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Kate: A "wild, untidy, self-willed little girl", 10 years of age. Kate learns of the Borrowers in the first book. In later books, a slightly older Kate makes a habit of trying to find out more clues of their existence. The Boy: A ten-year-old boy sent to recover from an illness at the country home of his great-aunt near Leighton Buzzard. As he ...
The Borrowers Aloft is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1961 by Dent in the UK and Harcourt in the US. It was the fourth of five books in a series that is usually called The Borrowers , inaugurated by The Borrowers in 1952.
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. Pages in category "The Borrowers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...
The Borrowers, a 1973 television adaptation; The Borrowers (1992 TV series), a 1992 television series; The Borrowers, a 1997 film; Arrietty, a 2010 Japanese film, also known as The Borrower Arrietty or simply The Secret World of Arrietty. The Borrowers, a 2011 television film; The Borrower, a 1991 science-fiction horror film
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.
He created several nonfiction books on southeastern England including some illustrated with his own photographs. Crouch contributed numerous reviews of children's books to Junior Bookshelf, the Times Literary Supplement, and School Librarian. He died at home in North Wales aged 83. He is commemorated by the Kent Arts and Libraries "Marcus ...
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.