Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, Ursula K. Le Guin
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrator: Ursula K. Le Guin

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/19/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Newbery Medal-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin delights youg listeners with her Catwings books. Kitten Alexander Furby's parents think he is just wonderful. But when he goes exploring on his own one day, he gets stuck in a tree. Soon a black kitten with wings helps him and brings him home to a whole family of winged cats. How can Alexander repay her kindness? "Will appeal to early chapter-book readers, fans of the earlier books, and cat lovers in general."-School Library Journal

About Ursula K. Le Guin

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah

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