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Title: The Borrowers: Fiftieth-Anniversary Gift Edition
ISBN: 0152049282
Author:
Mary Norton
Publicate Date: 2003-10-01
Publish: 2003-10-01
List Price: $19.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Fine story, of mice or men?
Don't we all drop those little things
and misplace the scissors?
So who is taking these things?
Wee people or pack rats maybe?
The story is the edge a fantasy and the hope
of little girls to find real people the size of dolls.
We are all hoping that the mean old rat catchers of the world come up dry of little people!
The writing is very good and the story
gets you going. I like this one very much
like the story of Ben Franklin with a mouse in his pocket
who was the real inventor? Tales talking animals
and here,little people will always please the young.
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2: The Borrowers by M. Norton
Whoosh! You see a hat pin sail across the room, much like a javelin, and pin onto the lace curtain. Then, a small man no more than six inches tall scurries across the room.
Welcome to the world of the Borrowers; Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock. They live under the floorboards and borrow anything from potatoes to blotting paper. The tiny people live in an old country house, inhabited by `human beans'.
All goes well for the small family until Arrietty is `seen' by a boy. The Borrowers think that `human beans' are always vicious and bad, but this boy turns out to be friendly.
The boy befriends the Clocks and even helps them borrow.
Then, Pod makes the mistake of borrowing precious knick-knacks from the mistress.
Mrs. Driver, the housekeeper, is getting suspicious. Who could be stealing these things?
She sprouts a plan to trap the thieves.
Will the Clocks be caught? Will they have to emigrate?
I thought this book was funny. The Borrowers have limited knowledge on the outside world making the way they act and think seem silly. The book is entertaining, and it is not action packed all the way. It gives you time to think about what you just read, and doesn't zoom through everything. This book is good for all ages. Mary Norton did a great job writing this book.
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3: great book
A classic from my childhood, I enjoy giving this to pre-teen girls and all of them have said they enjoy it, too.
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4: The Borrowers: Fiftieth Anniversary
I love this book - I got it for my granddaughter, who will love it as well.
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5: Not Free SF Reader
The Borrowers are tiny little guys, but otherwise people. They get along by using junk that is lying around and adapting it for their own use. This book is about what happens when a human boy actually discovers them, after moving into their area.
Not a particularly uncommon theme, and this one is pretty dull.
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