The Borrowers
Author: Mary Norton
Publisher: Puffin
Arrietty and her parents are miniature beings who live under the floorboards. They survive by 'borrowing' items from the home under which they live. Their encounters with 'human beans' and their adventures in the wider world are well imagined.
See also: The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui, translated from Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori (9781782691846), Pushkin Children's £7.99
Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White (9780099595175), Vintage Children's Classics £6.99