A delightful tale that feels very much of its time, although it does insist that girls want to explore and have adventures, too, which it has in common with many a contemporary children's fantasy story. A thing that is much more unusual these days is a framing story, which initially, I could not s...
Have you ever wondered where that eraser you swear you left on the kitchen table disappeared to? Do you always seem to be replacing safety pins and you have no idea where they all go? You're not completely batty! According to Mary Norton, author of The Borrowers, your house is probably home to tiny ...
As a child I was intrigued by the ingenuity of these little people--what they used for furniture, what they ate with, how they lived. I loved the idea that there were tiny people living amongst us in a world, that although it was the same one we lived in, was nothing like we perceived it to be.
A very enjoyable read aloud - one that will keep a child entertained (although I'd recommend it for the over 7 set due to the advanced vocabulary), but this is one that will also satisfy the adult/parent reader. I found Mary Norton's writing very enjoyable to read aloud and the story is quite deep a...
Encounter #3:TV 2011Christopher Eccleston ... Pod Clock Sharon Horgan ... Homily Clock Aisling Loftus ... Arrietty Clock Robert Sheehan ... Spiller Victoria Wood ... Granny Driver Stephen Fry ... Professor Mildeye-----------------------Adaptation of Mary Norton's children...
I'm re-reading this series to see if it still warrants shelf space in my permanent collection. It's fun, but not nearly as magical and enchanting as my memories of it were. I still think Arrietty is an awful lot of fun, though. She's a delightful little heroine, but her mother gives me a pain.
This slight story about tiny people who live almost invisibly very near us (and who are responsible for all the tiny things which inexplicably go missing) is not as gripping as I remember it being. I read it several times as a kid, and I remember being enchanted with it then. I found it to be a sati...
Tiny people live in your house! A tiny little girl and her parents live out their daily lives under the baseboards of an old house. They furnish their home with items "borrowed" from the larger home (the girl sleeps in a bed made from a cigar box). Although years ago there were many "Borrowers," t...
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