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I remember reading this when I was a little girl. I was captivated. Little people living in your house? Who wouldn't love that?
This read was just as good. I kept thinking that this should be a must-read for kids, and that more teachers should choose this for their read aloud book after lunch. It's the story of the people who call themselves Borrowers, and they exist by borrowing things from the human people in the house. It's delightfully fun. ...more
This read was just as good. I kept thinking that this should be a must-read for kids, and that more teachers should choose this for their read aloud book after lunch. It's the story of the people who call themselves Borrowers, and they exist by borrowing things from the human people in the house. It's delightfully fun. ...more
I can’t believe I missed this as a kid. The layers of narrators, the hint of danger to children’s secret worlds that is held by adults, there is a lot of interesting stuff happening here. Kids need sophisticated narratives appropriate to their age and this one delivers.
Read out loud with the kids a few years ago when it was chosen as the school read-aloud book for Dr. Suess bday/month.
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