Episode Description
For this episode, we reread E.B. White’s 1952 classic Charlotte’s Web.
Also by White: Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, The Elements of Style, Is Sex Necessary?, Essays of E.B. White, Letters of E.B. White, "Death of a Pig"
New Yorker article on Garth Williams
The Story of Charlotte’s Web, Michael Sims
Eudora Welty’s New York Times review
Recommended: Anne of Green Gables, Caddie Woodlawn (Mary Grace); Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, Misty of Chincoteague, The Cricket in Times Square (Deborah)
Adaptations: 1973 movie, 2006 movie, 2025 miniseries
You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com