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This book is dedicated to David Heitpas. He was a very kind gentleman and a wonderful story teller. This Book is David's story he shared with me nearly 30 year ago. The book has many lessons of friendship, activism, courage, forgiveness and humility. "Saving The Night" has 40 to 50 works of art for the illustrations. Bill Tierney painted each illustration. It truly is a book full of many fabulous paintings. It stars Monte " The Mushroom" and Patsy " The Daisy ". They are named after my best friend Pat " Monty " Towle and my mom Patsy " The Daisy ". They're the Hero and heroine. Their personalities jump of the pages.
About the author
This is Matty Caron's first Children's book, " Saving The Night".
It is a story his dear friend David Heiptas told him 30 years ago and wanted to publish, but died several years ago.
Matty Caron grew up in St. Paul, MN and has been practicing chiropractic on the corner of Snelling and Randolph for the past 30 years.
He lives with his wife Michelle in Hudson WI where they raised their two sons Jacob and Danny.
Danny loves children books and Matty and Michelle still enjoy reading books to him. Matty has always wanted to write a children's book and thought bring David's book to life was the perfect project to start. The project took nearly 5 years to complete.
Bill Tierney is an incredible Illustrator and painted each illustration in the book. "Saving The Night" Wouldn't of happened without Bill's works of art.
Jamie Schultz photographed the paintings for the printing of " Saving The Night".
Willie Burns did all the graphic formatting of the manuscript and covers. Bill Tierney lives in St. Paul and works at the Assumption Church. He is an incredible artist and loves to paint and illustrate. He has a gift of bringing characters to live with a whimsical charm. He has illustrate other books and is excited to continue to work on other books in his future. He also paints murals and portraits. "Saving The Night" is a copulation of nearly 40 paintings of Bill. It's a book full of works of art. This book is dedicated to David Heitpas. He was a very kind gentleman and a wonderful storyteller. This Book is David's story that he shared with me nearly 30 years ago.
