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The Borrowers
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The Borrowers: Book 1

The Borrowers (1952) (edit title/settings)

by Mary Norton (Author) (edit contributors)

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Pod, Homily, and Arrietty have some adventures in the small place where they live. They are so tiny they use stuff like buttons and spools of thread for chairs and plates.They are happy and a bit sad throughout the adventure.

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  • “They imagined they had their own names but...you could tell they were borrowed.”
  • “'Kate,' she said after a moment, 'stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It’s just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.'”
    Mrs. May

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IT WAS Mrs. May who first told me about them.

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This is book 1 of 6 in The Borrowers. (standard series)

Followed by The Borrowers Afield.

Preceded by Just So Stories, and followed by Struwwelpeter in English Translation.

This is book 511 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and followed by Astro Boy (Volume 1).

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  1. Mary Norton (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Dent
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1952
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Page Count: 159

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