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The Borrowers is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Mary Norton, published by Dent in 1952.It features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and "borrow" from the big people in order to survive.
Kathleen Mary Norton (née Pearson; 10 December 1903 – 29 August 1992), known professionally as Mary Norton, was an English writer of children's books. [1] She is best known for The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of contemporary human civilisation.
Sarah Scott Fisher, the daughter of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, [citation needed] was a prolific writer of children's picture books whom Harcourt teamed with multiple illustrators. The Library of Congress online catalog lists 16 Sally Scott and Beth Krush collaborations published from 1947 to 1963.
The Borrowers Afloat is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1959 by Dent in the UK and Harcourt in the US. It was the third of five books in a series that is usually called The Borrowers , inaugurated by The Borrowers in 1952.
The Borrowers Avenged is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1982 by Viking Kestrel in the UK [1] and Harcourt in the US. It was the last of five books in a series that is usually called The Borrowers , inaugurated by The Borrowers in 1952.
Getting into the world of Sarah J. Maas’s 16 books, across ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City? Here, the best reading order for the 16 best-selling SJM books, from an expert superfan.
The Return of the Borrowers: The 1993 sequel to The Borrowers, this BBC TV series starred Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton and Rebecca Callard. The series was adapted from the third and fourth books of the Borrowers series, The Borrowers Aloft and its predecessor The Borrowers Afloat. In this adaptation Mr and Mrs Platter come across the Clock Family ...
The five books in the original series were published in reading order, and although they’re marketed to middle-grade readers they can also be enjoyed by teens and adults.