The most successful of her several books for grownups was the 1982 bestseller “Chocolate: The Consuming Passion,” which was just rereleased in a revised and updated edition by Workman Publishing.
It was a book that Boynton wrote for adults that helped me recognize her shrewdness. But I have begun to realize, perhaps belatedly, that they do. A sheep says baa”-that it’s hard to imagine that they could have hidden depths. These books are written so simply, for children so young-“A cow says moo. “A to Z,” “Barnyard Dance,” “The Going to Bed Book,” “Moo Baa La La La”-they are titles whose very mention will draw out tender, fragile memories from kids and parents everywhere. Boynton has published dozens of books that have sold millions of copies, all featuring her hand-drawn animal characters-hippos and cows and chickens and dogs and mice, creatures that she first created for a massively successful line of greeting cards. Then there’s Sandra Boynton, a name that many parents of kids born since the late seventies will know well. The same goes for the Muppets likewise “The Little Prince” or “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” “The Simpsons,” for instance, with its jovial, animated exterior barely obscures a deeper layer of social satire and allusion. Some stories accomplish this by aiming for adults and merely wearing children’s clothing, so to speak. They are not just tolerated or long-suffered but truly loved, and beyond the vicarious joy we might feel while reading them in the presence of children. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.The best children’s stories, whether they take the form of books, television shows, movies, or something else, are also loved by adults. King, “Alligator Stroll” starring Josh Turner, and “Tyrannosaurus Funk” (animated) sung by Samuel L. Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning “One Shoe Blues” starring B.B. Three of her six 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). She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade children’s music. More than 85 million of her books have been sold, “mostly to friends and family,” she says. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five children’s books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children’s author, songwriter, producer, and director.
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