Author and illustrator Sandra Boynton has had a long and prolific career, with over 70 million books sold
The idea followed from the title, and the title was inspired by my fabulous sister Judy's love of hippos, combined with a Johnny Hart B.C. comic strip I had loved years before. It was something like this: Two ant parents are explaining to their two children that they are going out for the evening. The kids want to come, and the dad explains it’s an Art Film.
I almost always start with a title and a cover design. This way I can fool myself into believing that the book already exists. I then work steadily day and night until I finish the book. My books tend to be quite short, so my guess is it takes me on average two weeks to get a book 90% of the way to finished, and then the editor and I work together to fine-tune it. Publication is then between six months and a year later.
is my final book with Workman Publishing, and more importantly with my impossibly great editor, the legendary Suzanne Rafer. Suzanne retired four years ago, but I ignored her when she told me that. I told her Congratulations! and Good Luck! and You're still my Workman editor! So, being an agreeable sort, Suzanne has continued on with me from her semi-retirement. We've worked together now for forty years; our first book came out in 1982.
After working in children’s books for almost 45 years, what keeps you motivated to continue in the genre?Music has played a big role in your career, from the six children’s music albums you’ve produced, including the Grammy-nominated, which also has an accompanying children's book, and directing 12 music videos of your songs.
You got your start designing greeting cards and have since designed a large range of products from balloons to boxer shorts to baby toys to puzzles, mugs, jewelry, clothing and more, with many items sold on.
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