If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!

Praise for If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!: A 2018-2019 California Young Reader Medal Nominee“Parsley’s digitally created illustrations brim with energy and just-edgy-enough humor… and the well-chosen school-day details in both the artwork and text… deliver a steady stream of laughs.”–Publishers Weekly“Children are likely to get a kick out of Magnolia’s not-quite-contrite tone and the colorful chaos her giant pet creates.”–New York Times “Elise Parsley’s jaunty second-person narration is matched by comically expressive…artwork that seems to shout from the page.”–Wall Street Journal“This is an engaging debut picture book [that] will appeal to a wide age range. Here’s hoping for more adventures with Magnolia!”–School Library Journal“Vibrant, imaginative, and spot-on funny.”–Boing Boing

Elise Parsley has written and illustrated the New York Times bestseller If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON’T! and three other stories about Magnolia, as well as It’s Tummy Time!, How to Catch a Clover Thief, and Neck & Neck. She also illustrated The Magic Word by Mac Barnett. Elise and her family live in South Dakota.