Philadelphia Chickens: The 21st Anniversary Edition

(Hardback)

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From the one and only Sandra Boynton comes the tuneful, toe-tapping hardcover Philadelphia Chickens. Celebrating its 21st anniversary, this catchy and quirky musical-in-a-book has been completely redrawn and redesigned for the next generation of readers, singers, and musicians.

* Grammy nominated!
* #1 New York Times bestseller!
* A platinum album with over 1 million copies sold!
* Plus a book and CD!

What an event! What a show! Here is a full-color songbook of 17 illustrated story-poems, and a full-length, fully orchestrated CD of original songs performed by such luminaries as Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, and Laura Linney, who pleads Please, Can I Keep Itit followed me home. / What exactly it is / I dont know.

Also joining in are Eric Stoltz, Scott Bakula, and two Boyntons, including daughter Caitlin McEwan, who performs a piece that every little listener will relate toa love song to the chocolate chip cookies that are just out of reach. With the collaboration of composer Michael Ford, Philadelphia Chickens is that rarest of kids record collectionsone whose inimitable lyrics and music make it as irresistible to parents as it is to their children.

Well, Im coming from Connecticut on I-95,
heading toward the sunset on the East River Drive
to the pretty little city on the Delaware
the Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be there.

Reviews

Lions and tigers ... and dancing pigs Welcome to the magical menagerie of author Sandra Boynton. * People Magazine *
Sandra Boynton, long heralded for her menagerie of animal characters (Moo, Baa, La La La; Rhinoceros Tap), puts a fresh cast of singing, dancing critters center stage-from the titular boogying chickens to a tail-wagging "snuggle puppy"in Philadelphia Chickens, a book-and-CD package billed as an imaginary musical revue. The first 32 pages contain lyrics and illustrations, the second half of the book includes musical notation and additional lyrics for each song. An all-star cast, including Meryl Streep, Laura Linney, Eric Stoltz, and the Bacon Brothers, headlines the musical recording, which features a variety of original show tunes penned by Boynton and composed by Boynton and frequent collaborator Michael Ford. * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, childrens author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five childrens books and seven general audience books, including fiveNew York Timesbestsellers. More than 85 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 childrens music. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) andPhiladelphia 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.