Most Popular Books by Mary NORTON

Fascinating tale of a leprechaun-like family whose curious daughter wanders off to see the world.

Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.

Remembering Charlotte: Postcards from a New South City, 1905-1950

The Borrowers own nothing at all; they live in the secret places of quiet old houses, behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. Everything they have is borrowed from the ''human beans'', who don''t even know they exist. Arrietty''s father, Pod, is an expert Borrower, he can scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll''s teacup without breaking it. Girls aren''t supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty is an only child her father breaks the rule. But then Arrietty makes friends with a boy, a ''human bean'' and from that moment danger is never far away for, above all else, they must avoid the great disaster of ''being seen''.

《借东西的小人漂流记》 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 these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee''s striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal. 波德一家在斯皮勒的带领下成功脱险，来到小男孩汤姆的住处，与生活在墙里的亨德瑞利舅舅一家会合。但不久，汤姆和爷爷就离开了这里，没有人迹的地方不可能支持两家小人的生活，所以波德不得不又带领家人走上流浪之旅，寻找新的家园。他们从地下管道出走，来到小河边的水壶中安顿下来，但一场突来的大雨将水壶冲到了河水中，小人开始了一场水上漂流冒险，他们最终能找到新家吗？

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 children—Charles, Carey, and Paul—reveal her secret. In return for their silence, she enchants a brass bed-knob so that when the children twist the knob and wish, the bed will take them anywhere they want. But traveling by bed is a clumsy sort of magic. What the children want is adventure. What they get is trouble . . . trouble of the most breathtaking, fantastic, unforgettable kind. “Full of danger, surprise, and glinting humor.” —The New York Times “Mary Norton has an infallible instinct for blending imagination and humor, everyday characters and odd ones, the real and the fantastic in just the right proportions.” —Chicago Tribune “Has humor and originality in its inventions, conversations, and unexpected twists of plot . . . Convincing.” —The Horn Book “Miss Price and the children (especially the matter-of-fact Paul) are charming enough to bewitch . . . without the aid of magic.” —Christian Science Monitor

Biography of a southern country preacher''s wife including courtship letters 1896-98 from James Boyce Hood of NC to Eva Lee Hickman of the Shenandoah Valley. Presbyterian life in Rockbridge County, Va., Due West, SC, Chalotte & Gastonia NC circa 1890-1930s. Orders: Cedar Press, Box 2135, Matthews, NC 28106, Phone 704-366-0297.

Samuel Lambeth was born before 1732 and died after 1794. He lived much of his life in what is now Craven County, North Carolina. Includes Apple, Brown, Davis, Doggett, Faucette, Greene, Hart, Kernodle and allied families.

《借东西的小人在高处》 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 these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee''s striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal. 退休的老珀特先生童心灿烂，闲来无事在家里建起了一个微型村庄。波德一家人迁居来到这里，过起了安逸生活。好心的孟奇思小姐看到了他们，并和阿瑞埃蒂成为好朋友，时常暗中帮助他们。但好景不长，一天，他们被一对贪婪的夫妇抓到自己家的阁楼上，准备到春天就把他们关到玻璃笼子里招徕游客。波德一家人再次陷入绝境。他们在阁楼上度过了漫长的被囚禁的冬天，终于在春天到来前想到了逃走的办法，他们学着报纸上人类制作热气球的技术，制作了一个逃生的气球，再次回到了野外。

Introduction by Susan Cheever Commentary by G. K. Chesterton, Katherine Fullerton Gerould, and Madeleine B. Stern It is no surprise that "Little Women, "the adored classic of four devoted sisters, was loosely based on Louisa May Alcott''s own life. In fact, Alcott drew from her own personality to create a heroine unlike any seen before: Jo, willful, headstrong, and undoubtedly the backbone of the March family. Follow the sisters from innocent adolescence to sage adulthood, with all the joy and sorrow of life in between, and fall in love with them and this endearing story. Praised by Madeleine Stern as "a book on the American home, and hence universal in its appeal," "Little Women "has been an avidly read tale for generations. This Modern Library edition includes notes that offer more description and insight than those of previous editions. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

Carey, Charles and Paul go on exciting adventures on a magic bed.

《借东西的小人在野外》 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 these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee''s striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal. 波德一家在人类的大搜捕中逃离了地板下的家，开始了颠沛流离的野外生活。他们打算去投奔住在獾洞里的亨德瑞利舅舅一家，但到那里时，亲戚们已不知去向。他们捡到一只破靴子，把它拖到河岸的洞里搭建了一个临时的家。阿瑞埃蒂结识了从吉卜赛人那里借东西的男孩斯皮勒。斯皮勒时常用自己的打猎收获接济这些初到野外的同类。 冬天来了，住在靴子里的波德一家弹尽粮绝，喝光最后一点酒后沉沉睡去，醒来发现到了一辆吉卜赛人的大车上！这是怎么回事呢？他们能从吉卜赛人那里逃脱吗？斯皮勒又是怎么帮他们和亨德瑞利舅舅一家团聚的呢？雪貂男孩汤姆是他们的福星还是杀手？

The Borrowers, a family of tiny people, are kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham and held captive in an attic.

Mary Norton''s five haunting novels about the Borrowers - the little people who inhabit odd corners of houses, forever in danger from human beans, forever surviving because of their courage and resourcefulness.