Borrowers Aloft (Pennant Books) [Hardcover]

Mary Norton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pennant Books

The Borrowers, a family of tiny people, are kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham and held captive in an attic.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Mary Norton has a priceless gift. She can view humans through the eyes of tiny folks and tiny folks through human eyes, and make both believable."--Chicago Tribune

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About the Author

Mary Norton (19031992) lived in England, where she was an actress, playwright, and award-winning author of books for young readers, including The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires

and Broomsticks, the two books that formed the basis for the classic Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

The Krushes might be known best for their work on the American edition of the five-book series The Borrowers by the British writer Mary Norton, published here from 1953 to 1971.

She also did the artwork for The Shoe Bird, (1964) the only children's book by Eudora Welty, the 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction.

Their son, Jay, a music lecturer at Temple University and a published illustrator, said that as a child he was welcomed into their collaboration.
 
They lived Wayne, Pennsylvania, (near Philadelphia).

Joe Krush is a children's book illustrator. 
  
He was assigned "as a graphic designer to the Nürnberg war crimes trials to perform necessary art and presentation work which would facilitate the operation of the trial court both in London and Nürnberg, Germany." He lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, (near Philadelphia) with wife & co-illustrator, Beth Krush. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 164 pages
• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460052357
• ISBN-13: 978-0460052351
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read them all. They're all wonderful!, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Borrowers Aloft: With the short tale Poor Stainless (Paperback)

As a child in the 1950's, I read the original Borrowers in 4th grade. I read and re-read the one in the school library, til school closed for the summer. As luck would have it, I found the book and it's subsequent additions that summer in a book store. They were the only thing I ever BEGGED my mother to buy me. I took home The Borowers, The Borrowers Afield, and The Borrowers Afloat, and I still know parts of them by heart. When I was 18, the Borrowers Aloft came out, and my mother sent it to me at college. I was 36 when the Avenged came out, and I RAN to the bookstore. The stories are as fresh today as the first time I read them. I'm now in my 50's, and I can't imagine a life without Homily, Pod and Arriety Clock. Homily who is courageous, even though she'd rather not be. Pod, who is a simple man, taking care of his family. And Arriety, ready for life, ready for adventure, a young Victorian Feminist, if there ever was one. She taught me that a girl could be anything she wanted to be. They bravely faced a daunting world, and they're only 6 inches tall. I now own well over a thousand books, and really believe that it was this small family that lead me to my love of reading.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Borrowers in another tight situation, August 23, 2001

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This review is from: The Borrowers Aloft: With the short tale Poor Stainless (Hardcover)

In this, the fourth book in the Borrowers series (after The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield and The Borrowers Afloat), the Clocks have moved into Little Fordham, and are starting their new life. Unfortunately, unknown to them, the greedy Mr. Platter has built a rival model village. Having seen the Borrowers, he kidnaps them to add them to his own model. How can such small people escape from a prison built by such huge human "beans"?

Ah, Mary Norton (1903-92) was a genius! Her Borrower stories are an excellent combination of suspenseful adventure and heartwarming drama. My children and I love this book, and highly recommend it to you!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Borrowers Aloft, October 13, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Borrowers Aloft: With the short tale Poor Stainless (Paperback)

I liked this book a lot. I like to read about how resourceful the Borrowers are when they use stuff humans don't need or misplace. It had really nice pictures, too. I recommend this book to kids five years and older.