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E.B. White

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/EB-White-No-Bunk.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/12/2004 E.B. White Transcript In the opening minutes of the film version of E. B. White’s first children’s book — Stuart Little ( the prequel to film, Stuart Little 2, that’s in theaters next next week) Mr. and Mrs. Little go to an orphanage and end […]

E. B. White

That's E.B. White reading the startling opening sentences from his 1952 classic, Charlotte's Web. This is one of the most remarkable beginnings in all of children's literature, and it reminds us that this book is about some pretty harsh realities.