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The Borrowers
by Mary Norton

Published: 2003-04-01
Paperback : 192 pages
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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 cork ...
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Introduction

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 cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee? The British author Mary Norton won the Carnegie Medal for The Borrowers in 1952, the year it was first published in England. This repackaged paperback edition still has the delightful original black-and-white illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush inside. A charmer!
Awards: 1952 Carnegie Medal, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Book
Don’t miss the other classics in the Borrowers series: The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Afloat, The Borrowers Aloft, and The Borrowers Avenged.

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 Chapter One

IT WAS Mrs. May who first told me about them. No, not me. How could it have been me-a wild, untidy, self-willed little girl who stared with angry eyes and was said to crunch her teeth? Kate, she should have been called. Yes, that was it-Kate. Not that the name matters much either way: she barely comes into the story. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

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1. Which character in the story did you like best? Explain your answer.

2. How did Arrietty feel about how her family lived?

3. What would you like and dislike about being a borrower? Give detailed answers.

4. If you were a borrower, what kind of things would you borrow and why?

5. Draw Pod, Homily, and Arrietty based on the description in the book.

6. Discuss the ending of The Borrowers. What kind of things does it leave you wondering about? Does it make you want to read the next book in the series?

7. What is the difference between borrowing and stealing? Which do you think the borrowers are really doing and why?

8. Watch the recent made-for-tv movies based on The Borrowers books. How does the movie differ from the books? Which do you like better? Explain your answer.

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