Baby In The Hat (An Early Romance) by Allan Ahlberg
A sweeping, old-fashioned romance, in which a boy becomes a man...and the baby he saves, his bride!An epic journey begins when a young boy rescues a falling baby by catching her in his hat. He uses his reward money to sail off round the world, making his fortune along the way. When he returns home, he finds that the baby has grown up into a beautiful woman. They fall in love, marry - and have a baby of their own!