The Borrowers Afloat

Mary Norton

Penguin Books, Limited, 1959 - Juvenile Fiction - 174 pages

The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home. Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. "As irresistible as its predecessors."

What people are saying

Review: The Borrowers Afloat (The Borrowers #3)

User Review  - Julianna - Goodreads

I've loved The Borrowers books since I was little, but I'd put off reading past the first two books in the series in case the later books lacked the magic of the earlier ones. It turns out that was a ...

Review: The Borrowers Afloat (The Borrowers #3)

User Review  - Anne - Goodreads

An okay book but they didn't do much in this story. Book 1 and 5 are my favorites.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Borrowers Afloat; Puffin Books
• Author: Mary Norton
• Illustrated by: Diana L. Stanley
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited, 1959
• ISBN: 0140304584, 9780140304589
• Length: 174 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction