Mary Norton’s story of little people living a hidden existence among regular-sized humans, surviving by “borrowing” their daily needs, captured the imagination and admiration of readers from the time it was first published in England in 1952. This 50 ^th anniversary volume is enhanced by the original British illustrations of Diana Stanley, available for the first time in a U.S. edition. A foreword by children’s literature scholar Leonard Marcus, an introductory letter by the author written in 1966, and a printing of Mary Norton’s own cover art of Arrietty and Homily Clock combine in a handsome gift edition of a classic tale. (Ages 8–12)