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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1953
  • Latest Book:
    December 2011
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Full Series List in Order

Borrowers

1 - The Borrowers (Oct-1953)
2 - The Borrowers Afield (Oct-1955)
3 - The Borrowers Afloat (Feb-1959)
4 - The Borrowers Aloft (Oct-1961)
5 - The Borrowers Avenged (Nov-1982)
Poor Stainless (1971)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house lies the miniature world of the Borrowers. The Clock family -- Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty -- live happily in a home furnished with things they have "borrowed" from the "human beans" livi...



  • Driven out of their cozy house by the rat catcher, the Borrowers find themselves homeless. Worse, they are lost and alone in a frightening new world: the outdoors. Nearly everything outside -- cows, moths, field mice, cold weather -- is a life-threa...



  • DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: CAREY, CHARLES ANDPAUL KNEW THAT MISS PRICE HAD HURT HER ANKLE FALLING OFF A BROOMSTICK, SO TO PERSUADE THEM TO KEEP HER SECRET SHECAST A SPELL ON PAUL'S BEDKNOB. HE HAD ONLY TO TWISTIT AND IT TOOK THEM WHEREVER THEY WANTED TO GO...



  • The older Borrowers stare at Arrietty in horror. She has been talking with the boy Tom again, and now she tells them the humans are leaving the house for good. "We're done for," groans Pod. "No more food, no clothes, no heat, no water," mourns ...



  • Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock -- the family of tiny Borrowers -- think they have at last found an ideal home. They've moved into a house in a miniature village built as a hobby by a retired railroad man. The village is the perfect size for Borrower...



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    Again the Krushes illustrate vividly a story about the minuscule folk, an adventure shorter but just as endearing as Norton's previous, international bestsellers. Arrietty listens to her mother Homily's reminiscence of the time in her childhood when ...




  • After their narrow escape from the Platters' attic in The Borrower Aloft, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock return to their miniature village. But it is no longer a safe refuge, and so once again the Borrowers must go looking for another place to live....



  • Reminiscent of Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor, these 15 recently discovered short stories by the author of The Borrowers are wonderful period pieces about being an upper-middle class woman in the 1940s and early 50s. Many are reminiscent of...







Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Norton has published 10 books.

Mary Norton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Borrowers 2-in-1, was published in December 2011.

The first book by Mary Norton, The Borrowers, was published in October 1953.

Yes. Mary Norton has 1 series.