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Read-Alike Suggetions

Read-alikes for The Borrowers by Mary Norton, adapted into the film The Secret World of Arrietty, released in the U.S. on Feb. 17, 2012.


  • Banks, Lynne Reid. The Indian in the Cupboard.
  • Besson, Luc. Arthur and the Minimoys.
  •                     Arthur and the Forbidden City.
  • Bond, Michael. A Bear Called Paddington (series).
  • Booraem, Ellen. Small Persons with Wings.
  • Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe.
  • Crocker, Carter. The Last of the Gullivers.
  • Dahl, Roald. The Minpins.
  • DeFombelle, Timothee. Toby Alone.
  •                     Toby and the Secrets of Trees.
  • Enright, Elizabeth. Gone-Away Lake.
  • Jocelyn, Marthe. Earthly Astonishments.
  • Lagerlof, Selma. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.
  • LeGuin, Ursula K. Jane on her Own.
  • MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.
  • Nesbit, E. Five Children and It.
  • Norton, Mary. The Borrowers (#1 in series).
  •                     The Borrowers Afield (#2)
                        The Borrowers Afloat (#3)
                        The Borrowers Aloft (#4)
                        The Borrowers Avenged (#5)
  • Peterson, John. The Littles (series).
  • Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
  • Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins (series).
  • White, E.B. Stuart Little.
  • Winthrop, Elizabeth. The Castle in the Attic.
  • Woodruff, Elizabeth. Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade.





  • Penny Peck
    February, 2012


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