The Water Babies Illustrated By A E Jackson

This edition of Charles Kingsley's 'The Water-Babies', illustrated by A. E. Jackson was originally published in 1920. The story was extremely popular in England and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades.

A Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby.

The adventures of Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, who is stolen by fairies and turned into a water baby.

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.

A Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby.

Charles Kingsley's classic tale has been rewritten and illustrated to tell Toms many strange adventures. When Tom gets lost in the chimneys of a great house, he is chased away as a thief. Exhausted by running he slips into a stream where he is transformed into a water baby. He has many strange adventures in the underwater world where he meets the sisters, Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid and Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby.