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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: Beauty and the Beast: A Retelling by H. Chuku Lee and Pam Cummings (Illustrator)
Description: In this remarkable retelling of Beauty and the Beast, award-winning illustrator Pat Cummings creates an enchanted fairy-tale world flavored by the art, architecture, and culture of West Africa, while writer H. Chuku Lee stays true to the story of this beloved classic. With breathtaking palatial settings inspired by the Dogon tribe of Mali and dazzling costumes reminiscent of the clothing seen on Cummings's own trip to Africa, Beauty and the Beast becomes so much more than just a story—it's a visual and cultural experience.
When her father is taken prisoner by a fearsome Beast, Beauty begs th...