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The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
3.0

i think this edition omits a lot of text from the original (and rightly so because it seems like the original is racist and the author unnecessarily rambles on for pages at a time) so i did quite like this telling of the story and it's illustrations! 

that being said it was still a strange story with victorian christian morals shoved down your throat. i think the illustrations were gorgeous and probably the best part of this book