These were unmistakably Sandra Boynton chickens. “Everyone needs chicken sentries,” Boynton explained when I arrived at her studio, a red barn that sits behind a centuries-old farmhouse in ...

Black coffee, peculiar almond ricotta pancakes, disappointing blueberries. The only other customer this early is Phil, a road-weary, five-foot-tall plush chicken. She’s not much for conversation.

in which a chicken cops to his poultriform shape as ... They become old friends bearing new secrets. Sandra Boynton deserves mention alongside more frequently acclaimed masters of cross ...