I’ve always loved books about tiny people or creatures. I think that some of the attraction might lie in the detailed description of the world, the charm of seeing the world from a different perspective, and the appeal of a good underdog story. The use of ‘borrowed’ ordinary objects as household items is a common trope. In Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, Arrietty Clock and her family live beneath the floorboards of a country house. They ‘borrow’ items from the ‘human …
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