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Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was the only child her father broke the rule. She made friends with the human boy living in the house.
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The Borrowers, Mary Norton
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- Title
- The Borrowers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Norton
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 159
- ISBN10
- 014036451X
- ISBN13
- 9780140364514
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Classics, Fairy Tales & Stories, Young Adult Fantasy, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Gifts for younger schoolchildren, Gifts for Little Ones, Kobolds
- First published
- 1952
- Original title
- The Borrowers
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was the only child her father broke the rule. She made friends with the human boy living in the house.














