Meet the author

Sandra Boynton.

Writer & illustrator · United States · b. 1953

Sandra Boynton: the canonical American board-book voice for ages 0–4 — Moo Baa La La La, The Going to Bed Book, Hippos Go Berserk — with rhythmic, cartoony read-aloud bounce.

Sandra Boynton is an American author-illustrator born in 1953, the dominant board-book voice of US early childhood for the last forty years. Her catalogue, Moo, Baa, La La La!, The Going to Bed Book, Hippos Go Berserk!, But Not the Hippopotamus, Pajama Time, Belly Button Book, Doggies, Snuggle Puppy, has sold over seventy million copies and is a near-universal first-bookshelf presence in US homes. Boynton's style is clean, cartoony, character-rich and rhythmically perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. She also writes adult humour (Chocolate: The Consuming Passion) and records children's music albums, but her core identity is the board books. A defining ages-0–4 author.