The Borrowers - Mary Norton

This is a wonderful story from childhood that I have loved to read to my own child. It is a story generated from the mystery of mislaid objects around your house. Maybe it is not your forgetfulness as to where you left something; maybe some tiny people have "borrowed" it instead. This story follows that premise with the main characters being a small family of "borrowers" Pod, Homily and their daughter Arriety being the last borrowers left in an old house. They use things from the house for their own use such as a thimble for a cooking pot and safety pin as a clothesline. Their greatest fear is ... more

This is a wonderful book for children. I read this book when I was a little girl and even though I am now forty seven I still love reading it. Don’t you think it would be fascinating to have tiny people no bigger than your thumb living under your floorboards. Your very own built in friends. Pod, Arrietty and Homily are very tiny people and put their lives at risk everytime they go on the hunt for food. All the small items that get mislaid, can be found in their home. A small pair of nail scissors become a sword, cotton reels a table. The only fear they have are humans. This is a lovely story ... more