The Borrowers is a series of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton about tiny people who live in the homes of big people and "borrow" things to survive while keeping their existence unknown. The central characters of the novels are a borrower family surnamed Clock: Pod, Homily and their spirited teenage daughter, Arrietty. The first novel of the series, The Borrowers, was published in 1952 and won the Carnegie Medal for that year. In 2007, it was selected by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years.

The Borrowers was followed by a series of sequels recounting the further adventures of the Clock family:

• The Borrowers Afield (first published in 1955)
• The Borrowers Afloat (first published in 1959)
• The Borrowers Aloft (first published in 1961), which includes "Poor Stainless" (a story from Homily's childhood)
• The Borrowers Avenged (first published in 1982)

Contents

• 1 Series introduction
• 2 The Borrowers plot summary
• 3 Characters
• 4 Film, TV, or theatrical adaptations
• 5 External links
• 6 References

Noun

borrowers

1. Plural form of borrower.

Anagrams

• reborrows

Category: English plurals

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