Catwings Return

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrated by: Ursula K. Le Guin

Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin has been praised for her gentle tales of the Catwings kittens. The series' first book, Catwings, was picked as a Book to Look For by legendary science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card.

In the second catwings story, the kittens decide to visit their mother in the city. But before finding Mother, they find a very special kitten who needs their help.

©1989 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2008 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"A convincing fantasy and a worthy sequel." ( Booklist)

The Second in the Catwings Adventures

I'm going to cut and paste a large portion of my review from Catwings. My 8 year-old daughter has a type of auditory processing disorder. She's multiple grade levels ahead in reading and reading comp, but when she takes in auditory information, her mind's a blank.

I bought this short and all the other catwings titles Audible has available because I love Ursula Le Guin's adult stories, and because these are so short, which may be a turn-off for some. But though they're short, they are rich in imagery, vocabulary, and interest. I didn't want anything infantile for my daughter, because she is such a strong reader.

In this story, the catwings have decided to return to the city to check on their beloved mother and what they find terrifies and delights them. The story is intriguing and we were just as captivated by it as we were by the first of the stories.

The catwings are charming creatures. They're exploring their unusual gifts the same as the reader is and they do it with courage, and loyalty to each other. They face challenges, adventures, perils, and it makes for exciting listening.

Ursula Le Guin has a grandmotherly quality to her voice which is pleasant. It almost feels as though you're sitting at the feet of Grams while she spins a wonderful yarn.

As a sidenote, I found that her school performance was better after having listening to one of these stories. Now that we've blown thru these three stories in a week, I'm on a desperate hunt for a similar listening adventure.

wonderful story!

excellent story will make you cry. love it. can't wait ti read them all. the author is a wonderful writer.

Wonderful Mother's Day book for cat lovers!

My youngest son and most reluctant reader learned to love reading with our discovery of the Catwings books. His hardwon love of reading eventually stood him in good stead when he switched majors at Rice University from computer science with its requirements for calculus and engineering to English, a potential second major he had been completing as a side interest and graduation insurance policy. Now that I have a special needs granddaughter who is working even harder to stay ahead of the reading curve, we've discovered Audible Catwings! Catwings Return to us with the whole series in Audible just in time for Mother's Day. May all mothers and grandmothers feel so sweetly rewarded for teaching little ones to love books and to learn to read.

Glad there was a continuation to Catwings!

The adventure continues and was such innocent and adventurous fun. Lovely book to read with a child.