Play Charlotte’s Web: The Video Game

Keep your Pong. Space Invaders? Not interested. Charlotte’s Web? Now we’re talking!
Did you know that Charlotte’s Web was once a video game for the Apple //e? I recently came across it on archive.org. The best part is that you can play it right on the site. Click here to give it a shot.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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So I’m playing this right now and I am HIGHLY UNNERVED by the countdown to Wilbur’s death, every time you get the right answer. Can you mess up and get him eaten?
Okay, I played with the hope of seeing what would happen if he ran out of time. No bloodshed. But it’s still very weird. Remember when books by major children’s authors could be turned into video games? Anyone else ever play Below the Root based on the book by Zilpha Keatley Snyder? Good times.
Ha! Yeah, that was not what I was expecting either