Charlotte`s Web: A Puffin Book by E B White. A Puffin Book series brings together some of the best-loved stories ever written. This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur & of Wilbur`s dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely help of Templeton the rat, & a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this time has grown up to be quite a pig. A time-honoured classic favourite. E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 & died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine & some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was made into a blockbusting film in 2000. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have `made a substantial & lasting contribution to literature for children`. Also by E B White & available in A PUFFIN BOOK: Charlotte`s Web; Stuart Little; &, The Trumpet of the Swan.