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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... more

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  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    imogen49

    5 Stars We would call it stealing! 23/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Original, imaginative, nostalgic

    Disadvantages Disadvantages over descriptive for young tastes

    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
  • 1 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Patricia

    5 Stars The Borrowers 12/06/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Opens up the Imagination

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    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

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Type Fiction
Genre Children's
Title The Borrowers
Author Mary Norton
ISBN 0140347186

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