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'In fact, the fairies had turned him into a water-baby. A water-baby? You never heard of a water-baby. Perhaps not. That is the very reason why this story was written.'
Poor Tom is an orphan, employed by the underhand Grimes as a chimney sweep. While cleaning a chimney one day, Tom becomes lost and appears in Ellie's bedroom. She mistakes him for a thief and he flees in fright, down to the edge of a stream where he falls asleep. In his dreamlike world, he becomes a water baby, swimming with the other water babies and discovering an aquatic playground full of strange and wonderful characters.
| ISBN: | 9780007449460 |
| Publication date: | 2nd January 2012 |
| Author: | Charles Kingsley |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Collins Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Mythical creatures: Fairies, elves and similar folk Mythical creatures: Mermaids, mermen and other water spirits or beings Sea life and the seashore: general interest Freshwater life: general interest Magic, spells and alchemy Underwater (sub-aqua) swimming |