Comments on: Classics: The Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton

By: Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:32:08 +0000

Glory! I never knew there is a 5th “Borrower” book! I encountered the series in my mid-teens and loved them – the sheer practicality of what they all do, and the magicality of tiny tiny humans…
Many thanks Gordon!
And to add to the joy, the news that Studio Ghibli has made an animation- waua! My animation gods are Hiyao Miyazaki & Pixar and I now have 4 treats in store-

By: john

john — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:49 +0000

Great review. I went through a phase of reading/rereading classic children’s books a few years ago (in my late 30s); the Borrowers held up very well, as did the Borribles series.

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:24:56 +0000

The popularity of something like Ann of Green Gables in Japan may have something to with the World Masterpiece anime series that aired in Japan. [Of course, that may instead be why one was made)]. A great work of (western) children’s literature was produced longform (often 50 or more episodes), each year. Too few of those series ever made it to New Zealand, but I remember bits of some of them even now.

If the new Borrowers – though a film, rather than a series – is anything like those, it will be excellent.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:30:32 +0000

Thanks for the reminder of this excellent author’s work – I had no idea she was still publishing in 1982.

Sounds like the film will be well worth seeing.