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Sukey and the mermaid

Title
Sukey and the mermaid / Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
Author
San Souci, Robert D.
Publication
New York : Four Winds Press, c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Pinkney, J. Brian.
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
Unhappy with her life at home, Sukey receives kindness and wealth from Mama Jo the mermaid.
Subject
  • Mermaids > Juvenile fiction
  • African Americans > Sea Islands > Juvenile fiction
  • Gullahs > Juvenile fiction
  • Tales > Sea Islands > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Sea Islands > Folklore > Juvenile literature
  • Gullahs > Folklore > Juvenile fiction
  • Sea Islands > Juvenile fiction
Note
  • "The basis of Sukey and the mermaid is a brief folktale ... recorded in Elsie Clews Parsons's Folk-lore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina, published in 1923 by the American Folk-Lore Society"--Author's note.
Call Number
Sc+ F 93-20
ISBN
0027781410
LCCN
90024559
OCLC
  • 22811110
  • 22811110
Author
San Souci, Robert D.
Title
Sukey and the mermaid / Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
Imprint
New York : Four Winds Press, c1992.
Edition
1st American ed.
Added Author
Pinkney, J. Brian. Illustrator
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 93-20
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