The Water Babies

A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

Paperback, 336 pages

English language

Published March 19, 2004 by Kessinger Publishing, LLC.

ISBN:
978-0-7661-8955-3
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The story follows Tom in his land-life as a climbing boy for a chimney-sweep and in his after-life as a water-baby, where he gains redemption from selfishness as well as from drudgery. On to his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.

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Subjects

  • Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Children: Grades 4-6
  • Classics
  • Juvenile Fiction / Classics