borrowers (fictitious characters)

The miniature Clock family has lived with the human Lenders for years, unbeknownst to the Lenders. The Clocks are in the habit of borrowing household items from the Lenders for their own home within the walls. When an evil, scheming lawyer tries to evict the Lenders, the Clocks try to stop him with ingenious devices.

Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.

Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty by the author.

The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.

Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.

The Borrowers, a miniature family, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.