Christmas Parade - Hardcover

Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon/S&S, $14.99 hardcover,

9781442468139, 32p., ages 3-6, October 2, 2012)

An elephant drummer, "marching along with a BOOM-biddy/ BOOM-biddy/

steady and strong," leads a parade of Sandra Boynton's signature animals

decked out in red and green, including chickens with silver bassoons and

piggies with Christmas balloons. There's even a Santa Claus rhino! One

little piggie stays inside for a twist of a surprise.----Jenny Brown "Shelf Awareness "

Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children's author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over sixty children's books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. More than 70 million of her books have been sold, "mostly to friends and family," she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade children's music. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning "One Shoe Blues" starring B.B. King, "Alligator Stroll" starring Josh Turner, and "Tyrannosaurus Funk" (animated) sung by Samuel L. Jackson. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.