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About Sandra Boynton

Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist childrens author songwriter producer and director. Since 1974 Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five childrens 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 childrens music. Three of her seven albums have been certified Gold (over 500000 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.