The Water Babies

Charles Kingsley: The Water Babies When Tom an ill-treated little chimney-sweep jumps into a clear cool stream to clean himself something magical happens; he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange magical underwater world and travels beyond the world's end to the other end-of-nowhere getting into all sorts of scrapes and encountering creatures beautiful and frightening along the way. He also learns many important lessons - it is a voyage of discovery that Tom will never forget. The Journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through rivers and storms under sea and over iceberg is still a classic wonderful children's adventure