About himself, E.B. White once wrote: "This boy felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." He wasn't alone: talking animals abound in literature all over the globe. Who is your favorite literary talking animal? (Encore from July 6, 2011)
Guest
Michael Sims, writer and author of The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic
