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. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America. 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).

The Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be there. To the pretty little city on the Delaware. Heading toward the sunset on the East River Drive Well, I’m coming from Connecticut on I-95,

With the collaboration of composer Michael Ford, Philadelphia Chickens is that rarest of kids’ record collections-one whose inimitable lyrics and music make it as irresistible to parents as it is to their children. What exactly it is / I don’t know.”Īlso joining in are Eric Stoltz, Scott Bakula, and two Boyntons, including daughter Caitlin McEwan, who performs a piece that every little listener will relate to-a love song to the chocolate chip cookies that are just out of reach. What an event! What a show! Here is a full-color songbook of 17 ½ illustrated story-poems, and a full-length, fully orchestrated CD of original songs performed by such luminaries as Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, and Laura Linney, who pleads “Please, Can I Keep It?-it followed me home. * A platinum album with over 1 million copies sold! Celebrating its 21st anniversary, this catchy and quirky musical-in-a-book has been completely redrawn and redesigned for the next generation of readers, singers, and musicians. From the one and only Sandra Boynton comes the tuneful, toe-tapping hardcover Philadelphia Chickens.

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