Description
"SOME PIG," Charlotte the spider's praise for Wilbur, is just one fondly remembered snippet from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. In Some Writer!, the two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell his story, from his birth in 1899 to his death in 1985. Budding young writers will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute is the first fully illustrated biography of E. B. White and includes an afterword by Martha White, E. B. White's granddaughter.
Pages
161
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Nonfiction — 2016)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor — Nonfiction — 2017)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2016)
Parents' Choice Book Award (2016)
Lupine Award (Winner — Juvenile/Young Adult — 2016)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
Orbis Pictus Award (Winner — 2017)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2019)
North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
Mind the Gap Awards (2017)
Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award (Winner — 2018)
CYBILS Awards (Winner — Juvenile Nonfiction — 2016)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Nominee — 2017)
CCBC Choices (Biography and Autobiography — 2017)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Nonfiction — 2016)
Nerdy Book Award (2016)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books — 2016)
Notable Children's Book (2017)
Teacher Favorites Award (2017)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Youth — 2018)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2016)
Lexile
1030L