

Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Series: Catwings #3
Narrator: Ursula K. Le Guin
Unabridged: 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/19/2012
Categories: Children's Fiction
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Series: Catwings #3
Narrator: Ursula K. Le Guin
Unabridged: 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/19/2012
Categories: Children's Fiction
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality, and ethnography.
Ursula has influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell-and notable science fiction and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks. She has won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She has resided in Portland, Oregon since 1959.
Not every cat is born with wings. There's "Wonderful" Alexander Furby, for one, a kitten raised by a rich owner to feel entitled to every advantage of wealth. Alexander is convinced that no one can resist his charm and bravery; that is, until the day curiosity prompts him to slip out through the gar......more