content: "Charlotte's Web" is one of the books that I remember fondly from my childhood (as well as the several times that I've read it now that I'm nominally grown-up.) Even though I know each time that I will cry, I can't stop going back to this story again and again. Anthropomorphism can be extremely difficult to pull off, but I enjoy the fact that although the animals experience "human" emotions, they never truly stop acting like the animals they are. The friendship between Charlotte and Wilbur helps to remind us that no matter how differrent we appear on the outside, we all can relate to ne another from what we hold inside. The character are charming, the story is both poignant and fun, and the message of the book gets across clearly without bein heavy-handed.