Mary Norton was een Engelse auteur wiens werken zich verdiepen in het rijk van fantasie en avontuur. Haar meest gevierde kinderwerk verkent vaak het idee van het buitengewone in het alledaagse. Ze schreef met een scherp oog voor detail en een verbeelding die resoneert bij jonge lezers. Haar verhalen benadrukken vaak vindingrijkheid en veerkracht tegenover het onbekende.
This hardcover collection features complete editions of Mary Norton's five cherished tales about the Borrowers, tiny characters who live secretly in human homes. Known for their bravery and resourcefulness, the Borrowers navigate a world much larger than themselves, facing challenges and adventures that highlight their ingenuity and resilience. This beautifully bound volume is an ideal gift for fans of whimsical storytelling and imaginative adventures.
The Borrowers are homeless again. The gamekeeper's cottage, their latest refuge, is being closed up. Luckily their friend Spiller comes to the rescue and introduces them to a new home by the river, in a kettle
In The Magic Bedknob, Carey, Charles and Paul 6 find prim Miss Price injured by falling off her broomstick. For their silence, she bespells a bedknob to carry them where-ever and when-ever. In Bonfires and Broomsticks two years later, they bring necromancer Emelius Jones to visit. But his neighbors want to burn him at the stake for disappearing in the Great Fire of London.
The adventures of Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock continue to enchant readers of all ages, celebrating fifty years of storytelling. This new edition features the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, complemented by Marla Frazee's eye-catching cover art that brings the charm of these tiny characters to life. The combination of classic and contemporary art enhances the timeless appeal of their whimsical journeys.
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters' attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. "Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable."--"The Horn Book"
First published in 1980 and recently out of print, Liberty's Daughters is
widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the
Revolution...
In this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century Virginia. Wonderfully erudite and vastly readable, Founding Mothers & Fathers reveals both the philosophical assumptions and intimate domestic arrangements of our colonial ancestors in all their rigor, strangeness, and unruly passion."An important, imaginative book. Norton destroys our nostalgic image of a 'golden age' of family life and re-creates a more complex past whose assumptions and anxieties are still with us."--Raleigh News and Observer
