Borrowers Afloat [Hardcover]

Mary Norton (Author)

Book Description

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.

--This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

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"Like the truly great writers of fantasy, Mary Norton is truly original and persuasive."--The New York Times Book Review

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Joe & Beth Krush have illustrated many books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt such as "The Borrowers", "The Borrowers Away" and "Gone Away Lake".

MARY NORTON (1903-1992) lived in England, where she was an actress, playwright, and award-winning author of books for young readers, including Bed-Knob and Broomstick, the basis for the classic Disney film, and Are All the Giants Dead? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd (February 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460066315
• ISBN-13: 978-0460066310
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, December 30, 2000

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This review is from: The Borrowers Afloat (Paperback)

I liked this book alot. It kept me very interested. There were some funny parts but mainly exciting adventures. This is a good book for a second or third grader. I am in second grade.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More adventures with the Borrowers, August 20, 2001

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Borrowers Afloat (Paperback)

In this, the third book in the Borrowers series (after The Borrowers, and The Borrowers Afield), the Clocks (Pod, Homily and Arrietty) find that they must leave the safety of their new house and venture forth once again into the great big world. Setting their sights on Little Fordham, a miniature model town, the Clocks follow young Spiller out. But the world is a dangerous place for someone as small as a Borrower, and their voyage is filled with excitement.

Once again, Marty Norton has produced a story that is a lot of fun. Containing both plenty of adventure with a heartwarming story. My children and I loved this story, and you and yours will too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Borrowers Afloat, July 16, 2001

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A 9-year old reader (St. Peter, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Borrowers Afloat (Paperback)

One time I saw a movie it was called The Borrowers. I thought it might be a little bit like the book. I thought it would be about borrowers who were on the river in a teapot. The cover gave a large hint. Borrowers are tiny people only about six inches high. Borrowers can not live without people. A family of three borrowers are living inside of a cotige wall,then the owners suddenly move out. There is one place called Little Fordham where borrowers live so they set out to find it. There were some parts that were slow but it got better toward the end. If you like books with little people mabye you want try it?