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E.B. White: Some Writer! All about the author of Charlotte's Web

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This is a valuable and worthwhile book, particularly as it's very accessible to kids who've loved Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, and who may be interested to know more about the real-world author who wrote them. This narrative reveals what an adventurous person White was when young, traveling widely and earning his way by working and writing, eager to explore the entire continent, not unlike Mark Twain some decades before. In this, White is a very American figure, but there's a lot more besides. But the most important point is that White and his work are so close to the hearts of kids lucky enough to have been exposed to them, and this book brings the source of those treasures even closer. For kids who've spent a lot of time in fantasy worlds (and I'm a Harry Potter fan), this is a way to introduce them to a real world that's interesting, important, with charm and a story-telling style all its own.

White was wonderful in many ways, as a person and a writer, and kids should know what he was really like.

(PS Not sure the point of the previous negative review - seems like an objection to the subtitle - but this book is very readable and, in its way, rather special, for both children and interested adults).

E.B. White, Beverly Gherman; Atheneum (1992)

The actual title, in its entirety, is "E.B. White, Some Writer!"

E.B. White owned a shotgun, I believe, when he resided in Maine in the latter half of his life.

And, not withstanding his diplomatic demeanor & eloquent voice dedicated to the cause of world peace, he would have wholeheartedly & without remorse fired a warning salvo over the head of whomever was responsible for that preposterous add-on.

The obituary of former teacher & state representative June Bugg, from Gadsden, Alabama, is taped onto the front overleaf page.