A children’s biography of E. B. White. That’s an unlikely book, but Melissa Sweet manages to pull it off. Using a collage design, Sweet presents E. B. White in his own words mostly. From White’s career on THE NEW YORKER to the classic children’s books he wrote, Sweet captures the essence of a complicated man in terms children (and adults) can understand. I read Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web to Patrick and Katie. Diane read E. B. White’s classics to her classes. I love Essays of E. B. White. What’s your favorite E. B. White book? GRADE: A
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: All’s Right With the World Department
Chapter 2.: One More to the Lake
Chapter 3: Years of Wonder
Chapter 4: From Seas to Shining Sea
Chapter 5: Answers to Hard Questions
Chapter 6: A Time of Enchantment
Chapter 7: Stuart Little
Chapter 8: Bad News
Chapter 9: Charlotte’s Web
Chapter 10: The Elements of Style
Chapter 11: The Trumpet of the Swan
Chapter 12: What Do Our Hearts Treasure?
Chapter 13: Stentences We Hated to Come to the End Of
Author’s Note
About the Art
Afterword by Martha White
Timeline
Selected Bibliography
Thank – Yous
Index
I was considering him for a Rap Bio myself, incorporating: “E.B. White but he be funky!”
Dan, you vision would fit with ELEMENTS OF STYLE!
“E.B. White but he be Strunky?”
Dan, reading E. B. White will make anyone a better writer! And Strunk was no slouch, either!
George, I have read only “Stuart Little” and “Charlotte’s Web”, and “The Elements of Style” by Stunk and White, which I find very useful. I’d like to read “Essays of E. B. White.”
Prashant, I’m a big fan of ESSAYS OF E. B. WHTIE. It’s a great book to dip into.
We read CHARLOTTE’S WEB to our girls; not sure we got around to STUART LITTLE (bedtime stories was really my husband’s province; when he was out of town or otherwise unavailable, I’d end up reading them something like “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”). Certainly in my life, ELEMENTS OF STYLE was more important than any of White’s fiction.
Deb, I admire E. B. White’s writing style. It was elegant without being fussy.
CHARLOTTE’S WEB and ELEMENTS OF STYLE.
Jeff, two great books!
This looks wonderful.
I have, and have read more than once, the four book set published by Harper & Row, published in the early 1980s:
THE LETTERS OF E.B. WHITE
ESSAYS OF E.B. WHITE
ONE MAN’S MEAT by E.B. White
POEMS AND SKETCHES by E.B. White
All very enjoyable. I should read them again. I also have the James Thurber letters, many of which are to and from White.
Rick, I haven’t read LETTERS OF E.B. WHITE although I own a copy. Something to read when I retire.