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The Water Babies

Charles Kingsley

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Feb 10, 2018 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: adventure, children-s-books, kids-1001, creativity, the-classics-club

Tom is a wretchedly poor chimney sweep, just a boy, and yet without any education or religion or family and completely subject to the cruel whims of his master. He happens upon a beautiful rich girl in the process of cleaning the chimneys of a large home, and a misunderstanding occurs, and Tom runs away and (seemingly) drowns. He doesn't drown, however; he is changed into a water-baby, and he is sent off on adventures and trials by fairies to improve his moral character.

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Mar 13, 2015 Deedee marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: rws-reading-1001, c3, 1860-1869, childrens-classics

Lexile 1070L

The Water Babies (Abridged)
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11.0

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Mar 01, 2013 Sunflower rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrens, oldies

This is one of those books read in childhood and which leave a lasting impression. On being reminded of them, they immediately bring back feelings and thoughts that I had as a child reading them- so the rating is done by the childhood me. I loved the illustrations.

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