E.B. White

By Kiera Schneider

• born on July 11, 1899 in Mount Vernon, New York

• attended public schools there

• Served in army before going to cornell university

• White graduated Cornell University in 1921

• joined the staff of the New yorker after five or six years

• It resulted in a steady output of essays, sketches, poems, and editorials

• essays appeared in Harper's Magazine

• In 1929, white married Katherine Angell

• 1938,moved to the country

• owned a maine farm and kept animals

• Some got into his stories

• In 1945,wrote stuart Little,1952:Charlotte's Web,1970:The Trumpet of the Swan

  Major Accomplishments

• awarded 1970 Laura Ingalls wilder medal for Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web

• Awarded 1971 National Medal for Literature

• received Sequyah Award and William Allen White Award

• John F. Kennedy named him one of thirty-one Americans to receive Presidential Medal for Freedom

  How Has White Affected the Future?

• Brought joy to poeple's lives by writing funny, exciting books

• made good,creative solutions

• described well

• may inspire others to write

• helped educate kids