# Charlotte's Web

**Author:** E.B. White
**Lexile:** 680L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 1952
**Page count:** 184
**Genre:** Children's Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780064400558`
**ISBN-10:** `0064400557`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/charlottes-web
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Wilbur, a runt pig saved from slaughter by young Fern Arable, is sent to her uncle's farm where he befriends a writing spider named Charlotte. White's novel is the canonical 3rd-4th grade chapter-book read-aloud in American elementary schools and a Common Core grade 3-5 exemplar.

## Themes

- friendship
- mortality
- loyalty
- seasons and change
- growing up

## Content notes

- death of a beloved character

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 7+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New York — [source: NY common summer-reading list — rising 3rd grade](https://www.nysed.gov/)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New York — [source: NY Next Gen Learning Standards grade 3 read-aloud text](https://www.nysed.gov/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · California — [source: CA CCSS ELA grade 4 frequently read text](https://www.cde.ca.gov/)

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