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* The Fiia of Ursula K. LeGuin's ''Rocannon's World'' fit this trope to a T, being a small child-like race that just wants to enjoy a simple communal life free of care and fear.
* The Athsheans of ''The Word for World is Forest'' are also something like this (they are assumed to look rather like Ewoks, only green). They're a peaceful bunch until [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|humans]] turn up.
* Jody Lynn Nye's ''[[An Unexpected Apprentice]]'' features the race of "smallfolk", who are Tolkien's hobbits in all but name. The sole difference that This Troper can see is that instead of having large, hairy feet, the smallfolk have no toes.
* Subverted by Michael de Larrabeti in his ''[[The Borribles|Borribles]]'' novels, in which the eponymous human-offshoots are urbanized, adventurous, scruffy, and tough; they live in a world much like ours, but with fantastical elements. They share stereotypical hobbits' small size, stealthiness, distaste for authorities, compassion for animals, and tendency to steal whatever's not nailed down.
* The Minnipins in Carol Kendall's ''[[The Gammage Cup]]''. Their short stature is not really made clear until they encounter (presumably) regular-sized humans in the sequel.
* In "The Halfling House", Dennis L. McKiernan's contribution to the Tolkien tribute-anthology ''After the King'', various examples of this trope meet up at a wayhouse reserved for little folk, along with some smaller members of [[The Fair Folk]]. Some are named, while others are [[Brand X]]-style imports from the sources listed above.
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