It was reported as «unsold and destroyed» to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this «stripped book.» If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. And that is a pleasure in itself.Also by Ursula K. The book won’t blow you away stylistically or open your mind to the problems of the world, like many other Le Guin books, but it will bring you back to childhood. “Are you a catbird?” Alexander whispered. A strange, black bird with whiskers, and four paws, and a long tail.
On the very end of the branch sat a strange, black bird. Alexander shut his own eyes and tried as hard as he could to look like a pinecone. It also has hidden humor in spots, like this passage from page 14 where Alexander is stuck in a tree and encounters one of the winged cats:īut the bird kept coming straight at him, looking at him, and its eyes were round and golden, like the Owl’s eyes. It is therefore not one of Le Guin’s most elegant bits of writing, but who cares! The book is fun, and I remember loving it as a child.
It is clearly intended to be a children’s book, so it would be foolish to try and analyze it any other way. The book is cute, written to please young, imaginative minds.
He is made welcome and stays for a while before his owners find him. Eventually, he is rescued by a cat who can fly and is brought back to a barn where other cats with wings live. He eventually gets scared up a tree by some dogs and remains stuck up there. He explores his new surroundings, and in doing so encounters some of the dangers that can face a kitten in the world. It is the fun story of an adventurous cat named Alexander who wanders away from his home. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings is one book in a series of stories about the Catwings. So I went down to my basement, dug through boxes of dusty children’s books, and eventually found it. I just couldn’t resist I had to re-read it. It was not until now, that I put the title and the author together and realized that this was one of my favorite books when I was younger. This was when I first read the children’s story Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, which she wrote. I had never realized it, but I have been a fan of Ursula Le Guin since I was seven.
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