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January Reads. Not much for me but I may be coming out of a year long reading slump.
The children make a swimming hole. They all go to work picking cherries for the Dr. And Henry wins a race. The dr seems to be trying to get them together with their grandfather without being conspicuous. What do you think?
Sorry I‘m not hosting so well. Have had a lot going on.
I love coming across recycled artwork. The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden had some great displays and I loved this Bedtime Stories, a bed made from books.
Ch 5&6. The children dig for treasure lake for their home in the dump and fix it up while Henry is away. Henry found a job. But there is another noise in the woods and we don‘t know what it is this time.
From yesterday: Mystery solved! The noise in the woods was a dog that the children quickly befriend.
Another walk down memory lane begins October 1. All welcome to join this chapter a day readalong.
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Chapter three ends on a cliffhanger after Jessie finds a boxcar for their home and Henry goes to town for milk. Who is in the woods?
I‘m sure glad the kids got away from that awful baker‘s wife.
Little late posting our first day. I was on the road earlier. In the first chapter, we meet siblings Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet as they stare hungrily at bread in a bakery. They tell the baker‘s wife their parents are dead and they don‘t want to go to their grandfather. The baker‘s wife wants to keep the 3 oldest to work for them but plan to take Benny to the Children‘s Home. The kids overhear and leave in the middle of the night. 👇🏻
Charlotte‘s eggs hatch but most of her babies take off on the wind. Three stay behind and Wilbur tells them of how he and their mother were such great friends. 😭
The End
The worst chapter. Charlotte just be left behind at the fair. At Wilbur‘s pleading, Templeton brings her egg sac down to the crate to return to the farm with Wilbur.
My how times have changed. Wilbur wins a special prize and Fern doesn‘t even stick around to see it.
pickI just love Jerry Craft‘s graphic novels. I‘m excited to hear New Kid is being made into a movie!!
pickAll the stars! I had to finish. This is a childhood story that will always live in my heart and a classic that will never die. It is the perfect story.
Thank you to the group that discussed it with me. It made the rereading even more enjoyable.
Wilbur awakes to find a tired Charlotte and her magnum opus-an egg sac full of 514 eggs! Templeton returns after a night of gorging himself on fair food with bad news about Uncle pig next door already winning. Humble Wilbur gets another buttermilk bath and is called to the stage for a special prize.
Templeton has a blast at the fair and brings back the word humble for Charlotte‘s web. There were a couple pics of Templeton but I had to include this one from the last chapter. This quiet night between Charlotte and Wilbur is so sweet.
Everybody runs off to enjoy their favorite parts of the fair.
Are you a fair goer? I went once in 6th grade and sneezed 100 times in a row and my eyes swelled shut. Needless to say, I haven‘t been back. 😞
pickA WWII book with a focus on the Polish Resistance saving banned books. Finished just in time for the authors visit tonight.
Wilbur gets a buttermilk bath in preparation for the fair. Charlotte and Templeton tag along clandestinely. At first Templeton refused until he found out what a rat smorgasbord a fair can be.
Lots of foreshadowing in this chapter as Wilbur and Charlotte think ahead to the fair. Wilbur begs Charlotte to go but she won‘t make any promises.
Photo from tomorrow‘s chapter.
“Children pay attention better than grownups.” I like Dr Dorian, his outlook, and his advice to Mrs Arable.
Charlotte spins another web and people come from far and and wide to see the terrific pig. Templeton goes on his hunt in the dump and after 2 failed attempts, finally finds a word Charlotte can use for her next project. Charlotte sings Wilbur to sleep. They have such a sweet friendship.
Enjoyed some delicious wild blackberries on my #audiohike yesterday
Meeting of the minds. Charlotte holds a meeting to get her new ideas for her web to save Wilbur. We find she‘s as annoyed as some of us with Goose‘s repetitive nature. Templeton arrives late with no intention of helping but threats about future missing slops convince him otherwise.
Charlotte puts her plan into action and astounds the Zuckerman‘s. Even as a kid, I agreed with Mrs Zuckerman that it seemed they had some spider as opposed to some pig.
so-soI‘ve been off WWII books for a bit but decided to read Martin‘s for a library author visit. I enjoyed the first one. This one - if you haven‘t read many in this time period you will like it. If you have, it will feel like so many of the others. The librarian title drew me in. While there were some parts that stood out, for the most part I wasn‘t interested enough to give it a really close listen.
Avery was just being a boy but also kind of got what was coming to him for messing with Charlotte. But the poor barnyard animals having to smell that ghastly rotten egg! 🤢 🤮
Oliver James is a truck driver on tiktok who had some learning disabilities and never learned to read in school. He is teaching himself to read and started a book club on tiktok. Coincidentally, he is currently read Charlotte‘s Web.
Wilbur tries to spin a web but finds he‘s not properly equipped. Lamb insults Wilbur and Charlotte fiercely defends him. As night sets in Wilbur remembers his fear and talks to Charlotte again. She promises she is coming up with a plan to save Wilbur.
Short chapter today. No picture. But the mystery of whether Fern can understand the animals is solved. It appears she can. And Mrs Arable is concerned enough about it to want to take her to the doctor. Mr. Arable thinks Fern is fine.
Wilbur learns the awful truth of his Christmas fate and Charlotte makes a bold promise. “You shall not die.”
Should sheep have shared this bad news? Should Charlotte make such a promise?
