| The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Contributor(s): Kingsley, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1535543000 ISBN-13: 9781535543002 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Water-Babies Synopsis: Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the cruel and villainous chimney master, 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 fast asleep, and becomes a water baby. And he goes thorough all sorts of adventures, all of which have morals to teach, before becoming a creature of the land again, as a grown man. In this 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 fierce Mrs Bedonbyasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire. Amazing is Kingsley's forward-thinking regarding the environment and pollution, and the raising of children in a kind and forgiving manner He doesn't believe in physical, psychological, verbal punishment. It's cute how he talks directly to his 4-year-old, for whom he wrote the book. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Library of Great Children's Books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain https: //www.createspace.com/6394066 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain https: //www.createspace.com/6427418 American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum https: //www.createspace.com/6413969 Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs https: //www.createspace.com/6365550 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum https: //www.createspace.com/6426287 TIK-TOK of OZ by L. Frank Baum https: //www.createspace.com/6353841 Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum https: //www.createspace.com/6356346 The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting https: //www.createspace.com/6356525 The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams https: //www.createspace.com/6429910 Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm https: //www.createspace.com/6440051 Sky Island by L. Frank Baum https: //www.createspace.com/6446563 |