I’m a fan

~ Liz A
February 7, 2021 – Superb Owl Sunday

I have loved Sandra Boynton’s wonderful sense of humor ever since I first encountered her greeting cards when I was in college nearly half a century ago (and here I pause to wonder “How is that possible?”)

The first of those cards is still around to this very day in the form of a jigsaw puzzle …

I’m also extremely fond of her whimsical and extremely readable board books for grandparents (ahem … I mean grandchildren of course) …

And most recently, her calendar for 2021, of which I bought two: one for my almost-17 granddaughter and one for me (see above). I check it each morning at breakfast to be sure I don’t miss anything …

Last, but not least, I follow Sandra Boynton on Instagram. Which is how I happened on this gem yesterday …

Which just happened to be reiterated by another favorite Instagram-er …

What a hoot!

23 thoughts on “I’m a fan”

  1. Sandra Boynton has been a favorite over our way too. I’d forgotten about that card…oh how we thought it was so clever! My big grandson was a fan of her books, big time and I always have a few at work who fall in love too. Cute owl and good memories 🙂

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  5. You did a Superb job on your owl, I knew it was a Boynton at first glance! We’re fans, too, especially when the boys were young. “Hippos Go Berserk!” was our favorite book, and the CDs got us through many a car ride- “Philadelphia Chickens” the most… I still sing “Cows, we’re remarkable cows…” whenever we spot one in a field, and once rewrote it for a plays about owls… Lots of fond memories, thanks.

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  6. Read Sandra Boynton’s Belly Button book so many times to my grandchildren,when they were little that my grandson was shocked to learn when he turned 3 that his belly button was called belly button and not Beebo! The grands helped me “draw” some of the hippos on a poster that was put up in their shared room for a few years…wonderful books and drawings.

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  7. I loved her in my youth – she somehow spoke to the odd little me and others. Your owl is fabulous and I am sure you will smile each time you look at it. I had no idea there was a calendar; and now I know where ice cream for breakfast comes from!

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  9. So long ago I had an apron with one of her iconic cats playing a ukulele. “I like mousies, yes I do. Boiled, broiled, or in a stew!” They never liked my cooking.

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  11. gosh. throughout my early 20’s as an academic admin. asst. my mug was a Boynton gem of kitties with mugs that said coffee coffee coffee coffee SLEEP. It broke just a year or two ago. I actively mourned the end of everything it represented …

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