E. B. White was born in the USA. He travelled about trying all sorts of jobs before he joined the New Yorker magazine and became a writer. In 1970 he was awarded the prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web and in honour of his outstanding contribution to children's literature. E. B. White died in 1985.
We, and our children, are lucky to have this book * The New York Times Book Review * . . . the beautiful details, the sweetness of relationships - poignant without this time being sad - also make you know that this is the author of Charlotte's Web * Virginia Haviland (US author and librarian, 1911 - 1988) * . . . the beautiful details, the sweetness of relationships - poignant without this time being sad - also make you know that this is the author of Charlotte's Web * Virginia Haviland (US author and librarian, 1911 - 1988) *