E.B. White was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921, then travelled about trying many sorts of jobs, and finally joined the New Yorker magazine. He kept animals on his farm in Maine, and some of these creatures crept into his stories and books. In1970 Mr White received the Laura Ingalls Wilders Adward, given every five ears for distinguished services to children's literature by the American Library Association.

E.B. White died in 1985