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Borrowers, The

[cert U, 89 mins]

This adaptation of the children's classic, tells the story of Pod, Homily, Peagreen and Arrietty, the little people who live under the floorboards of a big house, surviving by borrowing from the 'Human Bean' family upstairs.

Still of a man tied up with a tiny person on his shoulder

Director: Peter Hewitt

Starring: John Goodman, Mark Williams, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie

Level: KS2

Subjects: Art & Design, Design & Technology, Literacy

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The Borrowers- Storytelling study notes