Sandra Boynton es una popular caricaturista estadounidense, autora de libros infantiles, compositora de canciones, productora y directora. Desde 1974, Boynton ha escrito e ilustrado mas de setenta y cinco libros, cinco de ellos incluidos en la lista de los mas vendidos del New York Times. Ha vendido mas de ochenta y cinco millones de ejemplares, "principalmente a la familia y amigos," dice la autora. Tambien ha escrito (con Michael Ford) y producido seis albumes de musica renegade infantil. Tres de sus albumes han obtenido certificado de Oro (mas de 500 000 copias vendidas) y Philadelphia Chickens, nominada al Grammy, ha logrado el Platino (mas de un millon de copias vendidas). Boynton tambien ha dirigido doce videos musicales de sus canciones, incluyendo el premiado "One Shoe Blues," protagonizado por B.B. King, "Alligator Stroll" con Josh Turner y "Tyrannosaurus Funk" (animado) cantado por Samuel L. Jackson. Vive en la Nueva Inglaterra rural, y su estudio esta en un granero coronado por quiza la unica veleta de hipopotamo de America. Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children's author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over 75 books, including five New York Times bestsellers. More than 85 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.