# The Water Babies

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- Book: [The Water Babies](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-kingsley/the-water-babies) ([The Water Babies.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-kingsley/the-water-babies.md))
- Authors: [Charles Kingsley](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-kingsley)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-509-1
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2008-08-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s.