The Borrowers by Mary Norton
B is for… the Borrowers, the tiny people who live under your floor!
If you love adventure stories how about a very small adventure, with some really tiny people . . . The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's Father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule, and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house...