How Yo-Yo Ma and Sandra Boynton teamed up for a children's book

Talk about a magnum opus — the new children’s book Jungle Night is also a soundtrack and a video.

The board book is a collaboration between famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and beloved author/illustrator Sandra Boynton, both of whom went on Weekend Edition to tell Scott Simon about the project.

The pair share their various forms of inspiration for this project and other creative endeavors in the interview, which you can listen to below or read a transcript of on NPR’s website.

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