Pat Cummings and H. Chuku Lee
Award-winning illustrator and SCBWI advisory board member Pat Cummings, and author H. Chuku Lee team up to retell a classic story, “Beauty and the Beast.” Find out how Jean Cocteau’s film inspired them and watch how their version of this 18th-century French classic unfolds in Pat Cummings and H.Chuku Lee’s exclusive StoryMakers interview!
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.
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Executive Producer: Julie Gribble @JulieGribbleNYC
Beauty and The Beast is available at Harper Collins.
Thank you so much for joining us for Multicultural Children’s Book Day! I love retold fairy tales with a multicultural twist! I hope I win! :)
And the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter chat was chocked-full of valuable resources! So very happy to have participated!
We are so grateful to have you there!
Fantastic interview! I learned a lot. Thank you!