Mary Norton was an English author whose works delve into the realm of fantasy and adventure. Her most celebrated children's writing often explores the notion of the ordinary becoming extraordinary. She wrote with a keen eye for detail and an imagination that resonates with young readers. Her stories frequently highlight resourcefulness and resilience in the face of the unknown.
This hardcover collection features complete editions of Mary Norton's five cherished tales about the Borrowers, tiny characters who live secretly in human homes. Known for their bravery and resourcefulness, the Borrowers navigate a world much larger than themselves, facing challenges and adventures that highlight their ingenuity and resilience. This beautifully bound volume is an ideal gift for fans of whimsical storytelling and imaginative adventures.
The Borrowers are homeless again. The gamekeeper's cottage, their latest refuge, is being closed up. Luckily their friend Spiller comes to the rescue and introduces them to a new home by the river, in a kettle
In The Magic Bedknob, Carey, Charles and Paul 6 find prim Miss Price injured by falling off her broomstick. For their silence, she bespells a bedknob to carry them where-ever and when-ever. In Bonfires and Broomsticks two years later, they bring necromancer Emelius Jones to visit. But his neighbors want to burn him at the stake for disappearing in the Great Fire of London.
Beneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers -- Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need they simply "borrow" from the "human beans" who live above them. It's a comfortable life, but boring if you're a kid. Only Pod is allowed to venture into the house above, because the danger of being seen by a human is too great. Borrowers who are seen by humans are never seen again. Yet Arrietty won't listen. There is a human boy up there, and Arrietty is desperate for a friend.
The adventures of Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock continue to enchant readers of all ages, celebrating fifty years of storytelling. This new edition features the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, complemented by Marla Frazee's eye-catching cover art that brings the charm of these tiny characters to life. The combination of classic and contemporary art enhances the timeless appeal of their whimsical journeys.
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters' attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. "Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable."--"The Horn Book"
First published in 1980 and recently out of print, Liberty's Daughters is
widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the
Revolution...
In this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century Virginia. Wonderfully erudite and vastly readable, Founding Mothers & Fathers reveals both the philosophical assumptions and intimate domestic arrangements of our colonial ancestors in all their rigor, strangeness, and unruly passion."An important, imaginative book. Norton destroys our nostalgic image of a 'golden age' of family life and re-creates a more complex past whose assumptions and anxieties are still with us."--Raleigh News and Observer
