The Borrowers (Book of the Film) Review
The Borrowers (Book of the Film) Overview
Underneath the floorboards of a big house live Pod and Homily and their children, Peagreen and Arrietty. They survive by "borrowing" from the house owners, Joe and Victoria Lender and their son Pete. One day Pete catches Arrietty and befriends her, beginning a catalogue of events.
The Borrowers (Book of the Film) Specifications
Anyone who has ever entertained the notion of "little people" living furtively among us will adore this artfully spun classic. The Borrowers--a Carnegie Medal winner, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award book, and an ALA Distinguished Book--has stolen the hearts of thousands of readers since its 1953 publication. Mary Norton (1903-1993) creates a make-believe world in which tiny people live hidden from humankind beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house in England.
Pod, Homily, and daughter Arrietty of the diminutive Clock family outfit their subterranean quarters with the tidbits and trinkets they've "borrowed" from "human beans," employing matchboxes for storage and postage stamps for paintings. Readers will delight in the resourceful way the Borrowers recycle household objects. For example, "Homily had made her a small pair of Turkish bloomers from two glove fingers for 'knocking about in the mornings.'"
The persistent pilfering goes undetected until a boy (with a ferret!) comes to live in the country house. Curiosity drives Arrietty to commit the worst mistake a Borrower can make: she allows herself to be seen. This engaging, sometimes hair-raisingly suspenseful adventure is recounted in the kind, eloquent voice of narrator Mrs. May, whose brother might--just might--have seen an actual Borrower in the country house many years ago. (Ages 9 to 12)
Available at Amazon Check Price Now!
Related Products
- The Borrowers Afield
- Harriet the Spy
- The Borrowers Afloat
- The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends)
- The Borrowers Aloft
Customer Reviews
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Jun 20, 2011 05:15:05
No comments:
Post a Comment