THE MAGIC CALLALOO written by Trish Cooke and illustrated by Sophie Bass

Trish Cooke’s THE MAGIC CALLALOO is a Rapunzel retelling placed in an Afro-Caribbean setting enlivened with whimsy. A place “between Somewhere and Nowhere” where the leaves of a plant can provide wishes, a greedy selfish man can enslave the young heroine and a wise woman can braid the girl’s hair to provide a tender map to freedom. Illustrations by Sophie Bass are alive and vibrant with the tale’s magic and one feels the power of Cooke’s creation of a tale to honor stories she heard about ingenious enslaved Africans who used just such brilliance to escape.Find out more about this book in the purchase link below.