![]() ![]() ![]() Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty by the author. Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. Book Mary Norton Fantasy 2003 Parents Say: age 8+ 5 reviews Any Iffy Content Read more Talk with Your Kids About Read more A Lot or a Little What you willand won'tfind in this book. A charmer! Awards: 1952 Carnegie Medal, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Book Don’t miss the other classics in the Borrowers series: The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Afloat, The Borrowers Aloft, and The Borrowers Avenged. Parents' Guide to The Borrowers By Megan Potter, Common Sense Media Reviewer age 7+ Classic tale a bit slow but retains its appeal. This repackaged paperback edition still has the delightful original black-and-white illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush inside. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee? The British author Mary Norton won the Carnegie Medal for The Borrowers in 1952, the year it was first published in England. ![]() All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. The Borrowers-the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise-are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. ![]()
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