The Borrowers cover art

The Borrowers

(A Puffin Book)

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Borrowers

By: Mary Norton
Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Penguin presents for the first time the complete, unabridged audio edition of Mary Norton's The Borrowers.

The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses: behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work.

Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing, but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule - and then something happened which changed their lives.

She made friends with the human boy living in the house....

©1952 Mary Norton (P)2017 Penguin Audio Chapter Books & Readers Literature & Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Animals of Farthing Wood cover art
Treasure Island (BBC Children's Classics) cover art
The Railway Children cover art
The Wombles cover art
Heidi cover art
The Queen's Nose cover art
The Psammead Trilogy cover art
Gangsta Granny cover art
Famous Five: Five On A Treasure Island cover art
Modern Miss Mason cover art
What Katy Did cover art
Mission Unstoppable cover art
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon cover art
Running Wild cover art
Wolf Road cover art
The Hodgeheg and Other Stories cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
This Is a brilliant novel to listen to. I highly recommend it. it is very well read.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
very interesting and very enjoyable. I recommend it to other people.
from Scarlett age 8.

extremely good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I’m an adult reader and really enjoyed this story, as I love the world of miniature and the nod the crafts was nice too.

Very enjoyable story, a must for miniature lovers.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
My father read this for me when I was small and throughout childhood. It was taken from a kiddies magazine called ' Treasure ' that they bought until it ended. The whole series of The Borrowers, drawings and imagination spent upon writing it is very special. I am 64 now and still love it.

This version I didn't want to end. I hope the others are available sometime. Magical charm and not appreciated enough. Wonderful thank you!

The best children's book of my life

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
after 45 years, having read this gem of a book to my four and five year old sons, what a joy to become reacquainted and to remind the boys of all the stories we read together.

hello again ...

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great for younger and older children it is amazing! The cliffhangers always leave you wandering and the build up is spectacular I loved the story and it was amazing I recommend this for anyone who loved to read!

The Borrowers

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I would give it 5 stars if it was only me voting. I would recommend it to anyone who has a big imagination. I loved it .”, Coco. (Aged 8, again)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“ The people I say that would enjoy this book would be someone who enjoys ‘fantasy’ istories. A great story to listen to on trips ( when we went to France)”, Xavi aged 10. 🤓.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Let’s get borrowing”, Coco aged 8

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I love it
it was great and or something and marvels and fables and huge

aursom

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Christopher Eccleston's voice brings this heartwarming story to life making it an absolute joy whether you're a child or an adult. I looked forward to the bedtime story as much as my 9 year old son.

Wonderfully told.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I read this book as a child, and still love reading it today, listening to it on audio made such a difference, I don’t think it’s just for children, I think it’s for all ages, it brings back happy childhood memories.

Childhood memories

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews