E. B. White

Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A PUFFIN BOOK. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes.This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur''s dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely help of Templeton the rat, and a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this time has grown up to be quite a pig.A time-honoured classic favourite.E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. 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 blockbusting film in 2000. He 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''.

Wilbur es un carinoso y timido cerdito que se hace amigo de una hermosa arana gris llamada Carlota. Un dia Wilbur se entera del destino de los cerdos de la granja y el mundo se le viene encima. Pero su amiga esta decidida a salvarlo como sea. ¿Lo conseguira?

Sam Beaver y su padre pasan temporadas en una cabaña de Canadá. En una de sus excursiones, Sam descubre una familia de cisnes trompeteros. En seguida entabla amistad con ellos, sobre todo con el pequeño Louis, un polluelo con una caracteristica muy particular: es mudo. ¿Conseguiran el afan de superacion del cisne y la ayuda de Sam que logre comunicarse?

Stuart es el hijo menor del matrimonio Little, una sencilla familia que vive en Nueva York. Pero Stuart presenta una característica extraordinaria: es un ratón. Su vida, sin embargo, transcurre con naturalidad y sus aventuras, llenas de ingenioso humor, cautivaran inmediatamente a los jovenes lectores. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

Una faula deliciosa sobre la força de voluntat i el desig de comunicar-se.Quan resulta que ets un cigne trompeter i neixes mut, com li ha passat a en Louis, tens un problema. Sobretot, si el teu pare no deixa de dir que aixo no shavia vist mai a la familia, fins ara! I la cosa es complica encara mes quan tenamores i vols declarar-te com ho fan tots els cignes trompeters. Si, es un problema, pero en Louis es molt espavilat i, sobretot, te uns quants amics que estan disposats a ajudar-lo, com en Sam, un nen que passa les vacances just al costat del llac on viu ell, o la professora que ensenya el cigne a escriure, o el barquer que el deixa instal·lar-se a lHotel Ritz de Boston. Al capdavall, quan un es vol comunicar, sempre troba la millor manera de fer-ho. I en Louis te les ganes i tambe te molta bufera!La trompeta del cigne (1970) va ser portada al cinema el 2001 per Richard Rich

«Quan el segon fill de la senyora Little va arribar, tothom va adonar-se que no era gaire més gran que un ratolí. Si s'ha de dir la veritat, la criatura s'assemblava en tot i per tot a un ratolí. Feia unes dues polzades d'alçada; tenia un morret punxegut de ratolí, una cua de ratolí, uns bigotis de ratolí, í el taranna agradable i tímid d'un ratolí. El senyor i la senyora Little li van posar per nom Stuart, i la senyora Little li va fer un llit amb quatre agulles d'estendre la roba i un paquet de tabac.» Així comença aquest gran classic de la literatura infantil i juvenil.

Una faula deliciosa sobre la força per superar les dificultats, ara en edició rústica.Quan resulta que ets un cigne trompeta i neixes mut, com li ha passat a en Louis, tens un problema. I la cosa es complica encara mes quan t''enamores i vols declarar-te com ho fan tots els cignes trompeta. Si, es un problema, pero, al capdavall, quan un es vol comunicar, sempre troba la manera de fer-ho. I en Louis en te les ganes i tambe te molta bufera!

Aquesta és la història d'una nena que rescata un porquet anomenat Wilbur, que ha nascut molt escanyolit, i de la millor amiga d'en Wilbur, una aranya grisa i peluda anomenada Carlota. I d'uns granger

«Vaia porco!» «Radiante.» «Humilde.» Así é Wilbur, un porquiño a quen a pequena Fern libra da morte ó pouco de nacer. Pero todo o mundo sabe o destino que lles espera ós porcos. Para evitalo e lograr

Cando a señora Little ten o seu segundo fillo, todo o mundo advirte que non é maior ca un rato. Ademais, o pequeno Stuart parécese moitísimo a un rato en todos os aspectos, polo que temen que calquera dia escape pola rateira. nbsp;Pero, ainda que Stuart Little esta disposto a aventura, so marcha da casa para buscar a sua amiga Margalo cando esta extraordinaria ave desaparece.

This is the story of a little girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilber. And of how Wilbur is saved from a dreadful fate by Charlotte the spider's very clever plan. The most loved childre

En el tórrido verano de 1948, en una asfixiante habitación de hotel, E. B. White escribió este ensayo, un vibrante homenaje a Nueva York. Sutil, divertido y nostálgico, es una mágica evocación de la ciudad y el retrato social de toda una epoca. De cada una de sus frases se desprende la fascinacion que la urbe ejerce sobre quienes ;cogieron sus bartulos y acudieron a la ciudad en busca de asilo, del cumplimiento de sus deseos o de cualquier otro Grial de mayor o menor importancia. En Esto es Nueva York palpitan todos los ambientes que contribuyeron a crear el mito: el tren elevado de la Tercera Avenida, el hervidero humano de sus calles, los grandes periodicos, el Queen Mary y su sirena. Y al llegar al final no se puede dejar de sentir un escalofrio ante la vulnerabilidad de este coloso urbano que White pone al descubierto con intuicion certera

Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George and Snowball the cat. Though he''s shy and thoughtful, he''s an adventurous and heroic little mouse. 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. When his best friend, a beautiful little bird called Margalo disappears from her nest, Stuart is determined to track her down. 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 way.

Ésta es la historia de una niña que quería a un cerdito llamado Wilbur, y de una queridísima amiga de Wilbur llamada Carlota, una hermosa y gran araña gris, que vivía con el en la granja. Carlota idea un magnifico plan para salvar la vida a Wilbur que llevara a cabo con la ayuda de toda la granja e incluso la de Templeton, una rata que se resiste a cooperar.

A beautiful hardback edition of a much-loved classic, celebrating sixty years of publication. Complete with Garth Williams' charming original drawings. Ages: 7-11yrs.

'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. 'Out to the hoghouse,' replied Mrs. Arable. 'Some pigs were born last night.' 'I don't see why he needs an axe,' continued Fern, who was only eight. 'Well,' said her mother, 'one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.' 'Do away with it?' shrieked Fern. 'You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?' Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. 'Don't yell, Fern!' she said. 'Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.' Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father. 'Please don't kill it!' she sobbed. 'It's unfair.' Mr. Arable stopped walking. 'Fern,' he said gently, 'you will have to learn to control yourself.' 'Control myself?' yelled Fern. 'This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.' Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father's hand. 'Fern,' said Mr. Arablet 'I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!' 'But it's unfair,' cried Fern. 'The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?' Mr. Arable smiled. 'Certainly not,' he said, looking down at his daughter with love. 'But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.' 'I see no difference,' replied Fern, still hanging on to the axe. 'This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.' A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself. 'All right,' he said. 'You go back to the house and I will bring the runt when I come in. I'll let you raise it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you

The tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.