The story of the real Charlotte of ‘Charlotte's Web’

Retropod

The Washington Post

History, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We're taking a little break over the holidays to look back on some of the best Retropod episodes from 2018. Today, an episode co-hosted by Madeline Daly, who won our Retropod trivia contest at the 2018 National Book Festival.

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0:14.4	Hey, history lovers.
0:15.9	I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod.
0:18.3	A show about the past, rediscovered.
0:23.9	With the Hol season upon us, we're taking a little break.
0:28.7	So for the next few days, we're replaying some of our favorite episodes from 2018.
0:34.9	We'll be back after the new year with more fascinating and fun discoveries from the past.
0:41.3	Happy holidays. Now on with the show.
0:49.7	Today's episode is a special one. That's because we are recording this at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.,
0:57.7	where I just hosted a trivia hour for kids.
1:01.6	The winner got a very cool prize.
1:05.3	She gets to be the co-host of this episode.
1:08.5	So let me introduce you to our winner. Hi, I'm Maddie. And Maddie,
1:13.7	what grade are you in? I'm in third grade. And let's give a shout out to your school. What school do
1:18.8	you go to? I go to O'Ne Elementary. Okay. Since we're at the National Book Festival, one of the
1:24.6	biggest celebrations of books in the world, and I have Maddie with me,
1:29.0	I thought it would be cool if we look back at the book librarians and teachers regularly rank
1:34.6	as the best children's book ever. So, what is it? Charlotte's Web. That's right, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, published way before Maddie's time in 1952.
1:51.7	I loved this book growing up, the funny and inspiring and sad story of Charlotte the Spider
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