Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

Julie Gassman is the author of the Do Not Take Your Dragon series as well as several other children’s books. Raised in Howard, South Dakota, the youngest in a family of nine children, she traded in small-town life after college for the world of magazine publishing in New York City. Now she lives with her husband and their three children in southern Minnesota.

Imani Parks was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City. Parks has appeared in Broadway shows such as The Lion King, Wait Until Dark, and Show Boat, as well as the feature film Love Don't Cost a Thing. Parks is currently attended The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, majoring in Product Development while pursuing a career in acting, modeling and singing.