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# The Borrowers: A Carnegie Medal-Winning Fantasy About a Secret Family of Little People for Children (Ages 8-12)

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desertcart.com: The Borrowers: A Carnegie Medal-Winning Fantasy About a Secret Family of Little People for Children (Ages 8-12): 9780152047375: Norton, Mary, Stanley, Diana, Krush, Beth, Krush, Joe, Marcus, Leonard S.: Tools & Home Improvement

Review: Love it - I like kids books. I read these to my son before he went to school. He was forever checking under things in case there were borrowers . I would hope that they put the other books in this series on kindle. By the way he turned 41 this year and when he asked me what I was reading I told him this and he laughed and said classic.
Review: Stands the test of time - Some books fail to hold their wonder after seventy years, but The Borrowers is one of those books that proved, at least to me, to be even better now than when I first read it as a child. Mary Norton's Borrowers, little people who live between floors and behind the walls of old houses and survive by "borrowing" what they need to live, gave our family a way to explain away things that suddenly went missing: "Didn't I leave a paper clip here to hold this report together?" "The Borrowers must have made off with it." So I remembered the clever little home furnishings -- postage stamps for wall hangings, thread spools for stools, and so forth. For awhile, as I read this book as a child, every object seemed to summon in me a guess about how the Borrowers might put the thing to good use. And I found myself daydreaming that way as I re-read the book more than forty years later. Illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush added to the magic; if you purchase this book, find one with the illustrations, which add significantly to the book. Most of all, I marvelled at how Norton had crafted a story that retained its viability after all this time. Sure, the creative world she created for the Borrowers was still enthralling, but the plot itself holds up as well: will the Borrowers survive being seen? Who can be trusted, and who can't be trusted to keep their secret? So at its heart, the book is about an essential question: how do we thrive in a way that is meaningful for us when outside forces threaten to tear it apart? All great books wrestle with important questions, with questions that withstand time. "The Borrowers," despite its seemingly simple concept, is one of those books, asking one of those questions, and delivering a wonderful story in answering it.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,977 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #9 in Open-End Wrenches |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,651 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love it
*by G***O on October 29, 2025*

I like kids books. I read these to my son before he went to school. He was forever checking under things in case there were borrowers . I would hope that they put the other books in this series on kindle. By the way he turned 41 this year and when he asked me what I was reading I told him this and he laughed and said classic.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stands the test of time
*by E***B on April 25, 2022*

Some books fail to hold their wonder after seventy years, but The Borrowers is one of those books that proved, at least to me, to be even better now than when I first read it as a child. Mary Norton's Borrowers, little people who live between floors and behind the walls of old houses and survive by "borrowing" what they need to live, gave our family a way to explain away things that suddenly went missing: "Didn't I leave a paper clip here to hold this report together?" "The Borrowers must have made off with it." So I remembered the clever little home furnishings -- postage stamps for wall hangings, thread spools for stools, and so forth. For awhile, as I read this book as a child, every object seemed to summon in me a guess about how the Borrowers might put the thing to good use. And I found myself daydreaming that way as I re-read the book more than forty years later. Illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush added to the magic; if you purchase this book, find one with the illustrations, which add significantly to the book. Most of all, I marvelled at how Norton had crafted a story that retained its viability after all this time. Sure, the creative world she created for the Borrowers was still enthralling, but the plot itself holds up as well: will the Borrowers survive being seen? Who can be trusted, and who can't be trusted to keep their secret? So at its heart, the book is about an essential question: how do we thrive in a way that is meaningful for us when outside forces threaten to tear it apart? All great books wrestle with important questions, with questions that withstand time. "The Borrowers," despite its seemingly simple concept, is one of those books, asking one of those questions, and delivering a wonderful story in answering it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the finest books ever written
*by D***N on August 1, 2010*

In 1953, English writer Mary Norton introduced to the world the concept of The Borrowers: little people who lived in our old, over filled homes under floor boards or behind mantels and they sustained themselves on the waste that "human beans" discarded or forgot about. Within this book we learn of the family of the Clocks, P:od, Homily and Arriety, the entrance to their home being beneath the ancient grandfather clock in the front hall. The story takes place in the rural areas of England around the turn of the 19th century. The test of a really good childrens book is how enjoyable it is to an adult. This book is a classic (and the four that follow itas sequels) because it is so well written. It's in a catoagory with "A WRinkle in TIme", "Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of Nimh", "Things Not seden" and "The Currious Incident of the dog after Moidnight." Mrs. Norton wrote beautifully and is best known for her book, "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" though this book-and the subsequent books- have you fall in love with thesedtiny creatures, so human like, to the point where one almost wishes that they shared a house with you; that somewhere beneath the floor board or in your pantry is a small house set up with your blotting paper or left over wall paper, furnished with old scicorrs and doll house firniture and fed by the food that is carelesslhy left pout. These creatures "Borrow" items-things that aren't likely to be missed, The adventure in this tale is when a small boy, recovering at his great aunts summer home from scarlett fever, discovers and befirneds the Clocks. Read this to your children so that some day they will read it to their own. If you can manage to find this bookm in first edition, treat it with care as it is rare and valuable. I would not read John Irving or Barbara Kingsolver to my children, but Mary Morton is just as good. I promise.

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Borrowers (Borrowers, 1)
- Stuart Little
- The Borrowers Afield (Borrowers, 2)

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