Sandra Boynton’s JUNGLE NIGHT with Yo-Yo Ma

Animated short, featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello. Narrated by Keith Boynton, animated by Ira Baker. Written, drawn, and directed by Sandra Boynton. To order the book from an independent bookstore To order the book from amazon Two beloved artists come together for JUNGLE NIGHT, a soothing (well, MOSTLY soothing) bedtime story and instrumental lullaby. The small animated film begins with a narration of Boynton’s Jungle Night book, with all the animal snores interpreted by the expressive and playful cello of Yo-Yo Ma. He even does the elephant’s stop-the-show snore—though admittedly that took Ma’s cello PLUS the horn salute of the James R. Barker Great Lakes steamship. The reading is followed by “Jungle Gymnopédie No. 1“, a polyrhythmic jungly arrangement by Boynton of Erik Satie’s renowned and beloved piece. “Yo-Yo and I chose this piece because it’s the most gorgeous and mesmerizing night song imaginable,“ she explains. “And there was surely nothing else