Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children’ s author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five children’ s books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. More than 90 million of her books have been sold, “ mostly to friends and family, ” she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced seven albums of renegade children’ s music. Three of her seven albums have been certified Gold (over 500, 000 copies sold) and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed many music videos of her songs, including the award-winning “ One Shoe Blues” starring B. B. King, “ Alligator Stroll” starring Josh Turner, and “ Tyrannosaurus Funk” (animated) sung by Samuel L. Jackson. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.
