![]() Meanwhile, Day began a career in illustration, and illustrated her first book in 1983: The Teddy Bears' Picnic, based on a popular children's song by Jimmy Kennedy. She and her husband, Harold Darling, founded a publishing company, Green Tiger Press, in 1970. Living in the country also provided plenty of time for reading, a life-long passion. Here young Sandra grew especially fond of riding and training horses, and became a dog owner for the first time. For four years, the family lived on a hundred-acre farm in Kentucky. Painting was a popular family recreation, and almost every family excursion included one or more easels and a variety of sketch pads, chalks, paints, and pencils. Good Dog, Carl has been followed by a whole series of popular Carl books, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.ĭay was born in 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio to a large and close-knit family. The book was first published in 1985 by Day's own publishing company, Green Tiger Press. She is the author of Good Dog, Carl, which tells the story of a Rottweiler named Carl who looks after a baby named Madeleine. ![]() Alexandra Day is a pseudonym her real name is Sandra Louise Woodward Darling. ![]() Alexandra Day (born 1941) is an American children's book author. ![]()
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