White's two other books for young people are also about animals interacting in a human world. Stuart Little (1945) is about the trials of being bom a mouse in a human family. Stuart must overcome adversity as he deals effectively with being different, and his positive, never-say-quit attitude helps him prevail. The Trumpet of the Swan (1970) follows Louis, a mute swan, who is handicapped in courting a mate without his voice. As with animals in other White stories, Louis overcomes his handicap by learning to play a trumpet as well as the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.
Charlotte's Web has been adapted into a sentimentalized but fairly faithful animated feature film, produced by Paramount and released in 1972......
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