April 3, 1953

Sandra Boynton (born April 3, 1953) is a successful artist most famous for her children's books (The Going to Bed Book, now with its companion app on a NookColor tablet) and music albums. (Philadelphia Chickens,) and it is easy to forget her coffee cup cats. In her words, quoted in a New York Times article on her, September 14, 2013 :"People tend to identify me with my cats, but all of my animal characters look good-natured and bewildered — and that’s a self-portrait of me."

Her dad taught English, she majored in English at Yale, and that might explain the facility with which she found commercial success without losing an artistic purity. I am suggesting a certain confidence and stability behind her choices is an important aspect of her career. Kind of guessing about this, but I find her art and life both unique.