Belly buttons will always be "belly b's" in my house and even when our little boys are grown and gone, I'm quite sure we will always remember Belly Button Beach

Belly buttons will always be "belly b's" in my house and even when our little boys are grown and gone, I'm quite sure we will always remember Belly Button Beach, "where tons of hippos stand around in bathing suits too little, in hopes that you will admire the button on their middle". My little sister has been telling me "Hippo birdee!" on every birthday since we were in elementary school and even in our forties, she still posts it to my Facebook wall reliably every year. These cartoon friends are a treasured piece of my childhood and now part of my kids', too. It's fitting that Ms. Boynton stayed true to her creations and that we don't see Boynton moose and chickens on McDonalds cups and other low-grade junk.