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Title	:	Catwings (Catwings #1)
Author	:	Ursula K. Le Guin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 40 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2003 by Orchard Books (first published 1988)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Childrens. Fiction. Animals. Cats

Catwings (Catwings #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin

Paperback | Pages: 40 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 7214 Users | 682 Reviews

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Catwings is a heartwarming coming-of-age, but contemporary issues and symbolism simmer beneath the surface for those willing to paw their way to greater meaning. In just forty-eight pages, Le Guin's memorable tale of four winged-kittens explores marginalized communities, race, and compassion.

Mrs. Jane Tabby could not explain why all four of her children had wings. "I suppose their father was a fly-by-night," a neighbor said, and laughed unpleasantly, sneaking round the dumpster. "Maybe they have wings because I dreamed, before they were born, that I could fly away from this neighborhood," said Mrs. Jane Tabby.

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Original Title:	Catwings
ISBN:	0439551897 (ISBN13: 9780439551892)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Catwings #1
Literary Awards:	Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1990)

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Now I need more Catwings series in my life.

It's a book about cats. With wings. By Ursula Le Guin. Of course I loved it even if I'm about 24 years older than its target audience.

Adorable little book. The thing I love about children's books (and by extension, a lot of MG stories) is that they don't tend to spend as much time as YA or adult stories explaining themselves. Like, the kittens were born with wings. How? Who cares? Moving on. And I think that's incredibly important, because the how or the why isn't the point of the story.

I'm glad that this great book is still in print even after all these years. It's a short but wonderful little novel and the illustrations are really nice, too.

I loved this book/series so much when I was a child that as an adult I got a tattoo of one of the illustrations. :)

Holy Cats, this teeny tiny story is absolutely adorable!On the surface, this tale is about four sibling cats (born with wings, mind you), who are encouraged by their mother to fly away from the bad neighborhood of their birth and seek a new and safe place to live. The cats do just that, and they encounter danger along the way before finally discovering a couple of human children in the country who mean them no harm.Just below the surface, however, is a story about acceptance in a world where

Yeah, there's no way in the real world that a litter of kittens is going to be born with four normal limbs and two wings; genetics don't work that way. But, a story about kittens with wings? Awesome. Reality can take a nap.