Borrowers
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Overview
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. 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. 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. This repackaged paperback edition still has the delightful original black-and-white illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush inside. 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.
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. Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty by the author.
Synopsis
An exquisite gift edition celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved Borrowers.
Publishers Weekly
For 50 years, fans have enjoyed Mary Norton's classic story of The Borrowers, the tiny family (Pod, Homily and their daughter, Arrietty) that secretly lives under the floorboards. This new gift edition features sepia-toned pen-and-inks that Diana Stanley drew for the original 1952 British edition a new foreword by Leonard Marcus explains the book's history, and a ribbon bookmark keeps the place for avid fans. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
From the Publisher
Praise for Mary Norton's The Borrowers:"A book that begs to be shared."—The Horn Book
"The magic and charm of the writing convince children and grown-ups, too, that Borrowers really do exist."—School Library Journal
Publishers Weekly
For 50 years, fans have enjoyed Mary Norton's classic story of The Borrowers, the tiny family (Pod, Homily and their daughter, Arrietty) that secretly lives under the floorboards. This new gift edition features sepia-toned pen-and-inks that Diana Stanley drew for the original 1952 British edition a new foreword by Leonard Marcus explains the book's history, and a ribbon bookmark keeps the place for avid fans. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
Long winter nights are perfect for delving into the hidden rooms of The Borrowers. The handsome 50th anniversary edition provides a remarkable reading adventure—and insight into the book's creation and popularity, thanks to a foreword by literary critic Leonard Marcus and an author's introduction. From her own childhood imaginings, author Mary Norton wrote this children's classic about three tiny people living under the floorboards of an English country house. To survive, they secretly "borrow" needles, spools and other household items from the human inhabitants. They are careful never to be seen. When the lonely daughter, six-inch-high Arrietty, befriends a human boy, her parents fear danger. Before long, Mrs. Driver, the efficient housekeeper, discovers their little home—and they are doomed. Only the boy can help them. 2003 (orig. 1952), Harcourt, Ages 8 up.—Mary Quattlebaum