The Water Babies
Charles Kingsley
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Paperback. Whilst cleaning a chimney, Tom, emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, 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. After an arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere he achieves his heart's desire. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. A fine reading copy
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 life, 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 ... Read more
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
Wordsworth Children's Classics
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853261480
SKU
KRS0016466
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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