Ursula Le Guin: “A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, - this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.”
@spencerbeswick
Unfortunately most people limit their knowledge of UleG's writing to the Earthsea trilogy and it's additions. While these are a good introduction, for a younger reader, the depth and breath of her work is worth investigating.
@Guy @spencerbeswick Having just reread Tehanu, it doesn't seem to me at all pitched towards younger readers? (Frankly, I think the original trilogy is a form of literature to which age categories don't really apply. But the fourth book would be a hard sell to younger readers, being completely about middle age and womanhood.)

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@spencerbeswick
I agree, they aren't "standard" kids fare but are punted at kids.