false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208820974m/816404.jpg 348573 40 Anyone who has ever entertained the notion of "little people" living furtively among us will adore this artfully spun classic. <i>The Borrowers</i>--a Carnegie Medal winner, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award book, and an ALA Distinguished Book--has stolen the hearts of thousands of readers since its 1953 publication. Mary Norton (1903-1993) creates a make-believe world in which tiny people live hidden from humankind beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house in England. <P> Pod, Homily, and daughter Arrietty of the diminutive Clock family outfit their subterranean quarters with the tidbits and trinkets they've "borrowed" from "human beans," employing matchboxes for storage and postage stamps for paintings. Readers will delight in the resourceful way the Borrowers recycle household objects. For example, "Homily had made her a small pair of Turkish bloomers from two glove fingers for 'knocking about in the mornings.'" <P> The persistent pilfering goes undetected until a boy (with a ferret!) comes to live in the country house. Curiosity drives Arrietty to commit the worst mistake a Borrower can make: she allows herself to be seen. This engaging, sometimes hair-raisingly suspenseful adventure is recounted in the kind, eloquent voice of narrator Mrs. May, whose brother might--just might--have seen an actual Borrower in the country house many years ago. <I>(Ages 9 to 12)</I> 802336 1952 The Borrowers (The Borrowers #1) total:2976|5:797|4:1159|3:870|2:123|1:27| 2976 11504 3571 154 5 2 false false Thu Mar 19 03:13:10 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 03:18:03 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Tue Jun 17 09:26:07 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 09:42:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jun 22 09:53:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:53:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Thu Oct 25 00:38:20 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 23:54:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Aug 07 09:12:32 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 09:16:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Sun Jun 29 16:41:44 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 16:46:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:02:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:05:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:52:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 14:33:35 -0700 2009 2 Borrowers, a "race" of little people who live under the floorboards of an old English house and "borrow" from the house's human owner...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 18 13:23:07 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 13:25:50 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu Oct 02 05:28:37 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 08:13:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1961 Sat Apr 25 14:28:04 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 14:32:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Thu Mar 19 05:26:30 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 05:35:52 -0700 2009 Whenever I read this book I feel like I'm 8 years old again. I would try to bring this book to life by making little dolls and a house out of a shoebox. The...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 13:21:31 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:27:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 06:18:10 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 06:51:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 24 09:45:13 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 10:08:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:12:43 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:15:31 -0700 2009 8 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 16:28:53 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 16:31:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 02:00:17 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 23:23:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 21:45:55 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 11:50:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Fri Apr 17 09:08:33 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 09:10:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=816404