Do Not Take your Dragon to Dinner

For ages 3-7

We know you shouldn’t take your dragon to the library, but what about taking him out to dinner? After all, dragons need to eat too! But with firey breath, flapping wings, and pointy spikes, that might not be a good idea! Rhyming text and diverse characters bring the importance of dinner manners to a new level in this colorful picture book by Julie Gassman.

Author Julie Gassman — St. Peter, Minnesota

The youngest in a family of nine children, Julie Gassman grew up in Howard, South Dakota. After college, she traded in small-town life for the world of magazine publishing in New YorkCity. She now  lives in southern Minnesota with her husband and their three children.

Illustrated by Andy Elkerton — Scotland

After graudating from Art College in the UK, Andy began a career as a graphic designer in the video games industry, when it was very much in its infancy. He continued as a graphic designer for fourteen years, until he decided to go back to his illustrative roots and try his hand at being a children’s book illustrator. Since 2002 he has produced work for picture books, educational books, advertising, and toy design. He currently lives in a small tourist town on the west coast of Scotland with his wife and three children.