![]() As a result, Mama Jo does not listen to Sukey's repeated calls. When she appears, they try to capture her with a net. ![]() ![]() The step father and Sukey's mother take a boat out by the shore and call Mama Jo. Taking it home only leads to greed and threats from Mister Jones that she must go back and demand more. When a very beautiful dark-skinning mermaid appears from the Ocean, Sukey befriends her and is taken on a trip down, down, down to the ocean where she sees marvelous trinkets and gold coins from a long ago pirate ship. Somewhere she heard of, and memorized the song One day Sukey grows weary, throwing down the hoe, she ran until she found the beach. Jones is not shy in threatening Sukey to work faster lest she is whipped with the stick. Hoeing the land, pulling weeds from the property property. In this story, a young girl named Sukey is misused by her mother's husband called "Mister Jones." Mister Jones beats Sukey's mother and makes Sukey perform all inside and outside tasks. I've read many of books containing the beautiful, creative works of Pinkney, most of which contain African American history. Caribbean folklore, it is noted that the term "Water Mother" is another name for Mermaid. ![]() ![]() As always, the illustrations of Pinkney are detailed and Caldecott winning deservable.Ĭultivated from a number of sources such as West Africa. ![]()
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