Poor Stainless: A New Story about the Borrowers

by Mary Norton

Book Overview

Striking, stylized renderings of familiar and exotic avian creatures for use in varied craft projects. 74 workable royalty-free designs, in a host of shapes and configurations, depict the snowy owl, canary, pheasant, peach-faced lovebird, ring-necked parakeet, parrot, masked lovebird, raven, Gouldian finch, eagle, white-bellied caique, many more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152632212
• ISBN13: 9780152632212
• Release Date: November 1971
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A memory of earlier Borrower days

While Arrietty and Homily sit and sew on a piece of cloth, Arrietty asks for a story. Homily reaches back and tells of an adventure from her younger days. When she was young, there was a mischievous boy Borrower named Stainless Knife Machines (a Borrower's last name is always drawn from where they live). When Stainless disappears one day, everyone goes looking for "poor Stainless."Written in 1966, this book shows how Mary Norton might have gone on writing charming Borrower short stories. Ah, what might have been... Anyway, this short little story (32 pages, including illustrations) is quite interesting and fun to read. Please introduce your children to the Borrowers!