num_pages: 256
description: The adventures of Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, who is stolen by fairies and turned into a water baby.
language: English
title: Water Babies: The Fairy Tale for a Land-baby
titlecomplete: Water Babies: The Fairy Tale for a Land-baby
characters: Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby, Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid, Mr Grimes, Tom, Miss Ellie
genres: Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Literature, Victorian, Young Adult, Childrens, 19th Century, Classics, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 8988
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Puffin Classics