The Borrowers
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Age Range: Children
Period: Early 20th C
Genres: Classic , Family , Fantasy
Synopsis:
Pod, Homily and Arriety Clock live under the floorboards of a house, borrowing from the humans to clothe, furnish and feed themselves. They are seen by a boy who befriends them, but discovered by the less friendly housekeeper, and are forced to flee the house.
Notes:
A lighthearted children's story, portraying matter-of-factly the Borrowers: Pod, the protective father, Homily the houseproud mother, and Arriety the teenager yearning to go outside.
Tuesday 1st January 2002