Water Babies (Children's Treasury) Review
Reading this really makes you want to get away, just like Tom does in the story. Although this is sort of a longish fairy tale, it is delightful and intriguing. For me, though, this book's biggest selling point is the illustrations by Warwick Goble. As a fairy tale fan, I first came across Goble in The Moon Maiden and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, where all the color illustrations are in the middle of the book. Here, they are sprinkled throughout the book, more closely accompanying the story, and adding that much more to the reader's enjoyment. While the text is crisply printed on stone-white paper, the color illustrations have a glossy finish that really makes them pop. Old and young should derive plenty of satisfaction from this book.
Water Babies (Children's Treasury) Overview
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.
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Customer Reviews
Classic Fairytale - Chelsea Brooke - LBI, NJ USA
I loved the movie when I was little, now I have the book to read to my own child.
Annotated edition of "Water Babies" - Jerry Lincecum - Sherman, TX USA
Handsome new edition annotated with the latest scholarship reflecting Charles Kingsley's acceptance of Darwinian thought. Highly recommended.
Just a beautiful tale - D. Mason - Chicago, USA
I read this book nearly half a century ago in my native England, then I read it to my American step daughter, and saw the same sense of wonder and delight in her face that I probably had on mine. It taught me Karma, it taught me the value of home, that kindness can be a gift; and it still provides the subtitles to emotions I feel today - "to the sea, to the sea". Perhaps it struck a chord with me, the father of another man's child, rereading Tom's struggles to find his way without a parent. It was a sweet return.
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