The Borrowers [electronic resource]
Norton, Mary2016
eAudioBook
Penguin presents the abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, read by Samantha Bond. Pod, Homily and Arrietty are a family of tiny people who live beneath the floor, behind the grandfather clock in the old rectory. They own nothing - everything they have is borrowed from the 'human beans' who don't even know they exist. Arrietty's father, Pod, is an expert borrower. He can scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girl's aren't supposed to go borrowing, but as Arrietty is an only child, Pod breaks the rules. But when she is in the house borrowing, something happens which changes their lives. Arrietty makes friends with 'the boy upstairs'.
Main title:
The Borrowers [electronic resource] / Mary Norton
Author:
Norton, Mary, AuthorBond, Samantha, Narrator
Work:
Edition:
Abridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Random House Children's UK, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Series:
Puffin
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3-4
Biography/History:
Mary Norton was born in 1903 and brought up in a house in Bedfordshire, which was to become the setting for The Borrowers. First published in 1952, The Borrowers was an immediate success, winning the Library Association's Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961) and The Borrowers Avenged (1982). Poor Stainless was the last Borrowers story that Mary Norton wrote. She died in 1992.
ISBN:
9780141373577
Language:
English
BRN:
376765