![]() ![]() White received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children'. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was made into a film in 2000 starring Hugh Lawrie.Į. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. ![]() He ventures away from home for the very first time in his life and finds himself embroiled in one exciting adventure after another, making new friends and meeting old ones along the wayĬHARLOTTE'S WEB, STUART LITTLE and THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN by E. When his best friend, a beautiful little bird called Margalo disappears from her nest, Stuart is determined to track her down. His daring escapades include racing a toy boat in a Central Park pond, retrieving his mother's ring from a drain, and crawling inside a piano to fix the keys for his brother. He does almost everything that humans do. ![]() He’d go on to write Charlotte’s Web and The Trumpet of the Swan, solidifying his. Being small and a mouse can be an inconvenience, but not for Stuart Little. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's an adventurous and heroic little mouse. It wasn’t until 1945 that White published Stuart Little, his first (but not last) novel for young readers. Born to a family of humans he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George and Snowball the cat. From the author of Charlotte's Web, a charming story of a bold, adventurous little mouse. ![]()
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