When questioned as to why she she does not directly represent people, Boynton claimed she cannot draw them as well as animals. Since then, Boynton has written numerous children's books, focusing on her unforgettable hippo, pig, cat, turkey, and dinosaur characters-all of which have human attributes. It is in this first book that readers witness her fine ear for nonsense rhyme the book is both visually entertaining and a counting book for children, and was described by a writer for Wilson Library Bulletin as 'light, airy, and tender.' The same year, she published Hester in the Wild and Gopher Baroque and Other Beastly Conceits. Her first book, Hippos Go Berserk, was written in 1977 while still a student at Yale. While in the greeting card business, Boynton wrote children's books on the side. It was there that she met her husband, Jamie McEwan. After a year at Berkeley, Boynton transferred to Yale to study drama, but later dropped out. While there, she continued designing greeting cards, later signing with a Chicago company, Recycled Paper Greetings. These memorable characters have appeared on thousands of cards over the years, as well as novelty items like mugs and calendars.Īfter Yale, Boynton attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied drama.

Her best-selling greeting cards feature whimsical cartoons such as a hippo, dinosaur, and pig. Perhaps the key to Boynton's success was her mastery of a new style of greeting cards-a style that avoided sentimentality and clich? and instead delivered humor, whimsy, and wit. The summer of her junior year, she began creating gift cards, which she printed in her uncle's press and sold to stores. She attended Yale, where she studied English. The third child to parents Robert and Jeanne, Boynton was raised as a Quaker and attended Germantown Friends School, where her father taught English. Though born in Orange County, New Jersey on April 3, 1953, Sandra Boynton was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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