The Water Babies
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Charles Kingsley
The Water Babies
London: Victor Gollancz, 1980
Sixth printing of illustrated edition
Although this has become a classic childhood favourite, it was largely conceived as a protest against the child labour practices of the Victorian era,
Tom, the chimney sweep, escapes his slave working conditions to enter a fantasy underwater world of beauty and kindness, although in fact his troubles have only just begun.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.