Download or read book Catwings Return written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James and Harriet return to the city in this second book in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! As kittens, James, Thelma, Harriet, and Roger took advantage of their wings by flying away from the busy city where they were born. Now the cats live comfortably in the country with two human friends. But a big adventure is in store for James and Harriet when they decide to return to the city to visit their mother. So much has changed! The dumpster where the kittens grew up is gone. All the buildings in their old alley are being torn down. And inside one of them is a wonderful surprise, just waiting to be discovered…

Download or read book Catwings written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! Mrs. Jane Tabby can’t explain why her four kittens—Thelma, Roger, James, and Harriet—were born with wings. Whatever the reason, she’s grateful they can use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous, busy city where they were born. 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.

Download or read book Catwings Return written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building about to be demolished.

Download or read book Jane on Her Own written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane has a city adventure in this fourth book in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! Jane, the youngest of the Catwings, thinks that life on the farm is absolutely boring. Looking for adventure, she takes to the skies to explore all the world has to offer. But when she flies through the window of a friendly-seeming human, Jane finds herself captured—and forced to make TV appearances as Miss Mystery, the fabulous winged cat. How can she possibly explore the world now? Is there anywhere Jane can be truly free?

Download or read book Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane meets a new friend in this third book in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! Fluffy, orange Alexander is the oldest, biggest, loudest, and strongest of all the Furby kittens. Everyone in his family thinks he’s so remarkable that they call him “Wonderful Alexander” and spoil him to pieces. But one morning, when Alexander bravely sets out to explore the world on his own, he finds himself stuck in a tree and unable to get down. It’s up to Jane, the youngest of the Catwings, to rescue him! Now if only Alexander could do something wonderful for her in return…

Download or read book Time Cat written by Lloyd Alexander and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history.

Download or read book Tales of the Catwings written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by . This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harriet, Roger, Thelma and James are special cats because they can fly. These two stories concern their adventures when they decide to spread their wings and escape from the perils of the city.

Download or read book Cat Dreams written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning team of Ursula K. Le Guin and S. D. Schindler brilliantly portrays a cat that searches for a great place to take a nap and then begins to dream. Cat Dreams is a great read-aloud picture book full of catlike imagery as only Le Guin and Schindler could create.

Download or read book The Beginning Place written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Beginning Place. Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"—a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight. Irena Pannis was thirteen when she first found the beginning place. Now, seven years later, she has grown to know and love the gentle inhabitants of Tembreabrezi, or Mountaintown, and she sees Hugh as a trespasser. But then a monstrous shadow threatens to destroy Mountaintown, and Hugh and Irena join forces to seek it out. Along the way, they begin to fall in love. Are they on their way to a new beginning...or a fateful end? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Leese Webster written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A palace spider's extraordinary webs, which imitate paintings and carvings, take a new turn when she is thrown out into the garden.

Download or read book The Unreal and the Real written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. Le Guin—selected with an introduction by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best short stories. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work. Stories include: -Brothers and Sisters -A Week in the Country -Unlocking the Air -Imaginary Countries -The Diary of the Rose -Direction of the Road -The White Donkey -Gwilan’s Harp -May’s Lion -Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight -Horse Camp -The Water Is Wide -The Lost Children -Texts -Sleepwalkers -Hand, Cup, Shell -Ether, Or -Half Past Four -The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas -Semely’s Necklace -Nine Lives -Mazes -The First Contact with the Gorgonids -The Shobies’ Story -Betrayals -The Matter of Seggri -Solitude -The Wild Girls -The Flyers of Gy -The Silence of the Asonu -The Ascent of the North Face -The Author of the Acacia Seeds -The Wife’s Story -The Rule of Names -Small Change -The Poacher -Sur -She Unnames Them -The Jar of Water

Download or read book Solomon Leviathan s Nine Hundred and Thirty first Trip Around the World written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1988 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A giraffe and a boa constrictor go to sea in a small boat and are swallowed by Solomon Leviathan, the ancient whale who swallowed Jonah and Pinocchio.

Download or read book The Moon Dragon The Secrets of Droon 26 written by Tony Abbott and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon! There's no place like home! Eric and his friends have finally restored the Rainbow Stairs, but that was the easy part. Now Gethwing is loose in the Upper World, and the Moon Dragon is causing big trouble. Eric, Julie, and Neal have to protect their town, but they're up against mysterious creatures, strangely-behaving parents, and powerful magic. Can the kids stop Gethwing before he destroys the Upper World -- for good?

Download or read book Bat Wings Cat Wings written by Laura Gehl and published by Creative Editions. This book was released on 2021 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bats have wings, but do cats? No, of course not! In this entertaining book designed to both instruct and delight, young audiences encounter actual animal traits paired with impossible ones. Or what if they're not all far-fetched?"--

Download or read book Jenny and the Cat Club written by Esther Averill and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2003-11-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni, and stately, plump Mr. President. But can she overcome her fears and prove that she, too, has a special gift? Join Jenny and her friends, including fearless Pickles the Fire Cat, on their spirited downtown adventures and discover why The Atlantic Monthly called Jenny "a personality ranking not far below such giants as Peter Rabbit." AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES ESTHER AVERILL'S FIVE FAVORITE CAT CLUB STORIES

Download or read book My Father s Dragon written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Elmer voyages to Wild Island to rescue a captive dragon by outwitting hungry tigers, cranky crocodiles, and other fierce animals. This charmingly illustrated Newbery Honor Book has delighted generations of readers.

Download or read book The Cod s Tale written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * “Accessible to middle-grade readers…The Cod’s Tale considers how the cod fits into human history. Excellent ink drawings, brightened with colorful washes, illustrate incidents from the text with clarity, a flair for the dramatic, and a sense of humor.” —Booklist, starred review What was it that enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, helped spur the American Revolution, and allowed the early New Englanders to start making money of their own? Would you believe that it was a fish? The cod! Based on Mark Kurlansky’s New York Times bestselling adult book, Cod, this picture book offers a unique look at over a thousand years of world history. “Breezy, kid-friendly prose...fascinating and informative...bound to hook young readers.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books An ALA Notable Book Includes suggestions for further reading, factual sidebars, and timeline