Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Now available individually in new digest-sized paperback editions, the first four books in Le Guin's magical series chronicle four young cats with wings who leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live.Ĭlick for more in this series: Catwings (Paperback) Le Guin's Catwings series Skeleton Hiccups and Monster Mess!, both by Margery Cuyler Big Pumpkin and the ALA Notable Children's Book Don't Fidget a Feather!, both by Erica Silverman How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky and Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét. Schindler is the popular and versatile illustrator of many books for children, including Ursula K. She received lifetime achievement awards from the World Fantasy Convention, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legend Award. Le Guin was also the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret A. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America. Her acclaimed books received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Otherwise, Theodore Sturgeon, PEN/Malamud, and National Book Awards a Newbery Honor and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka Prizes, among others. Le Guin (1929-2018) was the celebrated author of twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation.

But once the kittens escape, they learn that country life comes with its own difficulties-just as they learn that help and friendship can be found in even the most unlikely places.Ībout the Author Ursula K.

Whatever the reason, she's grateful they can use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous, busy city where they were born.

Jane Tabby can't explain why her four kittens-Thelma, Roger, James, and Harriet-were born with wings. Le Guin's bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! Mrs. About the Book Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.īook Synopsis A litter of winged kittens flee the city for the countryside in this first 'small gem of a book' ( Publishers Weekly) in legendary author Ursula K.

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