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Elise Parsley

About the Author

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, and she invites you to visit her website at eliseparsley.com.

It’s Tummy Time!

It’s Tummy Time!

by Elise Parsley

How to Catch a Clover Thief

How to Catch a Clover Thief

by Elise Parsley

If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don’t!

If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don’t!

by Elise Parsley

Neck & Neck

Neck & Neck

by Elise Parsley

If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t!

If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t!

by Elise Parsley

If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t!

If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t!

by Elise Parsley

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

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

by Elise Parsley