor guy even has a rat-like face -- is that why they cast him? And the CGI animation is flawless. You can't tell the animated animals from the real ones. Flawlessly blended. That little pig is SO cute at the beginning -- I just wanted to watch him play in the mud for 10 minutes.

But no, they kept the story moving along. They even tried to make the spider cute, but that's quite a challenge. Still Julia Roberts' soothing motherly voice helps. Nevertheless, the little girl next to me climbed into her grandma's lap when the spider appeared. And Dakota Fanning, as always, is a darling. So go -- and if you loved the book as a child, bring plenty of Kleenex!

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He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen. Director: Gary Winick. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Heartwarming movies about animals! Films of Fantasy, family. For KIDS Share this Rating Title: Charlotte's Web 6. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.

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Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, , by Harper. Charlotte's Web. Every morning after breakfast, Wilbur walked out to the road with Fern and waited with her till the bus came. She would wave good-bye to him.

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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and wherever you get your podcasts! A gentle and wise grey spider with a flair for promotion pledges to save a young pig from slaughter for dinner food. Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge. Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons. An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds. Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm. The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.

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Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

Charlotte's Web

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White , published in , with illustrations by Garth Williams. The widely read tale takes place on a farm and concerns a pig named Wilbur and his devoted friend Charlotte, the spider who manages to save his life by writing about him in her web. Persuading him that the piglet has a right to life and promising to look after it, she saves the animal and names him Wilbur. When Wilbur becomes too large, Fern is forced to sell him to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman, whose barn is filled with animals who shun the newcomer. When Wilbur discovers that he will soon be slaughtered for Christmas dinner, he is horribly distraught. It becomes apparent, however, that Charlotte is unwell.