This is a cute little book that I read to the kids at bedtime. They really liked it and consistently asked for another chapter. 
 The borrowers, a mouse sized human-like family, living in the floor underneath the kitchen of a well to do house, deal with day to day life. They need to "borrow" their stuff from the "hooman beans." Humans are thought of as rare, but then of course the human boy that finds the Borrowers thinks the borrowers are rare. Norton did a pretty good job of worldbuilding for this little family. 
 The illustrations are nice also. They seem a little messy as the lines continue through objects, but they still look nicely done. 
 I'll be looking for the second book from the library to continue for bed time stories.