From the Publisher
Embrace identity with this brand-new board book from the
beloved and bestselling Sandra Boynton!
Are you a COW?
Are you a DOG?
Are you a DUCK?
Are you a FROG?
A clever chicken narrates a playful
inquiry in this charming and hilarious story perfect for Boynton
fans new and old. As readers answer the chicken's questions,
they'll gain animal recognition skills as well as an important
understanding: No matter who we are, it's great to just be
ourselves.
From the author and illustrator of such
bestselling classics as Moo, Baa, La La La! and A to
Z, this cheerful, witty board book is sure to delight children
and parents alike with Sandra Boynton's trademark sense of
humor.
About the Author
Sandra Boynton was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the
Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boynton's parents
became Quakers when she was two years old. From kindergarten
through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends
School, where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper
School. She went on to Yale, entering in 1970 for her second year
of college. She spent the second semester of her junior year
studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale,
she majored in English. Boynton intended to become a theater
director. For graduate studies in drama, she attended the
University of California at Berkeley for one year, then transferred
to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A. program, but she did not
complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979,
Boynton postponed indefinitely a career in the theater. Boynton
began designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings. Her
designs were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial
movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder
and president Mike Keiser, over 200 million copies of Boynton's
distinctive humorous cards featuring an assortment of unnamed
cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages sold
between 1973 and 1995. Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go
Berserk!, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as
several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books
are most typically for very young children, offered in the
laminated paperboard format known as board books. Four of her books
have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming
Passion; Yay, You! ; Consider Love; and Philadelphia Chickens,
which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the
list for nearly a year. Three Boynton books are on the Publishers
Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list. More than 30
million copies of her books have been sold.
Sandra Boynton was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the
Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boynton's parents
became Quakers when she was two years old. From kindergarten
through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends
School, where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper
School. She went on to Yale, entering in 1970 for her second year
of college. She spent the second semester of her junior year
studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale,
she majored in English. Boynton intended to become a theater
director. For graduate studies in drama, she attended the
University of California at Berkeley for one year, then transferred
to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A. program, but she did not
complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979,
Boynton postponed indefinitely a career in the theater. Boynton
began designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings. Her
designs were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial
movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder
and president Mike Keiser, over 200 million copies of Boynton's
distinctive humorous cards featuring an assortment of unnamed
cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages sold
between 1973 and 1995. Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go
Berserk!, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as
several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books
are most typically for very young children, offered in the
laminated paperboard format known as board books. Four of her books
have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming
Passion; Yay, You! ; Consider Love; and Philadelphia Chickens,
which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the
list for nearly a year. Three Boynton books are on the Publishers
Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list. More than 30
million copies of her books have been sold.
About the Book
A clever chicken narrates a playful inquiry in this charming and hilarious story ideal for Boynton fans new and old. As readers answer the chicken's questions, they'll gain animal recognition skills as well as an important understanding: No matter who we are, it's great to just be ourselves. Full color.