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The Borrowers--the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise--are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne... Read Full Overview

This is the classic story--read and loved by children all over the world--of Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, who live under the kitchen floor in a quiet, half-empty house and get their livelihood by borrowing from the "human beans." "Delectable fantasy."--Booklist

Beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house lies the miniature world of the Borrowers. The Clock family live happily in a home furnished with things they have borrowed from the humans living above them. First published by HBJ in 1953, The Borrowers is a classic, now with... Read Full Overview

For use in schools and libraries only. The tiny family, who has lived under the hall grandfather clock for 200 years, is forced to emigrate.

Penguin presents the ABRIDGED audiobook edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, read by Samantha Bond.