Jules
Bass is the "Bass" in Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, New York,
producers of such films as The Hobbit (Peabody Award), The Last Unicorn,
Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman and The Little Drummer
Boy, among others, His
work as a writer/songwriter and producer/director has been seen in feature
films, television, off-Broadway and heard on recordings, Although
he has written extensively
for children, Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon, is his first
picture book for children.
Jules lives in New York and France.
THE
ILLUSTRATOR
Debbie
Harter trained in jewelry design and life drawing at the Islington
Institute of Adult Education and the Blackheath School of Art. After
finishing her studies, she created her own range of jewelry and designed
greeting cards, but she now specializes in children's book illustrations.
Her previous titles
include: Who Are You? (Abbeville Books, 1996); Where's
The Cat (Abbeville Books, 1996); Walking
Through The Jungle (Orchard Books, 1997); Can
You See The Red Balloon? (Orchard Books, ' 98);
and Bear In A Square
(Barefoot Books, 1998). Debbie
lives in North London.