
She and mother Jane find a home with a woman in an apartment. Young Jane leaves her farm family and returns to the city. In the country, a self-important young cat named Alexander leaves home and finds the catwings family. They do, and the rural children who have cared for them name her Jane. Mother Jane declines to leave the city but asks James and Harriet to take the kitten with them. They gain its trust, find their mother, and learn that the kitten is hers – lost when their first home, an old dumpster, was moved.

When they arrive, they find a small black kitten with wings, isolated and traumatized. James and Harriet return to the city to find their mother. However, once the kittens escape the big city, they learn that country life can be just as difficult!" Jane Tabby can't explain why her four precious kittens were born with wings, but gladly she's grateful that they are able to use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous city slums where they were born. Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: The series stars four (and later five) cats born with wings on their back."Mrs.Title Drop: Late in the first book, the human girl Susan calls to the siblings with "Kitty kit-kit-kit-kit-kit-kit-cat, kitty-cat, kitty-wings, kittywings, catwings!" She uses a shortened version, still ending in "catwings", in book 2 when calling them to be fed.Catwings Return sees her find a home with an older lady, allowing her to live in peace and comfort. She gives birth to four winged children: Harriet, Thelma, James, and Roger.

Jane Tabby is a stray cat living in city slums. Jane Tabby and her youngest daughter Jane (who her older siblings name after their mother). There are two Jane's in the same family: Mrs.

From then on, she stays by their roost at night, forcing them to only hunt during the day in order to stay safe.
