# Blue hat, green hat, red hat, Sandra Boynton fans can I get an OOPS!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356 "2012-09-21T04:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/21 "2012-09-21T19:49:19Z")
But NOT the hippopotamus! ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/22 "2012-09-21T21:37:04Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Have you ever heard her album _Dog Train_? (Lyrics by Boynton, music by somebody Ford, performance by various artists and groups including the brilliantly named “O.K. Chorale”.) “Various” is right. You can’t get much more various than a duet between Weird Al Yankovic and…Kate Winslet. (“I Need a Nap.”) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/23 "2012-09-21T22:07:40Z")
My favorite was a greeting card from her, with pictures of a series of animals: Wee fish Ewe a Mare Egrets Moose Panda Hippo Gnu Deer Along a similar line, there was also “hippo birdy two ewe”, but that one’s not nearly as impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/24 "2012-09-21T22:18:35Z")
We are Sandra Boynton fans, too. the first book my youngest to read all by herself was Red Hat Blue Hat (oops!) I read it to my nephew because it was so adorable to hear a 20 month old say “ooops!” in all the right places. He’s four now and he still loves the book. My dd checks out the books with albums at the library quite often. My kids have all outgrown the board book stage, so my Sandra Boynton books are carefully packed away with their Little People. I look forward to the day when I can sit a grandbaby on my lap and read _But Not the Hippopotomus_. I’ll probably be doing that when baby is just a few days old. Love those books. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/25 "2012-09-21T22:39:30Z")
There are gentle winds blowing and stars all above you. Night night, little Pookie. I love you and love you. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/26 "2012-09-21T22:53:34Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve had various books of hers memorized from repeated readings at different times. > > My favorite Boynton gem is [BB King singing "One Shoe Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8rLuk2PoMA). If you haven’t watched it, take a moment. Thank you! thank you so much for linking this. I am so very happy now having watched it. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/27 "2012-09-21T23:25:58Z")
I’ll never forget it - my toddler thought the “oops” with the socks showed the turkey wearing the socks “on her nipples!” All the books are great for early “reading,” as they’re very easy to memorize and recite. I make my 4yo read all the "BEE BO"s in The Belly Button book when we read it together - it’s much better in a tiny adorable kid voice! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/28 "2012-09-21T23:37:10Z")
Did Sandra Boynton do the design work for Family Guy? The show seems to be very much in her style, especially Brian. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/29 "2012-09-22T01:02:27Z")
“Chloe and Maude” was my daughter’s favorite book EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/30 "2012-09-22T02:16:33Z")
All wonderful. Some of the board books are our standard new-baby presents. A shout-out too for her Early Work “Chocolate: The Consuming Passion.” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/31 "2012-09-22T02:49:14Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I’ll never forget it - my toddler thought the “oops” with the socks showed the turkey wearing the socks “on her nipples!” When Boy 2.0 brought that book to me for bedtime reading tonight, I could not unsee what your toddler saw, and there was much internal giggling. 🙂 Favorites in our house are _Moo, Baa, La La La, Doggies!, The Alphabet Book, Pajama Time, and The Belly Button Book_. I asked Boy 1.0 to read _But Not the Hippopotamus_ to Boy 2.0, but got smacked down. “I don’t like that one. It’s too sad.” We have many other books, but these are the current favs (as in, read two of them every night). Xylo xylophoning… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/32 "2012-09-22T03:01:43Z")
_But Not the Hippopotamus_, _Moo Baa La La La_, _Hippos Go Berserk_ (why are people spelling that “berzerk”?), _Barnyard Dance_ and _The Going to Bed Book_ were the big favourites in our family. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/33 "2012-09-22T17:59:31Z")
Back in the day I sang “It’s Pajama Time” each time it came up. Then we started doing the conga line… All around the room in one big line Wearing our pajamas and looking so fine And each kid had a stuffed animal in front of them, so (with me and the big-pink-bunny) there were 10 of us all in one big line… Awesome. Can’t wait until my grandson can walk and carry a stuffed animal. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/34 "2012-09-23T01:34:15Z")
We’re a Boynton household too. Favorites include _Barnyard Dance, Moo Baa La La La, Doggies,_ and _But Not the Hippopotamus._ We also have the CD with “I Need a Nap.” It describes my son perfectly (even at his current age of 5)! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/35 "2012-09-24T16:58:59Z")
I enjoyed her \*Chocolate: The Consuming Passion \*and _Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down_. Only recently did I learn she does children’s books, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/36 "2012-09-24T17:04:24Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > But NOT the hippopotamus! BUT YES THE HIPPOPOTAMUS! –Cliffy P.S. But not the armadillo. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/37 "2012-09-24T19:04:55Z")
We have half a dozen of Boynton’s books. Never heard of her before my 22 month old was born, but they’re her favorite books. I have no clue what makes them so addicting to toddlers but she loves them. I let my daughter pick her books out for the night and few weeks ago she searched the bookshelves, turned to me and said “la la la!” I looked and couldn’t find it anywhere, so I had her pick out a different book. The next night “La la la!” Still couldn’t find it. After the third night in a row of her asking about that one book I finally went out and bought another copy. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/38 "2013-02-07T03:58:28Z")
I like to sing [“Snuggle Puppy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZDJ93VI9js) to my sister’s dog. I’ve ADORED this woman’s work ever since I worked in a card and gift store during grad school. Later on I found out she wrote songs as well. I’m a children’s librarian and sometimes during craft programs or Lego Nights, I like to play the “Blue Moo” album. It’s got all kinds of famous singers from Gerry (of Pacemakers fame) to Steve Lawrence to Brian Wilson (who sings a Beach Boys-esque song called “Speed Turtle”) to Davy Jones to B.B. King singing whimsy as only Sandra can write it! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356/39 "2013-02-07T05:05:37Z")
Started buying greeting cards by her back in the '70s - that frazzled cat that couldn’t type, and then “Wee fish / Ewe / A mare / Egrets / Moose.” 8) Our first daughter was born in '95, and we sometimes had to read _But Not the Hippopotamus_ or _Moo, Baa, La La La!_ to her a dozen times before she’d let us stop. _Hippos Go Berzerk!_, _The Going to Bed Book_ and _Barnyard Dance!_ were favourites, too. ---
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Dinosaurs BIG and dinosaurs tiny. Dinosaurs smooth, and dinosaurs sPiNy. This last one always had Typo Knig taking the kids’, rubbing them against his unshaven chin, and pronouncing that “Daddy is a SPINY dinosaur” :D. (Oh good heaven, I’ve resurrected a zombie. Somehow this came up in a search for “brian family guy” and I forgot it was a search result. Daddy is still a spiny dinosaur though). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-hat-green-hat-red-hat-sandra-boynton-fans-can-i-get-an-oops/635356.md?page=3)