A true classic! The Borrowers are tiny people who live in a country home, unseen by the humans, who live along side them ... until one day, when Arrietty, a young Borrower, slips out of the house and comes face to Eye with a young boy. It's the worst possible thing - she's been "seen"! The Borrowers world is filled with wondrously tiny things and with great heart.
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
224 pages 978-0141354866 Ages 7-10
Keywords: tiny characters, new experiences, If You Liked The Littles, If You Liked Stuart Little, If You Liked Charlotte's Web, If You Liked The Mouse and The Motorcycle, 7 year old, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, classic, If You Liked The League of Littles
*******
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''Don''t move!'' said a voice, and the voice, like the eye, was enormous but somehow, hushed - and hoarse like a surge of wind through the grating on a stormy night in March. Arrietty froze. ''So this is it,'' she thought, ''the worst and most terrible thing of all: I have been "seen"!
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 never forget their most important rule: you must never, ever be ''seen'' by the human beans.
Arrietty is desperate to be an expert Borrower like her father, Pod. But it''s dangerous work, and girls are forbidden to venture Upstairs. Arrietty is thrilled to be given a chance to prove herself - but disaster strikes on her very first outing: she is seen by The Boy! But to everyone''s surprise, a wonderful, unlikely friendship is formed. But soon the Borrowers find themselves in terrible danger, and only The Boy can help.
Full of wonderfully inventive details and beautiful, gentle humour, The Borrowers is a timeless tale of bravery, friendship and borrowing . . .from the publisher
*****
This is the classic story--read and loved by children all over the world--of Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, who live under the kitchen floor in a quiet, half-empty house and get their livelihood by borrowing from the “human beans.”---from the publisher
