I’m looking for a picture book about a teddy bear named “Jacques” that falls out of a boat into the ocean along with some other stuffed animals (a white sheep?). He sees mermaids and an octopus squirts him with ink. He eats “fish fingers”. It’s most likely English and I had it when I was about 4 or 5 back in ’89 or there about. The book had very interesting full page illustrations.
It’s been bothering my sisters and me for decades!
Possible this is The Long Dive by Mr. & Mrs. Smith (authors’ names as listed on the cover) Here’s a description: “When Barley the lamb falls from a cliff into the ocean, Jacko the puppet monkey and Teddy the toy bear go to the rescue and all three friends find themselves deep in the sea where they see many beautiful and exciting things.”
This is it! Yep! Thank you!!!