| Author/Contributor(s): | Norton, Mary; Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books |
| Date: | 4/1/2003 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Kidnapped and locked in a winter attic, the tiny Clock family must engineer a daring balloon escape to win back their freedom.
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages.
Mary Norton sets these resourceful miniature heroes in the peaceful village of Little Fordham, where thatched cottages offer a welcome sanctuary.
The story follows the little family through a perilous attic imprisonment, where escape demands a homemade balloon fashioned from a strawberry basket.
While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.
- Kids Adventure Books: When greedy builders Sidney and Mabel Platter kidnap the Clocks to display them in a turnstile-accessed glass cage, the miniature family faces their most dangerous predicament yet.
- Unlikely Hero: Wild and solitary river-borrower Spiller paddles the waterways in a knife-box boat caulked with beeswax, arriving just in time to scout safe havens and lend a hand.
- Race Against Time: Studying flight diagrams in an old issue of the Illustrated London News, Arrietty and Pod construct a working valve from a discarded fountain pen before spring opening day arrives.
- Found Family: Village artist Miss Menzies secretly leaves handmade dollhouse furnishings and barbola-work wares to help the tiny residents furnish their home.
- Also by This Author: The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers: 5-Book Paperback Box Set, The Borrowers and The Borrowers Collection: Complete Editions of All 5 Books in 1 Volume.