An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web, two of the best loved children’s books of all time. Learn about E.B. White’s exciting life in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series!
Today, most people remember E. B. White as the beloved children’s book author who gave us Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, but did you know that most of his career was spent writing for famous magazines like The New Yorker? His lifelong dream to write a children’s book about a mouse would take years to get published before it became the classic book we know and love today. A few years later, White would publish yet another children’s book inspired by a pig he had raised and a spider whose webs he loved to admire in his barn.
一本趣味十足的傳記,講述創作《一家之鼠:小不點司圖爾特》和《夏綠蒂之網》背後的男人,這兩本兒童讀物一直受到孩子們的喜愛。大家來了解紐時第一暢銷系列最新一集E.B.懷特的精彩人生!
今天,大多數人都知道E.B.懷特是一位深受喜愛的兒童讀物作家,他寫出了《夏綠蒂之網》和《一家之鼠:小不點司圖爾特》。但您知道他大部分的職業生涯都是在給《紐約客》等著名雜誌撰稿嗎?他畢生的夢想是寫一本關於老鼠的兒童讀物,這個故事花了他好幾年的時間才終於出版,然後才有我們今天所熟知和喜愛的經典故事。過了幾年,懷特又出版了另一本兒童讀物,靈感來自他養的一頭豬和一隻蜘蛛,他喜歡在穀倉裡欣賞牠結的蜘蛛網。
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