{"product_id":"9780689807183","title":"Sukey and the Mermaid","description":"A mermaid offers a young girl a magical escape in this lushly told and luminously illustrated Coretta Scott King Honor–winning picture book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSukey’s new step-pa is a mean, bossy man she calls “Mister Hard-Times.” He makes her work in his garden all day and Sukey’s ma doesn’t seem to care. One day, when her step-pa isn’t looking, Sukey takes her chance to run away to her secret hiding place by the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere, she meets Mama Jo, a beautiful black mermaid. Mama Jo’s got a surprise for Sukey: a magical kingdom beneath the sea without time or pain. But there are also no people. Is it really better than the world above?","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356445200556,"sku":"9780689807183","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/16144763482433.jpg?v=1781638391","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9780689807183","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}