Search - The Borrowers (A Voyager/HBJ book)

Who are the Borrowers? There aren't many of the minature people left, for the rush of modern life doesn't suit them. They like to live in quiet, out-of-the-way country houses where things move in an orderly, well-established pattern. In just such a house lives the Clock family, Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty. They quietly and secretly make thier living borrowing from the "human beans" until the day a human boy comes to live in the house. In her youthful curiousity, Arrietty commits the worst Borrower mistake: she is "seen" by a "human bean"--and disaster follows. Aid comes from a most surprising source, and the Clock family escapes to find a new life and further adventure.

Adventures of a family of little people. Wonderful book, 1st in a series.