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Mary Norton

Born

in Leighton Buzzard, The United Kingdom

December 10, 1903

Died

August 29, 1992

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Mary Norton (née Pearson) was an English children's author. She was the daughter of a physician, and was raised in a Georgian house at the end of the High Street in Leighton Buzzard. The house now consists of part of Leighton Middle School, known within the school as The Old House, and was reportedly the setting of her novel The Borrowers. She married Robert C. Norton in 1927 and had four children, 2 boys and 2 girls. Her second husband was Lionel Boncey, who she married in 1970. She began working for the War Office in 1940 before the family moved temporarily to the United States.

She began writing while working for the British Purchasing Commission in New York during the Second World War. Her first book was The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Be ...more

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	The Borrowers (The Borrowers, #1) by Mary Norton, Diana Stanley (Illustrator), Beth Krush (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 98,573 ratings — published 1952 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borrowers Afield (The Borrowers #2) by Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 12,493 ratings — published 1955 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bedknob and Broomstick really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,345 ratings — published 1943 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borrowers Afloat (The Borrowers, #3) by Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 7,601 ratings — published 1959 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borrowers Aloft (The Borrowers, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 4,401 ratings — published 1961 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borrowers Avenged (The Borrowers, #5) by Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 2,685 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Borrowers Aloft: With the Short Tale Poor Stainless by Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Bedknob by Mary Norton, Joan Kiddell-Monroe (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1943 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers 4.26 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 1966 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are All the Giants Dead? by Mary Norton, Brian Froud (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mary Norton (?)

“Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers

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“Misfortunes make us wise”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers Afield

tags: adversity, curiosity, intellectual, wisdom

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“Keep your warm hearts, your gentleness, and your courage. These will do just as well as magic.”
― Mary Norton, Bedknob and Broomstick

tags: inspirational, life

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