

Boynton/Cook Publishers is now owned by Heinemann.īoynton's parents became Quakers when she was two years old.

Her father was a noted progressive educator, scholar (collaborating on textbooks with Shakespearean scholar Maynard Mack), and publisher and co-founder of Boynton/Cook Publishers. Boynton, Sandra was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. The third of the four daughters of Jeanne ( née Ragsdale) and Robert W. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies. Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five books for children and seven general audience books, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and five music albums. Sandra Keith Boynton (born April 3, 1953) is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator.
