2006 Locus Magazine Award for Best Non-Fiction"A book like Cadden's is long overdue. I found Cadden's categories useful, his approaches enlightening, and his obvious love for the material congenial." - Children's Literature Association

• Series Editor’s ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: Le Guin’s Continuum of AnthropomorphismChapter 2: Connecting Characters on the Continuum of ViewpointChapter 3: Home as Travel Through Time and PlaceChapter 4: Earthsea: Crossover Series of Multiple Continua Chapter 5: Always Coming Home: Childhood, Children’s Stories, and the Child ReaderChapter 6: Ethics and the Continuum of Hope: Genre and AudienceChapter 7: An Interview with Ursula K. Le GuinEndnotesBibliographyIndex