Charlotte’s Web

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Charlotte's Web was humorous and charming. and it quickly became a beloved children’s classic. It contains important lesson for children's to learn very suitable and enjoyable for children.

Hardcover book of Charlotte's Web

E.B. White, in full Elwyn Brooks White, (born July 11, 1899, Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.—died October 1, 1985, North Brooklin, Maine)

In 1941 White edited with his wife A Subtreasury of American Humor. His three books for children—Stuart Little (1945, film 1999), Charlotte’s Web (1952, film 1973 and 2006), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)—are considered classics, featuring lively animal protagonists who seamlessly interact with the human world. In 1959 he revised and published a book by the late William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style, which became a standard style manual for writing in English. Among White’s other works is Points of My Compass (1962). Letters of E.B. White, edited by D.L. Guth, appeared in 1976, his collected essays in 1977, and Poems and Sketches of E.B. White in 1981. He was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963) and a Pulitzer Prize special citation (1978). White’s biography of Harold W. Ross appeared in the 14th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/E-B-White

Charlotte’s Web is a Classic children's novel by E.B White, published in 1952, with illustrations by Garth Williams

Who is Garth Williams?

Garth Williams Illustration-

On Oct 15, 42 of the original Garth Williams illustrations for Charlotte’s Web were put up at a New York auction. All of them were sold off fetching a combined total of $780,245.

Published in 1952, Charlotte’s Web was named the best-selling children’s paperback of all time by Publisher’s Weekly in 2000.

Original Illustrations of Charlotte's Web referenced from: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/10/original-illustrations-of-charlotte-web.html

The original sketches of his artworks were sold in a very high prices.

His sketches are often very descriptive, you can clearly see the emotional changes throughout his illustration protagonists, his illustration shows mood, easy to tell what the story is about just base on the image itself. His artworks are very balanced, it gives a nice white space that makes the illustration clean and not paranoid to look at.