Kiddies Book

Better suited for tweens/young adults

THE WATER BABIES

WORDSWORTH CLASSICS COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED

Author:  Charles Kingsley

Condition:  Excellent

Book Measurement:  11cm X 17.5cm

Softcover

Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot

While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief

He runs away, and, hot and bothered; he slips into a cooling stream, falls asleep, and becomes a Water Baby

In his new lift, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden’s Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonbyasyoudid and the motherly Doasyouwouldbedoneby

After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart’s desire