content: Charlotte's Web is a graceful, poetic, beautiful book about important things like love and loyalty and loss and the importance of good writing. E.B. White doesn't talk down to children, just as Charlotte would never talk down to Wilbur the pig. White knows that children are capable of deep thoughts and deep emotion, and he touches those thoughts and emotions as well as weaving a charming and often comical plot. I loved it as a child, I loved reading it with my son (imagine his surprise to find himself in tears over a BOOK!), and I can't wait to read it with my grandchildren. Quite simply, it's the best children's book in the English language.