The Borrowers
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| Author(s): | Mary Norton |
| Illustrator(s): | Erik Blegvad |
| Publisher(s): | Woman’s Day |
| Year Published: | 1953 |
| Type: | Softcover |
| Genre: | British Families Fantasy - English Girls Growing Up |
| Age Range: | Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 695022051 |
Description
The story of Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock was first published in Woman’s Day magazine from June through September 1953 with illustrations by Erik Blegvad.
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The Borrowers (1952)
In which we meet Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock, a family of small people who live behind the wainscot and under the floor.
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The Borrowers (1953)
The Clock family, Arrietty, Pod and Homily live under the floor in the Big House.
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The Borrowers (1987)
In which we meet Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock, a family of small people who live behind the wainscot and under the floor.
The Borrowers (1991)
The Clocks, Pod, his wife Homily and their daughter Arrietty live under the floor boards in an English country house, until one day they are ‘seen.’
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