American author of science fiction and fantasy Ursula K. Le Guin has been writing for both children and adults for more than thirty years. Her celebrated "Earthsea" series of books has been compared C.S lewis's Narnia chronicles and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. This book critically examines Le Guin's fiction for all ages, and it will be of great interest to her many admirers and to all students and scholars of children's literature.