From the irrepressible Sandra Boynton, whose board books for Workman have over 7.3 million copies in print, comes an irresistible idea, a storybook for bath time. "Bath Time!" is water-proof, non-toxic, completely baby-safe-and it floats! Because who better than Boynton, with her dancing hippos, cows, chickens, and dogs - or in this case, one messy pig - to capture the joy of bath time, with its splashing and singing, gurgles and bubbles. It's classic tale of pig meets paint. Spattered with colours from a long day in front of the easel, the pig teams up with bath toys and a washcloth and is determined to get all pink and clean: Gently scrub; From top to toes; Now I kiss you; and On the nose. Then, when the reader kisses the pig on the nose, it squeaks! (There's a bound-in squeaker on the last page.) Get it? Squeaky clean? Now that's some good clean fun.
Author Biography
Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children's author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over sixty children's books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. More than 70 million of her books have been sold, "mostly to friends and family," she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade children's music. Three of her albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold), and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has gone Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning "One Shoe Blues" starring B.B. King, "Alligator Stroll" starring Josh Turner, and "Tyrannosaurus Funk" (animation) 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.
