The Water Babies cover art

The Water Babies

A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Water Babies

By: Charles Kingsley
Narrated by: Jim Killavey
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £11.89

Buy Now for £11.89

About this listen

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.

Public Domain (P)1987 Jimcin Recordings Classics Linguistics Social Sciences
All stars
Most relevant
Really enjoyed listening to this after 71 years.
Enjoyed it densely
Well narrated and well interpreted by the reader.
The old stories are the best ones.

Good to remember being 7 years old

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Big lessons to be learnt. The story and the detailed description of the characters was phenomenal absolutely loved it.

morals and ethics

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.