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The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

Charles Kingsley, Jim Killavey, Jimcin Recordings

The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

Audiobook (Jimcin Recordings Jan. 12, 2012) , Unabridged

A main-stay of British children's literature through the 1920's, The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby was written by Rev. Charles Kinglsey as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine in 1862-63.

Although some of the author's opinions seem dated now, the journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through rivers and storms, under sea and over icebergs, is still a wonderful adventure tale for children. The book was adapted into an animated film in 1978 and produced as a play at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003.