Mary Norton
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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 The Borrowers Aloft. The original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, capturing these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.
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The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks in one volume. The classic exploits of the three Wilson children, the apprentice witch, and the flying bed.
Prim, quiet, elegant Miss Price is a witch!
Well, not quite, not yet. A witch-in-training, Miss Price hasn't got the hang of flying on broomsticks nor has she learned how to be properly wicked. And as for her spells-well . . . practice makes perfect. But she can't practice if the three Wilson...
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Unter den Dielen eines alten Landhauses leben die letzten Borger: Pod und Homily Clock und Arrietty, ihre vierzehnjährige Tochter. Die nur zwölf Zentimeter großen Clocks haben sich das Leben recht beschaulich und geordnet eingerichtet. Sie bestreiten ihren Lebensunterhalt durch das seit Generationen gelernte Borgen: Radiergummis, Stecknadeln, Fingerhüte - all die kleinen Dinge sind ihr Beutegut. Doch verbotenerweise freundet Arrietty sich mit...
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In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Anglo-American public sphere by the middle of the eighteenth century. Earlier, high-status men and women alike had been recognized as appropriate political actors, as exemplified during and after Bacon's Rebellion by the actions of-and reactions to-Lady Frances Berkeley, wife of Virginia's governor. By contrast, when...
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xx, 502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."--
12) The Borrowers
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The miniature Clock family, headed by parents Pod and Homily, live under the floorboards of an old English house. To sustain their living, the family must borrow common household items from the humans above. When a young boy finds the family one day, he begins a friendship with Arrietty Clock, the young daughter. Unfortunately, not everybody wants the best for the wee family, and they are forced to flee to avoid being captured. The recipient of a...
14) The Borrowers
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1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A clan of thumb-size mischief makers stars in this eye-popping fantasy.
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1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live out of sight of humans. But when brave and tiny Arrietty is out gathering supplies, she is discovered by Shawn, a human boy. They begin to form a friendship that blossoms into an extraordinary adventure.