有看過《夏綠蒂的網》嗎？記得小豬韋伯和蜘蛛夏綠蒂初次見面的時刻嗎？超越種族的友誼，動人的對白和劇情設計，都讓讀者難以忘懷。作者 E. B. White，原名為 Elwyn Brooks White，在紐約長大的他，感情纖細，喜歡動物，對周遭事物有極佳的敏感度。

E.B. White 從在知名的《紐約客》雜誌擔任編輯，隨著和文字接觸的時間越長，他不甘於只做一個編輯，不認為自己只是個為紐約客寫文章的作家，於是在1945年出版了他第一本兒童文學作品Stuart Little《小不點圖爾斯特》， 又在1952年出版了Charlotte's Web《夏綠蒂的網》，這本書奠定了他在兒童文學史上的地位，也是紐伯瑞獎中最為暢銷至今的兒童文學作品之一。

本書由 White 的孫女 Martha White撰寫後記，談到關於他祖父的一些生平寫照，並由曾獲得凱迪克金獎 (Caldecott Honor) 的插畫家 Melissa Sweet 繪製插圖。Melissa Sweet 的作品，藉由拼貼和手繪插圖的交錯呈現，帶來一種魔幻寫實的魅力，充滿懷古風情卻又不失現代元素，為本書帶來最恰當也最美好的詮釋。

A New York Times Bestseller

Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award

A People Magazine Best Children’s Book

A Washington Post Best Book

A Publishers Weekly Best Book

Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient

Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old 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, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.

About the Author

拼貼高手、首屈一指的傳記類繪本家：梅麗莎．斯威特 Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of many fine children’s books including Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White, winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus award, Balloons Over Broadway, a Sibert winner, and The Right Word and A River of Words, both Caldecott Honors. Reviewers have described her unique mixed-media illustrations as “exuberant,” “outstanding,” and “a creative delight.” Melissa lives on the beautiful coast of Maine. In addition to writing and painting, she enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing.