Fledgling, The

Summary: Approx. 4.5 hours 3 cassettesA Newbery Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA Children's Editors' ChoiceIt all started when Georgie, hardly more than a wisp of thistledown, discovered she could jump down twelve steps in two big graceful bounds. Next, to her great delight, she learned that jumping from the porch and floating as high as the rooftop was possible too. So when the mysterious Canada goose came to her window one night it seemed only natural to climb onto his back and go off with him to learn how to really fly.Jane Langton spins a marvelous fantasy that wild delight all who dream that someday, somehow, we will magically find ourselves aloft and suddenly able to fly!

Fledgling, The won the award Newbery Honor.