The Water-Babies
Charles Kingsley
Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Ages 9 to 11
22 October 2015
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
When Tom, a young chimney sweep, falls into a river and drowns, he is transformed from a twelve-year-old boy who has known nothing but brutality and poverty into a 'water-baby'. In an underwater world surrounded by fairies, insects and water nymphs, he soon discovers a new life of adventure and excitement.
Gloriously illustrated with 8 colours plates from Mabel Lucie Attwell,...
Details
22 October 2015
240 pages
9781509810376
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books