{"product_id":"9780692365359","title":"Parthenope, A Papa Sam Story: A Myth, A Recipe, Beautiful Illustrations","description":"This is the first children's book to tell the myth of Parthenope, one of the Sirens. She failed to lure Ulysses to crash on the island and threw herself into the ocean. Poseidon rescued her and turned her into a mermaid and brought her to Naples Bay. Parthenope sang to the people of Naples and they gave her seven ingredients from which the recipe for Pastiera, a sweet easter pie, was developed by Poseidon's chefs. She presented the pie to the mayor of Naples and it has been made ever since.\u003cbr\u003eNaples was first called Parthenope and its university is named after Parthenope. \u003cbr\u003eA recipe for the Pastiera is included in the book.\u003cbr\u003eThe watercolor illustrations by Randy Gallegos are colorful, intimate, expressive, and of excellent artistic quality. \u003cbr\u003eThe book was inspired by my five grandchildren and the creation of Pastiera for Easter dinner.\u003cbr\u003ePapa Sam was named after my grandfather Sam and my late brother, Sheldon, who was quite interested in myths.\u003cbr\u003eMy plan is to have other Papa sam stories of myths or other stories.","brand":"Papa Sam Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49820492923120,"sku":"9780692365359","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692365359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}