A Book From Your Childhood

Although I have no specific memories of it, I know that I read The Borrowers when I was younger. I'm certain my younger self enjoyed this whimsical tale of miniature people living within the walls and under the floorboards of an English estate, borrowing food and clothing and brick-a-brac from the humans above. The people who exist for the Borrowers' convenience. What's interesting in rereading it as an adult is to see adult themes subtly introduced and know that many of the novel's finer points were probably lost on me. That the mild feminism displayed in Homily's admonition of her husband, Pod, that if he had a son he would have already taken him borrowing (after he refuses to consider taking his daughter) was lost on my adolescent innocence. That the personalities introduced, the shrewish Mrs Driver, the not-so-dotty Great Aunt Sophy, the Boy and especially the narrator's unnamed brother entertained me without necessarily causing me to think too hard about the way the world works.

Seventy-plus years afters its publication, The Borrowers is still a great book both for children to read and adults to revisit (or read for the first time, if you've never had the pleasure). ( )

What fun to revisit a childhood favorite!! ( )

50th Anniversary Gift Edition ( )

I read this book to my kids, and it gave me the opportunity to re-live it through their eyes. What fun! ( )

This is one of the books in a series, the Clock family are the main characters in this book. Homily, Pod, and their 14 year old daughter Arrietty are tiny people living in the floor of a English manor. Everything that they own is from things that they borrowed from the humans that live in the house they stay in. They seem to have a perfect existence until Pod his spotted by the human boy that lives in the house. They are faced with many adventures, and trials throughout the book. Great book that is part of a series for readers to continue the borrower journey.