Books with author Mary E Norton MD

When the witch next door falls off her broomstick, it's the start of an amazing adventure for Carey, Charles and Paul.Her spell turns out better than she'd hoped, and gives the children an enchanted bedknob which whisks them off anywhere they want, even back in time.Mary Norton, award-winning author of THE BORROWERS, weaves her magic in these two stories, THE MAGIC BEDKNOB and BONFIRES AND BROOMSTICKS.

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'. The "Borrowers Afield": The Pod family escape to the fields where their cousins live, but it's a long and dangerous journey. At last they find a new home and adapt to country life. The "Borrowers Afloat": Homeless again, Arrietty looks forward to a life away from the dark country cottage, to one full of sunshine. The "Borrowers Aloft": The family are now living in the model village of Little Fordham - a complete village tailored to their size. All they have to do is avoid being seen by the visitors, but one night the owner of a rival village comes with a cardboard box ready to catch them ..."The Borrowers Avenged": Pod, Homily and Arrietty have managed to escape with the help of Spiller. They move into the old rectory where they live happily until the Potters come looking for them. After a horrifying encounter in the church, the Potters get their just desserts and the Borrowers can live peacefully once and for all. Poor Stainless: Young Stainless, a Borrower boy, goes missing on a mission to borrow some parsley and an enormous search ensues.

The true first edition of Mary Norton's, author of The Borrowersseries, first book. The UK edition is 1945. Printed in two columns per page. Illustrated in color and black and white by Waldo Pierce. A charming book about "three English children who are introduced to magic through the medium of the extraordinary Miss Price and take to it, understandably enough, like ducks to water." Of course, their aunt doesn't believe their story and sends them back to London - but Paul still has the bed-knob. The book is a little worn at the bottom edge and a trifle shaken, previous owner's name as part of a gift note dated Christmas 1955 is written in pencil on the title page. The light green dust jacket spine is sunned as is the top edge for about an inch down, a few minor nicks and chips. not paginated. paper-covered boards with front panel illustration repeating the dust jacket, dust jacket. small 4to.