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In making the new live-action version of E.B. White’s classic Charlotte’s Web, the animators at Australia’s Rising Sun Pictures had to create a spider that stood out from run-of-the-mill arachnids.

To help celebrate the release of Charlotte’s Web into theaters this December, Reading Is FUNdamental and other sponsors are inviting kids to create posters of characters, scenes or other imagery from the book.

It never fails, says director Gary Winick (13 Going On 30). “I say to people I’m doing Charlotte’s Web and they always say, ‘Oh my god, that was my favourite book when I was a […]