You know, I start writing something and before you know it, somebody’s dying. I wasn’t going to write a children’s book, and then I had my daughter and everything changed.

Being a retired teacher and part-time Publix employee has enabled Alderman to reengage another passion — writing children’s books. In 2003 Alderman co-authored his first children’s book ...

Author and illustrator Sandra Boynton has has sold over 70 million books since her first children's book, Hippos Go Berserk!, was published in 1977, written as part of a Yale School of Drama project.