The Borrowers Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I realized after I started reading this book that I had never read this one as a kid. It was The Littles that I was obsessed with. I think there was even a cartoon component to that one. Anyway, this still inspired so much and I can see why it is a classic. It is a bit dated, but Arrietty is such a likable character. It's also fun to think about all of the things that go missing and to try and wonder how you could use them if you were a Borrower. I read it for my Tween Book & Movie club it was interesting to compare it to The Secret World of Arrietty. "

" I loved this series as a girl. Tiny people living in our house using our lost items for furniture. I don't remember much more. I just remember loving it. "

" I know I liked The Borrowers when I read it as a kid, but I couldn't get into it reading it to my daughter. Not a lot actually happens in this book, and a lot of what does happen hinges on alcoholism as a key plot point. Eh. We did enjoy pretending to be Borrowers and imagining what objects around the house we would steal to repurpose! "

" Ok. I hated the illustrations when I was a kid and still didn't like them this time. Bed time reading with the boys. "

" A very delightful story. A good read. "

" Re-read as bedtime reading to mary, finished 20130124 "

" I thought it was interesting how they live. "

" I listened to the audio book. I am fairly certain I read this book when I was a child and was just as enthralled listening to the audio while driving. A classic for all to enjoy. "

" This book is a book about little people called the borrowers and they take stuff from the humans and they don't like it so it turns in to this BIG war. With a lot of fun filled crazy stuff to stealing things and little people with big fights and other cool stuff "

" I enjoyed reading this book - highly creative. It was amazing as to how they had their own little world and reading the story let my imagination run wild. "

" Abandoned because child didn't like it. Chapter Five. "

" There was nothing horribly wrong with this book, and there was nothing amazingly great with this book. "

" "I wish that I could be that small so my parents wouldn't make me do jobs like sweeping and stuff, cuz I would be too small to do it," says Josh. "

" It was pretty good. My mom wants to go see the movie so I thought I'd read the book first. It was a fast read; kids book. Kept my interest but not one I'm smitten with "

" I was never crazy about this one, but it was OK. I should probably try re-reading it as an adult. "

" really good book!!!!!!!!!!! "

" My favourite book (and series) as a child. "

" I won this book in a colouring competition when I was 8 and have only read it now, 21 years later. An imaginative, inventive and charming classic. Forget the movie adaptations; Norton writes so beautifully that the words and characters come effortlessly to life. "

" I read this as a 12 year old girl and have read this to my children over the past few weeks. It still remains magical and teaches wonderful lessons about why we should always be conscious of how useful others could find what we simply throw away. "

" I read this book every few years. It is just a favorite of mine--I know it is for kids but I love it. And I especially like this edition because of the drawings. When I first read it as a kid it was this edition. "

" DIDNT LIKE IT :P MADE NOOO SENSE!!! "

" very suspenseful for a children's book, with the added twist of an ambiguous ending that leaves the borrowers in a state of limbo. toward the end i was worried about the final resolution! "

" Very charming. Wish I'd read this as a child, I think I would have been in love! "

" I enjoyed reading this book - highly creative. It was amazing as to how they had their own little world and reading the story let my imagination run wild. "

" A little slow start but fun for Deva. Mary Norton is british so it uses a little different vocabulary which I like to expose Deva to. Cute story full of imagination. "

" Another series that I just LOVED as a kid! "

" One of my all time favourite childhood books. The uses that the Borrowers found in their miniature world for our everyday items absolutely fascinated me - perhaps I owe a debt of gratitude to Mary Norton, as necessary improvisation sums up much of my adult life! "

" Not as dazzling as I remember from my childhood. "

" I loved these books when I was around eleven "

" I Like this book but the 5th and 6th graders of today don't like it. I'm showing my age. "

" Children's fiction. An endearing book. Great for someone who's beginning to read chapter books. "

" A fun read with my seven year old before we go to see the play. He enjoyed imagining the characters and grasped all the small details quickly. "