Catwings (Catwings, #1) by Ursula K.

Le Guin

Free download audio book.

Original Title: Catwings (Catwings, #1)

ISBN: 0439551897
ISBN13: 9780439551892
Autor: Ursula K. Le Guin/S.D. Schindler (Illustrator)
Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars (2822) counts
Original Format: Paperback, 40 pages
Download Format: PDF, TXT, ePub, iBook.
Published: May 1st 2003 / by Orchard Books / (first published 1988)
Language: English
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Childrens- 141 users
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Description:
The bestselling Catwings series!

Mrs. Jane Tabby can't explain why her four precious kittens were born with wings, but she's
grateful that they are able to use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous city slums
where they were born. However, once the kittens escape the big city, they learn that country life
can be just as difficult!

About Author:

As of 2013, Ursula K. Le Guin has published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories,
four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation,
and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc. Her
recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild
Girls. Forthcoming in 2012, Finding My Elegy, New and Selected Poems. She lives in Portland,
Oregon.
She is known for her treatment of gender (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Matter of Seggri),
political systems (The Telling, The Dispossessed) and difference/otherness in any other form. Her
interest in non-Western philosophies is reflected in works such as 'Solitude' and 'The Telling' but
even more interesting are her imagined societies, often mixing traits extracted from her profound
knowledge of anthropology acquired from growing up with her father, the famous anthropologist,
Alfred Krober. The Hainish Cycle reflects the anthropologist's experience of immersing themselves
in new strange cultures since most of their main characters and narrators (Le Guin favours the first
person narration) are envoys from a humanitarian organization, the Ekumen, sent to investigate or
ally themselves with the people of a different world and learn their ways.

Other Editions:
- Catwings (Catwings (Paperback))

- Catwings (Kindle Edition)

- Catwings (Hardcover)
- Catwings (Paperback)

- Alagatos (Paperback)

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- A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

 - The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

- The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

- The Left Hand of Darkness

- The Dispossessed

Books In The Series:

 - Catwings Return (Catwings, #2)

- Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Catwings, #3)

- Jane on Her Own (Catwings, #4)

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Rewiews:

Jan 18, 2015

Emily
Rated it: liked it
Shelves: second-childhood, read-aloud, cats
Cute purry cats with wings and Ursula Le Guin -- back in 1988, this combination did not really work
for me. I was too much in awe of Leguin's mind-expanding stories and her rich humane wisdom to
feel comfortable with her as the writer of what is, quite frankly, a rather simplistic children's book.
Parenthood changes many things. I've now found that its very simplicity makes this an excellent
read aloud book. True it's not particularly deep, but the fineness of the prose shines through if you
give
Cute purry cats with wings and Ursula Le Guin -- back in 1988, this combination did not really work
for me. I was too much in awe of Leguin's mind-expanding stories and her rich humane wisdom to
feel comfortable with her as the writer of what is, quite frankly, a rather simplistic children's book.
Parenthood changes many things. I've now found that its very simplicity makes this an excellent
read aloud book. True it's not particularly deep, but the fineness of the prose shines through if you
give it a chance -- the slower pace of reading aloud makes it easier to appreciate. And the kittens'
wings are furry.
9 likes

NewFranklin School
this looks gory

Oct 21, 2013 08:04PM