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Sukey and the Mermaid
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Sukey and the Mermaid Paperback - 1996

by San Souci, Robert D

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"In a romantic folktale drawn from various African-American traditions, a beautiful brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves a poor, unhappy girl. Sukey's step-pa's a bossy do-nothing man who drinks and works her too hard. When she cries for help, a mermaid hears her and takes her below the sea to a gentle place without time or pain. But Sukey longs to return to the world".--Booklist. Full color.

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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Details

  • Title Sukey and the Mermaid
  • Author San Souci, Robert D
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date May 1, 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4178395-75
  • ISBN 9780689807183 / 068980718X
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.54 x 9.42 x 0.11 in (26.77 x 23.93 x 0.28 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 760
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Mermaids
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90024559
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.21

First line

A GIRL NAMED SUKEY lived with her ma and step-pa in a cabin with a sagging porch and a roof so rickety it let in sunshine or rain, depending on the weather.

About the author

Robert D. San Souci is the critically acclaimed author of many popular books for young people. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including Martin Rising; In Your Hands; On the Ball; The Faithful Friend; Duke Ellington; and In the Time of the Drums. His many awards include two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustration Award, four Coretta Scott King Illustration Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and frequent collaborator, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Visit him at BrianPinkney.net.