The Borrowers
$17.15
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
21 October 2014
Summary
The Borrowers: A Timeless Tale of Tiny Adventures
The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work.
Arrietty’s father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll’s teacup without breaking it. Girls weren’t supposed to go borrowing, but as Arr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141354866 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141354860 |
| Series: | A Puffin Book |
| Author: | Mary Norton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 21 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 166g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 15mm |
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Beautifully written, poetic and almost always alarming, the Borrowers have something very mysterious, sad and exciting about them
Beautifully written, poetic and almost always alarming, the Borrowers have something very mysterious, sad and exciting about them * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Mary Norton
Mary Norton was born in 1903 and brought up in a house in Bedfordshire, which was to become the setting for The Borrowers. First published in 1952, The Borrowers was an immediate success, winning the Library Association’s Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books- The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961) and The Borrowers Avenged (1982). Poor Stainless was the last Borrowers story that Mary Norton wrote. She died in 1992.
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